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Find a firm that offers to pay for licenses and start working in financial services at a brokerage firm. You gain experience and licenses you keep for the next opportunity that presents itself.
Hey! I know it’s hard when starting out. I’m in finance and came from a non traditional background. My YouTube videos might be of help.
This Is How You Really Get Into Hedge Funds (No Degree Needed)
https://youtu.be/6Z-ITzp1I1U
Could you look for an internship? That's a great way to get some experience. Many people associate internships with teenagers or those still in college, but that's not always the case.
You are young and have got time to get experience. You could look into getting internships or bookkeeping roles or bank customer service. This will build your experience that you can leverage in the future to apply for other jobs.
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While it's not ideal, you might want to try financial sales of some kind (think IRAs, life insurance, annuities, etc.). I got my start there around 25 and now at 34, I'm beginning my career as a portfolio manager on June 30th.
People are willing to hire individuals with no experience and you can parlay that into a more stable career. You really just need experience of any kind at this point
It's a PM at a small firm, so basically they're gonna teach me everything and I'll make less than a PM at one of the big firms, but it's worth it for the experience. I also passed the level 1 CFA exam
Basically, I went sales to back office ops to portfolio management, networking the whole time and basically letting everyone know I wanna be a PM, then eventually someone was willing to take the chance.