Wondering whether The Externship is the right place for you? Here are five reasons to invest in yourself and your career with our virtual summer training program. Externship Benefit #1: Experience Daily Life As a Financial Planner One of the biggest challenges with traditional financial planning courses and textbooks is
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How should you respond when a financial planning client says they’re moving on? Learn how to react when one of your clients decides to leave.
If you want to become a Certified Financial Planner™, you have to meet several requirements set forth by the CFP® Board. Along with earning a degree and completing financial planning coursework, you need to log a significant number of hours of financial planning experience. However, it can be challenging to
How can you help your financial planning clients achieve financial freedom? Start by having them define what it means to them.
Sometimes, the hardest part of being a financial planner isn’t researching an investment opportunity or figuring out how to help a client with a complicated financial situation. Sometimes the challenge lies in the clients themselves. Every client is unique, of course. But there are certain types of financial planning clients
People seem to love giving others unsolicited financial advice. And that means you’ll probably have to deal with financial planning clients who come to you with ideas based on what they heard from someone else. Whether clients get advice from a parent, friend, or financial personality, it can be a
When you picture the next months, years, or decades in your financial planning career, what do you think about? Are you running your own firm? Or are you working your way up the ladder at a big, established company? Both are equally viable financial planning career paths, but they each
Sometimes, your job as a financial planner involves conflict resolution. ou might have to figure out how to work with a client who disagrees with you or one who makes decisions that directly contradict your recommendations. But the arguments that can arise in financial planning don’t always involve you directly.
As a financial planner, you help your clients create a road map to meet their financial goals. But that can be challenging when your clients don’t know what their goals are. Some clients just aren’t sure how to create realistic financial objectives. And others may feel pressured to pursue “traditional”
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