Financial advice firms must look beyond recruitment drives and training academies if they want to bring more young people into the profession, national advice firm Continuum has warned.
The firm pointed to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showing 21% of 16–21-year-olds expect to be self-employed at some point in their careers, up from 14% in 2019. Continuum managing partner Martin Brown said: "Young people still have a misunderstanding of the opportunities a career in financial advice can hold and there has never been more of a need for quality financial advisers as there is today. Financial advice is an entrepreneurial profession but also a very rewarding one as it sets out to make a positive impact on many people's lives for many years. "Schools progra...
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