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Secretaries; Medical Secretaries; Secretaries, Except
Legal, Medical, and Executive.
Skills: Writing; Active Listening; Spea k ing; Ma n-
agement of Financial Resources.
Education and Training Programs: Medical
Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical
Secretary; Administrative Assistant and Secretarial
Science, General; Executive Assistant/Executive
Secretary. Related Knowledge/Courses: Clerical
Practices; Customer and Personal Service; English
Language; Computers and Electronics; Communica-
tions and Media; Personnel and Human Resources.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; sitting; repetitive
motions.Financial Analysts
! Personality Code: CIE! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $70,400
! Beginning Wage: $42,280
! Earnings Growth Potential: Medium
! Growth: 33.8%
! Annual Job Openings: 29,317
! Self-Employed: 8.3%
! Part-Time: 7.1%
Conduct quantitative analyses of information
aff ecting investment programs of public or private
institutions. Assemble spreadsheets and draw charts
and graphs used to illustrate technical reports, using
computer. Analyze fi nancial information to produce
forecasts of business, industry, and economic condi-
tions for use in making investment decisions. Main-
tain knowledge and stay abreast of developments in
the fi elds of industrial technology, business, fi nance,
and economic theory. Interpret data aff ecting invest-
ment programs, such as price, yield, stability, future
trends in investment risks, and economic infl u-
ences. Monitor fundamental economic, industrial,
and corporate developments through the analysis
of information obtained from fi nancial publications
and services, investment banking fi rms, government
agencies, trade publications, company sources, and
personal interviews. Recommend investments and
investment timing to companies, investment fi rm
staff , or the investing public. Determine the prices
at which securities should be syndicated and off ered
to the public. Prepare plans of action for investment
based on fi nancial analyses. Evaluate and compare
the relative quality of various securities in a given
industry. Present oral and written reports on general
economic trends, individual corporations, and entire
industries. Contact brokers and purchase investments
for companies according to company policy. Collab-
orate with investment bankers to attract new corpo-
rate clients to securities fi rms.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 06. Finance and
Insurance. Work Group: 06.02. Finance/Insur-
ance Investigation and Analysis. Other Jobs in
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Estate; Appraisers, Real Estate; Assessors; Claims
Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators; Claims
Examiners, Property and Casualty Insurance; Cost
Estimators; Credit Analysts; Insurance Adjusters,
Examiners, and Investigators; Insurance Appraisers,
Auto Damage; Insurance Underwriters; Loan Coun-
selors; Loan Offi cers; Market Research Analysts; Sur-
vey Researchers.
Skills: Management of Financial Resources; Judg-
ment and Decision Making; Mathematics; Systems
Evaluation; Programming; Complex Problem Solv-
ing; Operations Analysis; Systems Analysis.
Education and Training Programs: Account-
ing and Finance; Accounting and Business/Man-
agement; Finance, General. Related Knowledge/
Courses: Economics and Accounting; Mathemat-
ics; Law and Government; Clerical Practices; English
Language; Administration and Management.
Work Environment: Indoors; sitting.