I didn’t mean to offend any financial advisor.
Seriously, what’s with those financial companies who keep asking people to become their financial advisors? I have already been head-hunted via cold calls and LinkedIn messages prompting me to work as their financial advisor like 5 times over the past 2 weeks.
In context, FoS undergraduate and already have a summer internship – but still being head-hunted by financial companies asking me to spend my summer in their cult of financial advisory – even though I had no knowledge in finance and I even hated being in business.
There are already a lot of FAs these days. Why are they keeping hunting more of their prey?
I know not all FAs are like that, but seriously, I’m this close to giving a bad impression to financial advisory. Seriously, it’s so irritating dealing with all of these sellbots. How do they sleep at night knowing that this is what they do.????????
- Here are what netizens think:
- It’s a highly delusional profession. I was served by one keynote speaker FA, and he was so lousy. He could not answer any of my questions, especially the one “how many of the products you sell are in your portfolio?” On my own, I did better than him and all the FA I have ever known, even if they count their losses as gains. Run!!!!
- Cold call is not headhunted lah. Your case is closer to scam call than headhunting.
- Ignore them lah. They abit like mlm. FA is almost a sunset industry as more people are it savvy and can buy on their own liao
- don’t blame them la, have you anything before? It is tough to sell insurance cause mainly sell base on fear , that is one and secondly you need to have the skill to sell on being able to manage their money . Needs training and a bullet proof skin so that’s why those that make it are so successful. Take it positively la, their profession is literally taking people money to become their own money. It is a very tough job.
- Get this right. You were not headhunted because as an intern or a fresh grad you have nothing valuable for any companies to want to head hunt you.Those who cold called you were transactional recruiters who tried to transacted you for a commission.Know the difference so you don’t become a laughing stock by telling people you are being headhunted.