Entry-Level Positions For Aspiring Financial Consultants
Raftelis Financial Consulting hires many recent graduates as associate consultants, offering "great learning opportunities" including a three-day training course. The industry values diverse backgrounds, including those in environmental planning, economics, or history, emphasizing a willingness to learn and contribute, demonstrating the firm's commitment to developing entry-level talent.
Entry-Level Jobs, Financial Consulting, Associate Consultant, Utility Consulting, Transferable Skills
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Job Title
Company
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Erik Milde
Financial Consultant
Raftelis Financial Consulting
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
N/A
Engineering - Civil
Consulting & Related Professional Services, Energy & Utilities, Government & Public Sector
Finance
Disabled, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Entry-level positions like Associate Consultant are available.
2. Companies offer training programs for new hires.
3. Various undergraduate majors (e.g., economics, history, environmental planning) can be relevant to the field, emphasizing the importance of transferrable skills and a willingness to learn.
Transcript
What entry-level positions are there in this field that an undergraduate college student might consider?
For my company specifically, we hire a lot of kids right out of school. We just filled a lot of positions for associate consultants, which are really great learning opportunities.
We're spending a lot more time on training programs. As we've grown from a smaller firm, we now have programs where people go to one of the major offices, which I think is in Ohio, for a three-day course on the basics of what we do.
My industry, especially in utility consulting and financial consulting, does hire right out of school with varying experiences, as long as they're applicable. We have people who started with us with masters in environmental planning or backgrounds in economics or history.
These experiences translate; it's just figuring out the marketability and the willingness to learn. You don't need to know everything to start, and you can still try to help out. A lot of those skills can be translated. I think our industry specifically has a wonderful ability to provide that.