Anyone here a Financial advisor or Financial services rep?

I just graduated this past December and I have been interviewing with Northwestern Mutual and Mass Mutual for a gig as a financial services rep. I just wanted to know what I can expect.  I have done sales before so I know I should expect long weeks (60 hour range) and to struggle making money early on but I just wanted to hear some other thoughts on this. I live in Michigan and it's a terrible job market and sales jobs are the only thing I can find right now and these seem to be the best available.

I got a BAA in Entrepreneurship and minored in Finance at CMU so it's tough for me to find finance and banking gigs since I did not major in it. 

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Those two companies like you to network with friends and family in order to get business at the start.  Nine times out of ten people fail and some bigger producer ends up with the residuals.  That said they have great payouts on insurance and investment products versus typical broker dealers so if you're willing to Cold Call your ass off you can make big money. Both companiesalso have great benefits and sincetey areprivate you don't have to worry about the shorts putting them outof business.
Just one big life policy and you'll make more than most people do in a year.  Also cold call on retirement plans as those companies have great teams to sell the plans once you getthe contacts. Just try to think outside the box with who may need your services and start pounding the phones you will make money because most advisors are hiding under there desks right now.  I've been picking up more new clients in the past year than I did in the previous 5 it's a great time to cold call.

Hey Dther85,
I know the feeling, it's a tough market out there these days. I actually just came out the conventional end of things, while my brother still runs his own State Farm office down in Florida. He started out as an independent rep and had great sucess due to the fact that he hired a girl to process the leads he bought. She didnt mind being on the phone and was good at that. He in turn just went to the scheduled appointments and sold the insurance!

Presently Im in the same boat as you and keep my resume posted online. I'm constantly recruited by lots of top insurance companies but prefer to go it alone. I've recently gotten into private offshore investments and have found the industry to much more lucrative. Keep us informed and let us know how it goes. You're definitely going down the right road. All the best.
STeve

Steve,

Ive seen a few of your posts and you need to be careful not to spam for that site. I saw they have an affilate program and if you try to solicit for them in any way, your account will be banned and you will be reported to the site for spamming (which is against their affilate rules).

You made a thread in your blog and several posts about it..lets stop it now please.