What does "CFA Level 1 Passed" give you?

[DW.J]

It gives you ticket to advance in your career, but it will only give you some short term attention of your superiors. Without passing 2nd na 3rd level you are just a guy who can’t finish stuff. This is true, so it maybe makes sense not to mention it in case y ou don’t plan to continue.

and I forgot to mention, it brigns also great girls in your company. A lot… LOL

[Cory688]

@frankyrivan

@Cory688

I actually did get an equity research interview after passing Level I. Should have waited for after Level II as all the questions were about valuing a company and I hadn’t really learned anything about that until during Level II studies. (Economics major, worked in corporate finance, no experience valuing companies)

I would say updating your LinkedIn - it looks nicer after you have passed it. It shows you at least know a thing or two about finance and are dedicated enough to studying for it. Other than that same rules apply for getting a raise, finding a job, etc. I did get a 20% raise this year but my boss and I talk every day about CFA and have discussed that. Lots of people work places where no one even knows they’re taking the tests or it’s an expectation.

At last some decent thoughts. Thanks you for your advice, i’ll do what you advice. Time to edit my linkedin page then. By the way, is there any way for people outside cfa institute to check which people have passed the exam? I mean like BAT (Bloomberg Altitude Test - CMIIW), employer can subscribe to bloomberg to see which people have passed the exam.

I don’t think so, which is why it is useful to update your LinkedIn and make it all public. There is a feature where you can see it as the public will see it. Take off any information that you don’t want people to see and leave the rest out there for recruiters to see. I get at least one email every few weeks from recruiters. I like my job so I don’t usually follow up, but real recruiters are on there looking for people.

Make sure you follow the CFAI standards for updating your status. Good luck.

[frankyrivan]

thanks for the great advices guys!