The CFA certificate can serve as a proof of work ability or a personal advantage. Each person who takes the CFA certificate has their own goals and has entered the finance industry from different majors. For those who take the CFA certificate, it is not good or bad, only more suitable.

Having CFA on a business card can create five minutes of marketing value and give customers a good first impression of you. Although it is not necessary to engage in research work to be admitted to CFA, if you can serve in the securities brokerage business department or bank lending department, and have access to existing valuable customers, you can also utilize the knowledge learned by CFA to leverage your strengths.

Nowadays, many banks, funds, trusts, securities firms, and other major financial institutions have the word "CFA and FRM holders first" in their recruitment information, and the leaders or core department employees of these financial institutions are all CFA holders. It can be seen that obtaining a CFA is also very helpful for employees' future employment, and in learning, it can also provide a good opportunity to expand their network.

CFA holders can work in various major financial investment institutions, with a wide range of applications, such as fund management companies, investment banks, foreign investment banks, commercial banks, securities companies, finance companies, insurance companies, etc. Most of the existing CFA qualified owners in China also work in such institutions, especially in many foreign joint ventures and sole proprietorships of financial investment institutions. CFA holders are active in various fields of the world financial investment market.

Portfolio Manager (Fund Manager): 18%

Researcher (analyst): 15%

Investment banking analyst: 9%

Level executives: 7%

Risk Control Manager: 6%

Corporate Financial Analyst: 5%

Consultant: 5%

Account Manager: 5%

Financial Advisor: 5%

MOM Investment Manager: 4%

Trader: 4%

Strategic Analyst: 3%

Accountant/Auditor: 3%

Unemployed: 3%

Other: 8%