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Fidelity and Vanguard.

Thanks I wasnt aware of Fidelity & Vanguard. I’m assuming they are "cold calling " not “cold walking” right?



Thanks Skippy!

How do you expect to get an interview with a Canadian firm if you’re in the Netherlands?

[quote=mrsobama]Thanks I wasnt aware of Fidelity & Vanguard.  [/quote]

You’re ‘not aware of Fidelity and Vanguard’ and you think you’re going to get a job in the investment business?

Are you aware of the “New York Stock Exchange”?  How about “mutual funds”?  Do those terms mean anything to you?

How do you expect to get an interview with a Canadian firm if you’re in the Netherlands?

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[quote=mrsobama]Thanks I wasnt aware of Fidelity & Vanguard. [/quote]You’re ‘not aware of Fidelity and Vanguard’ and you think you’re going to get a job in the investment business?Are you aware of the “New York Stock Exchange”? How about “mutual funds”? Do those terms mean anything to you?[/quote]



Of course I have heard of the NYSE. But I’m kinda new @ this. Joe…this is unfair coz I doubt u are aware of ALL the firms out there.



Please in the spirit of “goodwill” keep the answers coming. I NEED a job!

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[quote=mrsobama]Thanks I wasnt aware of Fidelity & Vanguard.  [/quote]You’re ‘not aware of Fidelity and Vanguard’ and you think you’re going to get a job in the investment business?Are you aware of the “New York Stock Exchange”?  How about “mutual funds”?  Do those terms mean anything to you?[/quote]

Of course I have heard of the NYSE. But I’m kinda new @ this. Joe…this is unfair coz I doubt u are aware of ALL the firms out there.

Please in the spirit of “goodwill” keep the answers coming. I NEED a job!

Have you considered talking to banks? Many have lobby brokers. I have not worked in that environment, but there are several on these boards that have experience that they may be able to share.

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Sure… my 2 cents is that you should look into another industry.  Perhaps a manicurist?

[quote=mrsobama] I have no work experience but a degree & a CMA (Certified Management Accountant ) in progress but no one will even interview me as I have no work experience? Please don’t suggest pursue accounting as I h ate it.



I am not sure if I can survive Jones’ cold walking given my juvenille athritis on my feet & legs. On the other hand I doubt I’m ‘good enough" for the "cold calling " at ML, UBS & some bigger wirehouses.



IS THERE A MEDIUM between Jones’ “humiliating” cold walking & ML’s “Harvard only, 3.9 GPA”???





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Why on earth would I hire you? For all your whining, you haven’t once mentioned what you can offer a firm. Until you know that, you have (and will receive) nothing.



I realize that’s a bit harsh, but ultimately that’s where it lives.

[quote=Philo Kvetch] [quote=mrsobama] I have no work experience but a degree & a CMA (Certified Management Accountant ) in progress but no one will even interview me as I have no work experience? Please don’t suggest pursue accounting as I h ate it.



I am not sure if I can survive Jones’ cold walking given my juvenille athritis on my feet & legs. On the other hand I doubt I’m ‘good enough" for the "cold calling " at ML, UBS & some bigger wirehouses.



IS THERE A MEDIUM between Jones’ “humiliating” cold walking & ML’s “Harvard only, 3.9 GPA”???





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Why on earth would I hire you? For all your whining, you haven’t once mentioned what you can offer a firm. Until you know that, you have (and will receive) nothing.



I realize that’s a bit harsh, but ultimately that’s where it lives.[/quote]



This is what I offer. I’m intelligent, ambitious & hardworking.

"The world needs more ditch diggers"  Judge Smells, Caddyshack

Have you considered talking to banks? Many have lobby brokers. I have not worked in that environment, but there are several on these boards that have experience that they may be able to share.

[quote=mrsobama] [quote=Philo Kvetch] [quote=mrsobama] I have no work experience but a degree & a CMA (Certified Management Accountant ) in progress but no one will even interview me as I have no work experience? Please don’t suggest pursue accounting as I h ate it.



I am not sure if I can survive Jones’ cold walking given my juvenille athritis on my feet & legs. On the other hand I doubt I’m ‘good enough" for the "cold calling " at ML, UBS & some bigger wirehouses.



IS THERE A MEDIUM between Jones’ “humiliating” cold walking & ML’s “Harvard only, 3.9 GPA”???





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Why on earth would I hire you? For all your whining, you haven’t once mentioned what you can offer a firm. Until you know that, you have (and will receive) nothing.



I realize that’s a bit harsh, but ultimately that’s where it lives.[/quote]



This is what I offer. I’m intelligent, ambitious & hardworking.[/quote]



An employer has nothing more than your word for that, and it’s been my experience that it’s virtually always a lie. So you expect a broker/dealer to front many thousands of dollars to train and keep you for the years it would take until you’re profitable, and this based upon an unproven statement by an unknown quantity (which would be you!)? As I said: You’ve got nothing.



How about this…why don’t you offer to sign a note for, say, $200,000 to reimburse the firm should you turn out to be not so ‘intelligent, ambitious & hardworking’? That way you’d be sharing the risk that you’re asking the firm to take.