Picasso Baby!-Arts Degrees and Finance

I don’t think your degree should count against you, and you have relevant financial experience, which carries more weight. I’d like to think that it’s an interesting differentiator in interviews, you have more of a story of how you get into finance and why you want to pursue that particular path.

What areas of finance or roles are you looking into? I think starting off with doing Level 1 is a good start!

Hey @Substance, then I think your current experience is very relevant. What you did for your degree becomes less relevant the more experience you have to talk/show in your CV. I’d focus on that in the interviews to explain how you’ll add value from day 1!

Good luck with the job search @Substance, criminology is cool 🙂

You degree matters a lot when you’ve just graduated, but the finance world is full of high-rank directors/partners/etc with completely random degrees (which often aren’t shown in their company website biographies). As time goes by, your work experiences and (especially) connections will definitely become the most relevant factor. That being said, a CFA and/or a post-graduate degree in a economics/finance related field are sure to help a lot, by serving as proof that you’re a finance person with a non-finance degree instead of a non-finance person who just wants into finance.

hey @substance – I doubt it would count against you, but it depends on your location as well – where are you based?