On this week's episode of Conversations for Financial Professionals, I chat with Stephen Schiestel, CFA about understanding the importance of building communication skills when coming into any financial services profession.   In this episode, you'll discover: 🎙️Stephen's story and origin in financial planning 🎙️The 3 things it will take for tomorrow's financial professional to be successful 🎙️Is it ever too late to begin a career in financial services 🎙️How are you going start the job as sales or something else? 🎙️Placing 80% of students in independent jobs... 🎙️How best to overcome obstacles that are faced by aspiring financial professionals 🎙️In your own words, what does the phrase "financial planning profession" mean to you?   Resources: Are you a current or aspiring financial professional?  Click here to join the Jumpstart community!Listen to previous podcast episodes, clicking here. Join our weekly newsletter, click here. Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Conversations for Financial Professionals!" by clicking here. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get. Please leave a review right now, click here. Thanks again for listening, reading, and watching! If you enjoyed this podcast, I would love to hear your thoughts (CLICK HERE).