Assuming that someone is in an investment research type role, when this person applies for jobs how much difference will be seen if the resume showed that this person is a level 2 candidate vs a level 3 candidate?
I have 3 years left until I complete the qualifying work experience to become a charter so it will coincide at about the time when I pass level 3, but I’m wondering whether more opportunities and interview requests would be available as a level 2 candidate vs a level 3 candidate.
it’s a bonus, but L3 candidate status won’t be the reason you get / not-get the job.
experience and how you do during interview will far outweigh this
This. I’m pretty sure none of my job success to date has been my CFA status. I got my first job in a non-finance role after passing L1/L2 candidate, and got my new better still non-finance job when I passed L2. In months of active interviewing I have not landed on offer after passing L3.
Bottom line, don’t count on CFA. 9 times out of 10 it’s a bonus, not a deciding factor.
^ I’d say there’s 3 in every 100 odds the L3 status > L2 status is the factor that lands you the job
actually, on second thought it might be 1/100
does L3 status help demand a higher salary compared to L2 status? Or do you have to complete CFA to gain bargaining power?
Would like to know too…
It would marginally help. We’re talking $1-5k at most.
For a research job I would rather hire someone who had just passed level 2 than level 3. Curriculum is more relevant.
I have gotten incrementally better/more interviews with each successive pass. Not sure I will test this theory with a L3 pass.