Personal Financial Advisors

Advise clients on financial plans using knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives. May also buy and sell financial assets for clients.

On the job, you would:

• Interview clients to determine their current income, expenses, insurance coverage, tax status, financial objectives, risk tolerance, or other information needed to develop a financial plan.
• Analyze financial information obtained from clients to determine strategies for meeting clients' financial objectives.
• Answer clients' questions about the purposes and details of financial plans and strategies.

Education

• bachelor's degree
• certificate after college

Business

• customer service
• accounting and economics

Arts and Humanities

• English language

Math and Science

• arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
• psychology

Basic Skills

• listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
• reading work related information

Problem Solving

• noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

People and Technology Systems

• thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
• figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it

Enterprising

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

• Integrity
• Attention to Detail
• Analytical Thinking
• Dependability
• Concern for Others
• Initiative

Verbal

• communicate by speaking
• listen and understand what people say

Math

• add, subtract, multiply, or divide
• choose the right type of math to solve a problem

Ideas and Logic

• make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
• use rules to solve problems