Conversations for Financial Professionals Dominique Henderson, CFP®

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On this week's episode of Conversations for Financial Professionals, I chat with Amanda Raymond about how impactful psychological fear can be when transitioning into a new career.
 
In the full episode, you'll discover:
🎙️Amanda's story and origin in financial planning
🎙️The unique challenges career changers face when making a career switch
🎙️How best to deal with obstacles when making a career change
🎙️How The American College is supporting the financial planning profession?
🎙️Interesting trends you've noted during the pandemic about the workforce
 
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Welcome to another episode of the Conversations for Financial Professionals podcast where we are shaping the next generation of financial advice.
 
Amanda Raymond is the Director of Career Development at The American College of Financial Services. She joined The College in June of 2022 to lead the development and creation of a virtual career center. Prior to joining The College, Amanda served as the Associate Director for Alumni Career Engagement at UCLA where she collaborated with alumni, faculty, and employers to help students prepare for the transition from college to career. During her time at UCLA she worked on career programming in partnership with Disney, Paramount, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. Over the course of her career, Amanda has developed and managed a variety of experiential education programs for University of California, Irvine and The Washington Center for Internships in Washington, D.C. She holds a B.A. in Communication and M.A. in Counseling from the University of San Diego. Additionally, she is a Certified Professional Coach. Amanda resides in Southern California, where she enjoys hiking, going to the beach with her family and checking out the local farmers market on the weekends.




 
 


In this episode, you'll discover:
🎙️Amanda's story and origin in financial planning
🎙️The unique challenges career changers face when making a career switch
🎙️How best to deal with obstacles when making a career change
🎙️How The American College is supporting the financial planning profession?
🎙️Interesting trends you've noted during the pandemic about the workforce




 
Resources:
Are you a current or aspiring financial professional?  Click here to join the Jumpstart community!Listen to previous podcast episodes, clicking here.
Explanation of Johari Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_windowBig 5 Personality Test: https://bigfiveaspects.com/
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On this week's episode of Conversations for Financial Professionals, I chat with Stephen Schiestel, CFA about understanding the importance of building communication skills when coming into any financial services profession.
 
In this episode, you'll discover:
🎙️Stephen's story and origin in financial planning
🎙️The 3 things it will take for tomorrow's financial professional to be successful
🎙️Is it ever too late to begin a career in financial services
🎙️How are you going start the job as sales or something else?
🎙️Placing 80% of students in independent jobs...
🎙️How best to overcome obstacles that are faced by aspiring financial professionals
🎙️In your own words, what does the phrase "financial planning profession" mean to you?
 
Resources:
Are you a current or aspiring financial professional?  Click here to join the Jumpstart community!Listen to previous podcast episodes, clicking here.
Join our weekly newsletter, click here.
Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Conversations for Financial Professionals!" by clicking here. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
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Welcome to another episode of the Conversations for Financial Professionals podcast where we are shaping the next generation of financial advice.
 
Stephen Schiestel is currently the Frederick S. Addy Professor of Practice in Finance at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.  He received his MBA in 1998 from Michigan State University and a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Michigan-Flint in 1991. Schiestel teaches undergrad and grad students in Security Analysis, Valuation, Financial Planning and Wealth Management and Corporate Finance.  He is the director of the College’s Financial Planning and Wealth Management programs. He has won several teaching awards including winning the Executive MBA Teaching Award four times.  Prior to coming to Michigan State, Schiestel held management positions in the Wealth Management Division of Citizens Bank, now part of Huntington Bank.




 
 


In this episode, you'll discover:
🎙️Stephen's story and origin in financial planning
🎙️The 3 things it will take for tomorrow's financial professional to be successful
🎙️Is it ever too late to begin a career in financial services
🎙️How are you going start the job as sales or something else?
🎙️Placing 80% of students in independent jobs...
🎙️How best to overcome obstacles that are faced by aspiring financial professionals
🎙️In your own words, what does the phrase "financial planning profession" mean to you?




 
Resources:
Are you a current or aspiring financial professional?  Click here to join the Jumpstart community!Listen to previous podcast episodes, clicking here.
Join our weekly newsletter, click here.
Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Conversations for Financial Professionals!" by clicking here. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.
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On this week's episode of Conversations for Financial Professionals, I chat with Dr. Barry Mulholland about how important career changers are to the industry because of their transferrable skills.
 




🎙️Dr. Mulholland's story and origin in financial planning
🎙️Practical advice for the aspiring financial professional
🎙️How traditional and non-traditional students are coping with the transition into financial services
🎙️What makes an effective financial planner
🎙️In your own words what does the phrase "nex gen financial planner" mean to you?




 
Resources:
https://diversitasfp.org/
Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
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