Meet three women who have
embarked on careers in the
finance and investment industry.
This program profiles Charlotte
Faulkner, a stockbroker who
works closely with investment
clients; Karen McMeekin, a market
supervisor for the Montreal
Exchange; and Josée St. Hilaire, a
micro-finance advisor who helps
provide capital to tiny start-up
companies in developing countries. Remarks from
co-workers and supervisors
provide additional layers to the descriptions of each job. View a preview video
clip and read below for descriptions of each segment, or scroll to the bottom to
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Charlotte Faulkner is a stock broker at
Odlum Brown. She looks after the financial
interests of companies and individuals by
helping them invest money, mainly in
stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
Charlotte's up early to follow the markets
and keep her clients' portfolios on track.
There are a lot of ups and downs when you're a stock broker. It can be
emotionally demanding. No one can consistently predict market performance.
In order to give expert financial advice, a stock broker has to stay ahead of the
latest investment trends.
As a child, Charlotte wanted to go into art, but
her family's dinner time chats about stocks
must've rubbed off on her. “I just love my job.
When a client phones you and thanks you, when
I feel that I've helped somebody, I feel really
good about that.”
When Charlotte meets with a client for the first
time, she helps them identify financial goals by
taking into account the client's income, assets,
liabilities and other factors. Even though the client makes all investment
decisions, Charlotte plays an important role by presenting a number of options,
making recommendations and keeping the client informed.
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Karen McMeekin is a market supervisor in
the monitoring department for the
Montreal Exchange, the only derivative
exchange in Canada. Her job is to oversee
the derivative trading process and to
ensure that the computer system that
facilitates all the trades is operating in top
form.
Karen's training qualifies her to work as a
broker, an operator for financial transactions,
a sales and marketing representative and
more. As a market supervisor, she
experiences the action by facilitating market
trading, but doesn't have to take the worry of
client investments home with her. She just
keeps the traders happy.
Karen works in a very dynamic, team oriented
environment. When it comes to vacations, only one person can be away at any
time. Karen likes to spend her green on the green, fine tuning her swing. “What
I love most about my job is the unpredictability and the excitement of following
financial markets.”
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What can ten dollars buy these days? Well,
in some countries, it's enough to start a
business. Providing expertise on how to
manage these types of loans is the job of
micro-finance advisor Josée St. Hilaire.
Josée's employer, Desjardins International
Development, assists financial institutions
in developing countries. Individuals with no assets are provided with small
loans that are guaranteed by a group they form. For some, it's enough to
change their lives.
It's not easy to introduce financial concepts to
people who have never been exposed to
traditional financing. Josée uses creativity to adapt financial projects to the needs, resources,
economic conditions and cultural backgrounds of
people she works with in developing countries.
“What I really like about this job is the satisfaction
of knowing that we are helping people improve
their lives.”
Josée loves the travel aspect of her work and Africa in particular. Going
overseas gives her a chance to learn business hands-on in a developing
country. She gets to use finance to help people and have an adventure at the
same time. Afterwards, Josée returns to the office to manage the numbers,
reports and follow-up for her business activities.
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Developed in 2006 in Canada, the Career Options for Women series is an
outstanding resource for schools wanting to attract women and girls to Science,
Technology and Trades!
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