The Moscow Times published an article today about the CFA charter and its benefits in the very competitive Russian job market.
“Russian employers are obsessed with qualifications, and this is one qualification they take very seriously,” Luc Jones, a partner at Antal Russia and a board member of the Canadian Eurasia Russia Business Association, told The Moscow Times.
“Job-hunters need a way to stand out from the crowd and, in the field of banking and finance, the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification provides an opportunity to do so. It requires passing three integral levels of examinations to become a full-fledged charterholder. Most who attempt each test fail.”
Apparently the supply of Russian CFA charterholders is quite small:
“Currently only 400 fully qualified charterholders live in Russia, according to the CFA Association Russia, the local charterholder society.”
And the lack of supply is creating value for CFA charterholders in Russia:
“Russian employers are obsessed with qualifications, and this is one qualification they take very seriously,” Luc Jones, a partner at Antal Russia and a board member of the Canadian Eurasia Russia Business Association, told The Moscow Times.
Like any good or service, when demand exceeds supply the outlook is good. If you hold the CFA charter in Russia, your future is as good as gold.
Read the full article.
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