>> A couple of qualities, okay and it's a little bit of a myth in our industry,
a lot of people think that you have to study finance, or you have to be an econ,
background to get to become a financial advisor.
And quite frankly that's one of the, it's a helpful ingredient
but not the main one we look for.
We look for characteristics, so somebody that is, has integrity first and foremost.
Someone that is motivated, someone that is proactive, someone that gets involved
within their community, someone that has people skills, those are the type of qualities
that we look for first and foremost, in conjunction with,
also being able to learn the different financial strategies that we offer.
So, yea those qualities are first and foremost, is something that I look for in a candidate.
Reading, reading on your own time, different magazines, Wall Street Journal,
getting caught up on current events, things that are that happening, are,
is a simple thing that you can start doing, at a young age,
finding out what's going on in the business world.
Also, we have an internship program, or in a lot of the bigger firms, not just my own,
have internship programs where you can come in the summer time
and kind of shadow financial advisors.
See how they go on client appointments, learn how they,
develop cases so you can learn a little bit about the industry.
And then other than that, the, you know I think it's, you know ask your family and friends
that you know of someone that's in our industry.
And ask to maybe you know have a coffee or a lunch
and learn a little bit more about what they do.