MPJ
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On Wednesday I finally got my offer of employment from Edward Jones so I\'m moving up in the world to a full IDA firm (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, insurance, etc...) over the MFDA firm I used to be with (mutual funds, insurance only). Must say I\'m pretty pumped.
The last company I was with you paid everything out of your pocket (license fees, insurance, office space, computer, software, etc...) while with Edward Jones I\'m being spoiled with such goodies as a pension (never had one of those before), everything paid for, $5000 a year towards education, and so much more, not to forget a base salary for the first 15 months while I build up my client base (and pure commission kicks in).
I was looking at Edward Jones and BMO Nesbitt Burns (NB is likely an unknown name to those outside Canada) but decided on EJ as my primary \'target\' as they will give me (IE. pay for) my own office and assistant when I qualify (likely less than a year).
EJ is even gonna get my my Ontario license in addition to my NS license to coincide with my can-sell date so I can start working my Ontario business leeds.
Anyway, I\'m pretty pumped. Official start date is June 6 and I\'ve already terminated my position with Investors Group so I have a few weeks to kick around the house and get some of the renovations finished before I have to kick it into overdrive for the new position.
On a related note, I\'ll be traveling to Mississauga, ON a few times in the next 4 months and would love to meet up with any CMoNers in the area if possible (nice to put a face to a post). There is also a possibility I\'ll be in St. Louis in this same time frame (one of the few bigger US cities I haven\'t been to) and if that happens would also like to hook up there.
The last company I was with you paid everything out of your pocket (license fees, insurance, office space, computer, software, etc...) while with Edward Jones I\'m being spoiled with such goodies as a pension (never had one of those before), everything paid for, $5000 a year towards education, and so much more, not to forget a base salary for the first 15 months while I build up my client base (and pure commission kicks in).
I was looking at Edward Jones and BMO Nesbitt Burns (NB is likely an unknown name to those outside Canada) but decided on EJ as my primary \'target\' as they will give me (IE. pay for) my own office and assistant when I qualify (likely less than a year).
EJ is even gonna get my my Ontario license in addition to my NS license to coincide with my can-sell date so I can start working my Ontario business leeds.
Anyway, I\'m pretty pumped. Official start date is June 6 and I\'ve already terminated my position with Investors Group so I have a few weeks to kick around the house and get some of the renovations finished before I have to kick it into overdrive for the new position.
On a related note, I\'ll be traveling to Mississauga, ON a few times in the next 4 months and would love to meet up with any CMoNers in the area if possible (nice to put a face to a post). There is also a possibility I\'ll be in St. Louis in this same time frame (one of the few bigger US cities I haven\'t been to) and if that happens would also like to hook up there.
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