What is Financial Information Sales?
There are two main areas in financial information
- Financial Journalism & Media (Financial magazine publications, financial newspapers, financial television channels, tip sheet providers and online information providers)Data Providers (Real time information terminals, charting packages, fundamental news announcements etc.)
- Data providers of financial information provide live (‘real-time’) information on the changing prices of financial products. They also offer a host of other data, including news analysis and information on company accounts, plus related products, such as screens and terminals for traders to use to access their information.
If I work in financial information sales what will I be doing?
Financial information providers compete in a battle to provide data faster, more cheaply, and on increasingly fancy screens. Financial publications compete for the daily and weekly readership of private investors.
Within financial information there are many different jobs ranging from sales, research, journalism, marketing, HR and the list goes on. Most roles involve a good degree of sales skills.
How do I get a graduate scheme / internship / entry level job or career in Financial Information Sales?
Obtaining a graduate scheme, internship or entry level role in financial information sales can be very challenging and competitive – though very achievable by getting your application, CV, interview and general approach right. You can guarantee that ninety percent of applicants for financial information sales roles will not know how to apply, so getting your application in the top ten percent makes things a lot more achievable.
Approaching the company in the right way will make all the difference. Combining the right approach with a strong interview (and in some cases assessment centre) writ a strong focused tailored CV will go a long way. Make sure you have gone through the free videos on this sight by entering your name and email address in the top right of this screen underneath the video. Once you have filled this in you will have instant access to everything you need to secure your career in financial information sales.
