It seems like we’re ahead of the curve here, as the female/male ratio at PJFS is 5/4, including two qualified and two hoping-to-become qualified lady advisers. Although on paper 20% of financial advisers are women, you could be forgiven for thinking, at any gathering, that the true number is less than 10%. Yet the money’s not bad, you can generally set your own hours, work where and with whom you like, there’s no canteen culture and plenty of female clients who, often rightly, think they’re less likely to be patronised by a female adviser. So there’s a lot going for the job. And it’s sometimes fun.
“Letter of authority: Why now is the right time for change”
This may sound like a non-issue from outside the world-of-financial-advice bubble. It is the bain, however, of the daily working lives of many of us, particularly of those paid by we advisers to do the dirty work of dealing with the many providers with whom we have to work.
