Expert: Paul Henneman - 5/4/2007

Question
i just want to know if i want to become a stalk broker how do i get started? go to college first? our some people can do it with out going? this is something i feel like i wanna do with my life.

Answer
Mike,
  Thank you for your question!
  Yes, the first step to becoming a stock broker would be to go to college.  This is essential, you will not get far without it.
  After earning a college degree, most brokerage firms and investment companies have various training programs that you can enter. In these programs they give you the real life training you need, with a job position after you finish the training. Most of the major firms have some sort of 'careers' page on their websites that summarize or list job openings all around the world, and some of them offer information on these training programs. Here are some links to a few that I found, there are many others:

http://www.morganstanley.com/about/careers/index.html
http://www.bearstearns.com/sitewide/careers/index.htm
http://www.ubs.com/1/e/career_candidates/experienced_professionals.html
http://www.merrilllynch.com/index.asp?id=7695_8199

I hope that this helps gets you started! Please do not hesitate to follow up with me if I can be of any additional assistance.

Best Regards,
Paul Henneman
President
ValuEngine Inc