Posting on here as well as Money Matters.
Hi- After 21 years teaching I have decided to leave the classroom and I now want to take my life in different direction. I have always been interested in finance, property and people. As an English teacher, I have a good eye for detail and strangely 'enjoy' filling in forms! A friend of mine suggested becoming a mortgage adviser and the more I research it the more interested I have become.
A family friend is an estate agent so I am going to ask if there is a possibility to work-shadow their mortgage adviser, but wanted to know if there are any other mortgage advisers out there who could give some insight into the job.
I have looked up the CeMAP courses and I am quite keen to retrain and learn a new profession. My real question is, will I be able to get a job in this sector? And will a company take me on with no sales experience? Is it too big a risk to pay for a course with no chance of a job at the end?
Thanks