Finance

The past couple of days in Career Exploration we have been working on the Finance Cluster. The two careers I chose to research are Personal Financial Adivsors and Financial Examiners. We have been asked to compare and contrast our two occupations by telling three similarities and three differences. As you can tell by their names, these occupations probably have quite a bit in common. First off, they both deal a lot with computers, including desktop computers, notebook computers, and personal computers. They need these in order to keep track of records and financial related transactions. Some of the main and most important knowledge and skills these people need include Economics and Accounting and Administration and Management. People in these occupations need this knowledge in order to deal with the money and financial state of others. They must also have knowledge in Mathematics and Law and Government. People in these occupations must have Enterprising and Conventional interests. The biggest difference between these occupations is that Personal Financial Advisors deal more personally with money of specific people, whereas Financial Examiners deal with large companies and their financial states. Personal Advisors can be self-employed, whereas Financial Examiners are more involved and controlled by the Government. One last difference is that Financial Examiners make more because they are paid by the government.