Equitable Advisors

I would say that you need to show them how much of a competitor you are. This job requires that you get outside of your comfort zone and do whatever it takes to win. Show that you are serious and WILLING. "Will over skill" is an often quoted statement in financial services.

AXA Advisors is a very professional and large company. AXA provides tremendous initial training and benefit structure to try to help new advisors succeed. AXA provides numerous educational credit courses, and a wide variety of current market condition updates. Each branch will be different depend...

AXA is a wonderful and professional place to kickstart a life long career. They have been very fair and kind to me , and I am appreciative of the opportunities that have been presented to me via the decision I made to become an intern here.

First thing is you have to take industry exams in order to get the licenses necessary to do business in your state. This would be the life insurance exam, series 7 exam, and highly recommended to take the series 66 exam, but the series 63 will get you started. In order to sit for the series exams...

The best way to get engaged is to figure out what they do, how they make their money and what the biggest flaws in their plan are. At a career fair that might not be the best idea right away, but show that you know a lot about the company and are interested in what they do.

So I had an interesting type of internship at AXA Advisors. I was hired directly by a financial advisor and served has his personal intern. I was doing a lot of cold calling for new business as well as scheduling appointments for existing clients and a lot of back-end administrative work. i.e. no...

Definitely not. At least not that I know of.

Once a student has the assistant position, he/she should work hard, and keep at it. Cold-calling can be hard and one can be faced with rejection on a daily basis however, it is important to power through and assistants will see results. If assistants continue to perform well, there are plenty of ...

The most important quality in a BDA candidate would be that this individual has to be driven (a keyword that the financial service industry appreciates is be “self-starter”). It’s not a position where someone could get by doing the bare minimum. Past job experiences aren’t as important as the ind...

The training program is constant because it’s in an industry that’s also evolving on a regular basis. AXA does a decent job of getting you over the initial hurdle of entering financial services but after that, the training becomes more dependent on the individual. If you go out looking for inform...

Research the company and be confident! They are very good at seeking out students who have potential. You do not have to know everything that there is to know about the financial services industry. Rather, show that you have researched the company, are passionate about finance, and are willing to...

I liked that the AXA Advisors externship consisted of only 3 sessions and each one was very informative and useful. The information given out was helpful towards any job in the industry, not just geared towards being successful at AXA. I felt like the knowledge I learned was applicable almost any...

There are two options for new hires. There is a commission only contract and a salary plus commission package. The salary plus commission package pays $2k per month but your commission is cut in half. The company has minimum sales requirements that can be considered minimum compensation to surviv...

It ultimately depends on how assertive you are about what you want to get out of the internship; it also depends on who you are working for. Wealth management is a very entrepreneurial field. For me, there was no set program, and I did what my boss needed help with, it included prospecting and pr...

Talk about your sales skills, wealth management is all about getting clients. If you have any experience on the phone that is perfect. Being able to talk to clients and get them to trust you to manage their money is the most crucial aspect of the job. When you work with younger advisors, the most...

A day in the life of a consultant at AXA advisors is a very meticulous job where you slowly develop an understanding for the way the human mind works with others. A day at the office consists of one predominant factor; land the client. Through training, you are given the opportunity to call clien...

A regular day as an Assistant to a Financial Advisor at AXA would be to wake up early in the morning and start cold-calling clientele and informing them about our services we can offer them. The day starts off with quite a bit of rejection and cranky clients, however people are understanding and ...

For me, a day in the life of an AXA finance intern was checking in every morning with my boss on individual projects that he wanted completed. I would usually then begin cold calling potential clients and or clients that had lost their advisors due to them leaving the firm. I would try to set up ...

Being my first finance internship, I learned a lot of the basics of the finance industry. I learned a bit about how to manage money, how to allocate money towards different investment goals, and how liabilities play a role in people's personal investments. I very much enjoyed everything that I le...

This is based on which office you work with and how media heavy your job will be. The daily job functions are extensive and will require effort on your part, but you will get exposure to salesforce and a few other financial programs used by the company.