Where a securities broker can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a securities broker already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Securities brokers create the connection between the investors and the available investment opportunities. They purchase and sell securities on their clients' behalf, based on their expertise in the financial markets. They monitor the performance of their clients' securities, assessing their stability or speculative tendencies. Securities brokers calculate the securities' price and place orders.
Also known as junior stock broker, stock salesperson, financial services sales agent, investment broker.
Technicians and associate professionals 34 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: securities underwriter, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A securities broker needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assess risks of clients' assets information skills
- trade securities communication, collaboration and creativity
- forecast economic trends information skills
- stock market business, administration and law
- review investment portfolios communication, collaboration and creativity
- maintain records of financial transactions information skills
- financial jurisdiction business, administration and law
- financial markets business, administration and law
- protect client interests communication, collaboration and creativity
- actuarial science natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a securities broker does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- securities trader 80% covered · difficulty 22.6
- financial planner 78% covered · difficulty 24.7
- financial broker 72% covered · difficulty 30.7
- mutual fund broker 71% covered · difficulty 30.9
- commodity broker 68% covered · difficulty 34.6
- stock trader 68% covered · difficulty 34.6
- foreign exchange trader 65% covered · difficulty 37.3
- corporate banking adviser 59% covered · difficulty 42.3
- bank account manager 53% covered · difficulty 48.8
- bank teller 53% covered · difficulty 48.3
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Securities broker is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a securities broker’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.