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CFA Salary: How Much Does A CFA Charter Increase Your Pay By?

Zee Tan

9 Sep 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

Will your salary increase as you go through the CFA Program?​Yes, it does. In fact, you don’t even have to wait until you become a CFA charterholder. Proper, reliable CFA salary data are hard to come by, so we started our own years ago to help our readers.  The key differentiator of our CFA salary analysis is the removal of the “work experience / seniority effect” on average total compensation, so that we can better capture the true effect of CFA Program ...

How to Convince Your Firm To Pay For Your CFA Exam

Zee Tan

7 Sep 2024

CFA, CFA Level 1, CFA Level 2, CFA Level 3

I was feeling really poor back when I was attempting CFA Level 2. I had just been let go in my finance role and I wanted to switch careers into advertising, yet still continue ...

When Will My CFA Results Be Released?

Zee Tan

6 Sep 2024

CFA, Exam Day & Results

Although the CFA Institute announces most of the relevant dates on the CFA Program calendar right at the start, a pretty significant date is usually missing until the last minute – the CFA ...

7 Benefits of CFA Charter You Should Know

Zee Tan

5 Sep 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 1

Should you take the CFA exams? What are the benefits of CFA program? Each year, hundreds of thousands of professionals ponder about this. Here’s a straight-to-the-point, frank list of reasons why a CFA designation ...

How to Prepare for An Interview: 3 Steps To Secure Your Job Offer

Zee Tan

4 Sep 2024

Career Advice

With a good resume and solid networking skills, you've landed yourself an interview. That's a great position to be in. So how do you close the deal and get a job offer? Here's how to ...

What To Do When You Lose Your Job: A Helpful Checklist

Zee Tan

3 Sep 2024

Career Advice

More than 20 million people lose their jobs in the US alone every year. With bizarre news of mass firing over Zoom calls and recessionary fears, job security has become more unpredictable lately. Losing ...

CFA Charterholders: Why Top Firms Prefer Hiring Them

Zee Tan

2 Sep 2024

CFA, Career Advice, CFA Level 3

Interviewing for a new job, targeting a promotion, or looking to progress your career? Top tier firms know that the CFA Program produces results. ​For your next career move, here’s a primer with all the ...

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