Becomming an Investment Advisor?? ps. Merry ChristmasMerr

[vipon]

Hey,
I was recently talking to someone who is President at a Wealth Management Firm in Winnipeg (Canada), and they were saying that the best way to get into the business is to become an Investment Advisor. The logic for this is to work at a big firm (where the best people are..) and gain as much experience as possible. From my job hunting experience, i have found that there are just a handful of jobs available for recent graduates (Im business-finance student currently): Financial Advisor, Financial Analyst and Investment Advisor/IA assistant. I’m not so sure i like the whole idea of cold calling and trying to build a portfolio from money of friends, families...

Do i just have to suck it up? Is this first step in career path to Wealth management? I would not want to be an IA for that long, hopefully there is good upward mobility...

Thoughts/opinions?

Thanks
Merry Christmas