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Are You Planning On Picking A Career In Finance?

Published by Logan, 2015-02-16 12:21:19

Description: With the variety of jobs in the finance industry, you might at first be confused as to which particular careers in finance you would like to enter into. Of course, accounting and finance careers are traditionally started by one having a degree in either accounting or finance and while pursuing either degree, you are sure to have some encounter with finance job functions that might arouse your interest.By the time you reach internship, too, hopefully you would already have an inkling of where to go. A problem, though, lies in the many overlaps between different career functions in finance jobs.

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Are You Planning On Picking A Career In Finance?With the variety of jobs in the finance industry,you might at first be confused as to whichparticular careers in finance you would like toenter into. Of course, accounting and financecareers are traditionally started by one havinga degree in either accounting or finance and whilepursuing either degree, you are sure to have someencounter with finance job functions that mightarouse your interest.By the time you reach internship, too, hopefullyyou would already have an inkling of where to go.A problem, though, lies in the many overlaps

between different career functions in financejobs.And still, there are questions you would againhave to ask yourself. Would you like to work ina commercial bank or in an investment bank? Wouldyou like to have for your career corporate financefunctions or would you rather be a financialplanner for individuals? Perhaps the best way toresolve some of the questions would involveasking yourself where your talents and interestslie.Do you like having conversations with commonworking individuals and not just with fellowfinance professionals? Perhaps a job in a lendinginstitution would be right for you. You would betasked to talk with people looking for loans andyou could figure the maximum loans you could giveout while keeping risks minimum for the lendinginstitution.

And if you like traveling, perhaps a jobestimating the value of real estate would be rightfor you. A huge percentage of the world 抯 assetslie in real estates and another talent could comeinto good use here involves having a bit offoresight regarding not just the current value ofproperty but its future value. Take for examplethe Trump properties.Are you interested in seeing the financial sideof large companies?inner workings? Then enteringinto corporate finance might be right for you.Here, you also have to know how to make sure thata company always has funds for its operations. Youhave to be able to create plans that make a companyprofit and know how to keep the company profitable.Other matters such as company mergers and newproperty acquisitions would rely on your companyfinance expertise to keep the company fromentering into bad actions.Do you have a talent for anticipating risks? Then

maybe careers in finance in the insurance fieldwould be where you belong. Often, businessesrequire the added stability that only a robustinsurance policy could provide. The importance ofinsurance cannot be stressed enough, asbusinesses that lack security often have lowstock values as it would end up lacking investorconfidence.Consider, too, the case of an entire country likeArgentina recently experiencing economictroubles because of a lack of security in itsbanking system. A talent in anticipating risks isalso a key in dealing with individualclients?cases. This would involve dealing withindividuals in creating policies for them thatsafeguard their lives and belongings. A criticaleye is often needed in tailoring policiesspecific for each individual.A car career finance insurance rate 爁 or anindividual would vary depending on that

individuals?age, health and driving histories soa talent in micro-managing for each policy youwrite up is called for.


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