Interview Assessment #2
Name of Professional: Ryan Fuchs
Profession: Financial Advisor
Company: IFRAH Financial
Date of Interview: 9/27/17
One interview I had was with Mr. Ryan Fuchs, Financial Advisor of IFRAH Financial who laid out the tasks, skills, and experiences he has had with being a financial advisor. He strongly spoke of the benefits of engaging within finance and neutralized what finance has to offer along with salary, communication, and running a company. Through this interview, I hoped to receive feedback on my resume, learn about his view of finance, and tips to begin working after college.
To start off, Mr. Fuchs mentioned the important of communication as an advisor. He heavily relied on connections and communications to maintain a great relationship with clients. The matter being that keeping these connections with clients proves the reliance and greatness of a Financial Advisor. The advice I took from this statement is how to treat people properly. If clients are looking for humble, confident, and optimistic professionals, then it is a great idea not to treat them poorly. I also agree with the importance of socializing because this trait is seen through several careers in the professional world such as marketing, management, medical positions, and even big corporate companies. All these professionals need to stay in contact with their buyers or clients in order to gain their confidence.
A benefit he disclosed was traveling. He explained how his job worked as his firm was in another state that was basically a “Headquarters” to his firm. Mr. Fuchs travels to Little Rock, Arkansas frequently because of his clients in Arkansas which adds to the outcome of maintaining communication with professionals. To experience the travels to other states and work in several environments is an interesting case that I would love to take on. One piece of advice I took from the benefit of traveling is the strength of adaptation. When someone travels to another state, that not only embraces the change in environment, but the change in types of people. I agree with travelling being a benefit, but I took it as if there were two sides to it. In my opinion, travelling takes away time from family and it builds more contacts.
He also mentioned the skills of financial advising. The three he stated were the ability to analyze the clients’ funds for the future, the familiarity of stock and investing, and the connections to retirement and future planning. Mr. Fuchs had developed these skills as he started his beginning to financial advising. At first, he studied law that transferred to finance as the economy changed and he received offers. From the skill of analyzing funds of clients’ expenses, I noticed the amount of risk and predictions used to make decisions on problems. I always imagined professionals deciding what other people should do with their wealth which shows a great need for the present economy. One thing I have compared this information to is the relevance of the location of wealth within cities, states, and countries. I realized that the location of these type of firms is an essential decision to make based on the location of wealth and strong economy within areas. Out of all three skills, I strongly agreed with stocks and investing. Clients need these financial advisors because they want to increase their affluence for the future and investing is something that will increase the output of money for a client.
