Financial Planning and Career Advice

Financial Planning and Career Advice

Financial planning is a broad profession, and there are many different paths you can take during your career. As you learn more about the specific niches and opportunities available, you can decide which skills to focus on so you can serve your ideal clientele. Part of choosing your career path

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Earning your CFP® certification is a commitment. You have to complete courses through a CFP Board Registered Program, study for and take the CFP® exam, and complete thousands of hours of experience. The thought of going through all of those steps can be overwhelming. And technically, you can work in

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Congratulations on making it this far in your journey to become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)! We know how much hard work, dedication, and countless hours of study you’ve already invested. Preparing for the CFP® exam is no small feat, and we admire your commitment to your certification — and

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Many of us have heard of the “sandwich generation” — the age when people are both taking care of growing or young adult children and navigating care or health concerns for their aging parents. However, this term doesn’t quite encompass the experience of immigrant families. While they are technically “sandwiched”

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At Amplified Planning, we take your professional development seriously. We recognize that being a successful financial planner isn’t just about growing your client base and being “technically” good at what you do. It’s also about managing relationships effectively and knowing what to do when client relationships need to end.  While

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As financial planners, we tend to work with a wide variety of individuals, ranging in age, nationality, religious beliefs, gender identities, sexual orientation, and marital status, among many other factors. However, one element that isn’t often discussed in our training is how to work with a single individual.  How Financial

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Anyone who has worked in a service industry knows: Clients and customers can, at times, be demanding. Since kicking off The 2024 Externship, we’ve heard from many new planners who say they struggle to manage their clients’ needs and demands — especially when those clients do not have a lot

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It’s summer 2024 and we’re nearly halfway through the year. It’s been a very busy year here at Amplified Planning Headquarters (APHQ, as we’ll refer to it), and we wanted to bring you along for the ride.  Here at APHQ, we have big dreams for the profession. As a Certified

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But when we talk about retirement with our clients, we also encounter a touchy subject: end of life.  Americans are beginning to retire later and later: the average retirement age is now 62 (the age that you can begin drawing on Social Security). However, Social Security benefits increase between the

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