No fast cash class.Q I am interested in becoming a certified financial planner Certified Financial Planner (CFP) A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs. . I'm trying to acquire the necessary qualifications for this job without going to college; I don't want to spend four years in classes if there is a way I can get right into this field. What do you suggest? --A. Jones Via the Internet A I suggest you enroll in a four-year accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. college. There are no shortcuts See Win Shortcuts. to a successful career, and with all the media coverage surrounding the latest financial scandals involving corporate executives, government officials, and personal financial advisers, why would you be anything but thorough and rigorous about your credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. ? Fortunately, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards has very specific requirements for certification. Beginning January 2007, before candidates are even eligible for taking the certification exam, they must have a bachelor's degree from an accredited U.S. school. Other criteria include work experience and ethics, including full disclosure of any criminal, civil, governmental, or self-regulatory agency proceeding or inquiry. Also, beginning January 2007, applicants will be required to pass the Candidates Fitness Standards, which reviews conduct that may prevent certification. There are no shortcuts. For more information visit the Websites of the Financial Planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against Association (www.fpanet.org) Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc, (www.cfp.net). --Sonia Alleyne Mail your career development questions to Since You Asked, BLACK ENTERPRISE, 130 Fifth Ave., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011, or send an e-mail to alleynes@blackenterprises.com. |
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