However, about five years ago I decided to spend my time reporting about money rather than convincing customers where to put it. So I'm now in a recovery program for stockbrokers and take it one day at a time. I would suggest a job in financial services. Of course, get ready to log lots and lots of long, hard hours of tedious work. There is little glamour when you spend your day making cold calls searching for customers.
Many people think they have what it takes to be a great stockbroker.
After all, they have a foolproof system for picking stocks and could make a fortune if they worked at it full time. Show me a broker who spends time studying stock charts, and I'll show you a person who will be looking for work soon. Brokerage firms spend bundles of money trying to find people who will be successful financial advisers. And I had the opportunity to work with some real characters. Another broker loved to eat, constantly.