Hi everyone, I'm new to Canada and want to start my career here in the Financial and Banking industry. I have passed the CFA level 2 exam and was wondering if I have to complete the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) as most of the job postings here mention about it. I saw that if someone passes at least the CFA level 1 exam then the requirement of CSC is exempted. Can anyone enlighten me about this? As the CSC exam costs above 1000 CAD, I wanted to be sure if I need it before investing behind it.

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It totally depends in which department you want to go, its not necessary for Audit, Compliance and Risk etc. can you tell little bit about your work experience?

As I am new here with no experience in Canada, I am not getting calls for interviews. I am okay to start from entry level positions for this reason, and that's why I was thinking whether I should do the CSC and put it on my resume

Get now… you never know when life gets too busy… later you will regret saying I passed 1 and 2 but didn’t finish

I have a friend in Canada who is looking for new agents. Reach out I can make a connection.

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