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The financial planning sector is booming and offers a variety of career options. This field deals with the largest markets of any kind in the world and call on the following skills:
| Key Skill Area | Requirement |
| People skills: | High |
| Sales skills: | Medium |
| Communication skills: | High |
| Analytical skills: | Medium |
| Ability to synthesize: | High |
| Creative ability: | Medium |
| Initiative: | Medium |
| Work hours: | 25-65/week |
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- Can Invest Directly or Indirectly
- Money managers either directly make investments or help others by providing investment advice. If they are in the
first business they are usually called portfolio managers. If they are in the second, they are generally called
financial planners.
- A Variety of Compensation Approaches Available for Planners
- Financial planners can be compensated on a flat per-hour fee basis, a commission basis or both.
The way you are paid in this business clearly affects the incentives you have with your customers.
- It's Important to Have a Broad Understanding of Business
- One of the exciting things about investing is that you get rewarded for knowing how business works.
People who understand and enjoy business are among the most likely to succeed in this arena.