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New Mexico’s Legal & Financial Weekly
Vol. 10.102 No. 48
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3 Great Resources to Kick-Start Your Financial Planning Career
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inding a rewarding career that offers growth potential, work-life balance and the satisfaction of helping others is a key priority for many job seekers. With those goals in mind, a career in financial planning should be a top contender, whether you are just starting out or looking to make a career change. But once you have decided that financial planning is the field for you, how do you get started? Here are three resources that can help you launch a successful financial planning career. 1. Guide to Careers in Financial Planning. Based on interviews with leading financial services firms, this guide introduces you to the wide range of career opportunities in the financial planning profession. It identifies typical entry points and career tracks, explores the types of companies that hire financial planners and provides information on how to find financial planning career opportunities. It also includes resources such as a list of recommended questions to ask in a job interview. 2. Scholarship Programs. Dozens of scholarship programs are available to support you on your professional journey. Some are offered directly through colleges and universities that have financial planning degree and certificate programs. Others are available through nonprofits and organizations like the CFP Board Center for Financial Planning, which administers 16 scholarship programs that help pay for the education and exam requirements to become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM professional. Financial services firms may offer scholarships or tuition reimbursements to employees to cover the costs of obtaining professional designations and credentials such as CFP® certification -- some of which may be required to advance within the company. 3. Career Fairs. In-person and virtual career fairs provide valuable opportunities
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to connect with prospective employers. CFP Board’s spring and fall career fairs are some of the most popular hiring events in the profession, with dozens of firms participating in these online exhibitions. Job seekers can visit employers’ virtual exhibit booths and view open jobs and internships, apply for open positions a n d interact with employers through one- o n one video meetings and messaging. Y o u can also visit the CFP Board Career Center to browse current job and internship opportunities in financial planning, as well as a collection of articles providing career guidance. Other top resources include career offices at your college or university, financial services companies’ career websites and professional organizations that may have a local chapter near you. Making the most of these resources will not only help you find a financial planning job, but also support your growth and development as a future financial planning professional. To learn more about CFP® certification, visit the CFP Board website. -(NewsUSA)
Small Businesses Seek Talent, Technology to Succeed
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tarting and maintaining a successful small business is a challenge in any setting. For rural entrepreneurs, that struggle is even greater when it comes to accessing capital, high-speed internet and quality workers, according to a survey from SCORE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping small businesses since 1964.
they’re challenged by a lack of technological knowledge or assistance.
Rural business owners report higher expenses and fewer customers than non-rural counterparts, according to the survey. Rising fuel costs (49.3%), slowing customer spending (48.6%), tight marketing budgets (47.6%) and a limited local customer base (34.6%) are their most vexing customer-related challenges. In addition, rural businesses are 26% more likely to have trouble finding qualified employees, says SCORE.
Planck has worked with SCORE mentor David Bunis for 10 years, most recently on staffing- retention issues. “I was advised by SCORE to work with local colleges to recruit paid student interns,” says Planck. “This has helped me greatly throughout the last two years.”
“As a small business owner in a rural area of Erie County in Western New York, it has been challenging over the last decade to attract staff, being at least a 30-minute drive from the city of Buffalo and the surrounding suburbs,” says Kerry Planck of Alpine Made LLC in South Wales, N.Y. “My latest long-term SCORE’s Fall 2022 Megaphone of Main Street: The Small Business Rural/ employee, who lives 30-plus miles away, recently quit, due in part to the long Urban Divide surveyed more than 3,000 entrepreneurs and discovered that commuting distance and higher gas prices,” she adds. “I generally give sixpopulation shifts away from rural areas are challenging small business owners month raises to my employees; however, they have not kept up with current in desperate need of reliable talent and technology. inflation levels.”
Noting that the technology gap between rural and non-rural businesses persists, SCORE’s survey found that twice as many rural entrepreneurs (19.2%) compared to non-rural entrepreneurs (9%) struggle with access to broadband/ high-speed internet, making it harder for them to conduct business, reach customers and grow. Small businesses in both rural and non-rural areas say
SCORE provides tangible solutions for all entrepreneurs in the form of free mentoring from small business experts, as well as online tools and workshops. Local SCORE chapters also offer in-person events and roundtable discussions. Since 1964, SCORE has helped 11 million entrepreneurs start or grow a business. Visit score.org for more information and to download the complete Megaphone of Main Street: The Small Business Rural/Urban Divide data report. (NewsUSA)