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My friends adviced me but i didnt listen , i later learnt the hard way and sought my friends advice that showed me who to help me fight for my case.

I recently had a very disappointing experience with this company. They made me pay for a course, promising it would lead to an interview. After paying and completing the course, they completely disappeared and never got back to me. This is clearly a scam designed to take your money without delivering on their promises. Save your money and avoid this company at all costs!

Avoid this company at all costs, this company is a scam to try to get your money by selling you a course that would not matter in your career. No matter how desperate you are to get a job, please do not fall for this company trying to sell you the CIFA course.

Scam company trying to sell you a finance career course. Don't buy and be fooled.

myfinancial careers.com IS DODGY EVERYONE:
1. I also got contacted by them out of the blue, in which I was confused about how they got my contact details. They claimed I had applied to them which I did not.
2. Then proceeded to interview you (with my ‘recuiter’ going under the name Amos Campbell) on the phone for around an hour, but stated they couldn't tell me the name of the company because of "contractual obligations".
3. Questions are very very basic, and then claim they love you as a candidate, and put you on hold to ‘discuss’ your application.
4. This is when they bring up the qualification and how I would need the regulation in order to progress my application. And if you buy the course, they will progress your application
5. Unfortunately, I did buy the course, but luckily I came to my senses after doing further research online and consulting with others, to which I clocked this may be an intricate pressurised business practice/ a scam
6. I was able to apply for a refund directly CIFA as luckily I did not start the course and applied for the refund within the 14-day refund period. Luckily their customer service did respond quickly, but not surprisingly because legally I am allowed to have a refund.
7. The catch is that these ‘recruiters’ know this, and so heavily put pressure on you to start the course and to wait 4-6 weeks for a response from this company, in which by the time you have realised it is a scam, you can’t get your money back.
8. Reading other reviews on here, Reddit and other platforms, I see that people waited the 4-6 weeks and had poor or little-to-know communication with the ‘recruiter’ in which they came to find out that this is all an elaborate ploy - or a form of a recruitment scam.

Additional notes:
* I HEAVILY suspect that they work together with CIFA to pressure graduates into taking the course (fyi CIFA is not an FCA Approved Qualification Provider), so essentially is not a course you should be taking to further your career, you are much better taking a course from CFA or any other FCA approved courses.
* Myfinancialcareers was incorporated on 20th Sept 2023 (check the govuk website) and there is also not alot of email traffic to the site. For them to have so many negative reviews already in such a short space of time but at the same time claim to have contacts within the most prestigious companies in the industry screams something unethical is going on here.

Overall, NO established recruiter will call you out of the blue and require you to purchase a course to be considered for a job/ progress to a certain stage. Unless it is employer-sponsored, don't spend anything on a course.
PLEASE TAKE CARE PEOPLE!

EDIT/UPDATE 19/03/2024: After writing this initial review, I have just gotten a threatening email from CIFA telling me to take down my review else legal action will be ensued. I see this is consistent of them to do to people who post bad reviews about them
- What I find funny is that I was simply telling everyone my experience, there is nothing defamatory about this review
- I also find it funny that this review was primarily about myfinancialcareers.com and not about CIFA, but yet I got a threatening email from CIFA. This affirms my belief that CIFA and myfinancial careers are somehow associated with each other to some degree, because why is CIFA concerned about my review about a completely ‘separate’ company or how did they even know that I wrote this review?

The interviewer gives you false hope of career prospects before urging you to buy a course. Very dodgy, I would avoid at all costs.

They push for you to buy a course! Don’t buy it!! Scamming graduates trying to pursue a career in finance, very low from this ‘so called’ company. DON’T BE FOOLED!!!

After my initial review, I hadn’t planned on writing another; that was until I checked my inbox to find two rather patronising emails from this company. I’m really quite angry about this situation, but will endeavour to keep the below professional.

Since writing my initial review, the company has reached out to me advising me to remove my review. I was reluctant to do so as I don’t see the point in vetting the reviews as this doesn’t truly reflect everyone’s experiences fairly. I was also notified by Trustpilot that the company had reported my review for containing illegal comments. No such comments were found by Trustpilot and my review was then posted.

This afternoon I’ve received an intimidating email from Myfinancialcareers threatening me with legal action against my review. The company seems desperate for me to remove my review and any sense of sincerity seems to have been blown out of the water in their most recent email. I’m absolutely disgusted that they have the nerve to threaten me with legal action when my review only reflects facts, simply because they’re concerned for their reputation over the treatment of their customers.

After reading some other reviews, unfortunately it seems others are facing similar problems with regards to poor treatment after purchasing exams. My intention isn't to damage this companies’ reputation, but simply to inform others of my experience so that they don't find themselves in the same position.

A scam put together to sell courses, I had a similar experience to the other negative reviews on here. If a recruiter ever asks you to buy a course, run away.

They may book you in for an “interview” and then ask you legitimate questions on behalf of a company that is interested in you. They did not disclose the identity of that company to me because of “contractual obligations”. The interview process may mimic a real-life interview. For instance, with me, they began with questions like why a career in finance then moved onto behavioural questions like; 1. Tell us about a time you had to overcome difficulty 2. Describe when you had to work until a tight deadline and lastly, they asked me how I would add value to the company. At this point, I asked again if I could know the name of the company to which the recruiter responded no. I was suggested to give a generic answer to this question. Afterwards, they may pretend they are putting you on hold while they are discussing your applications with their manager (as if 5 minutes are enough to discuss your application and then decide if you would want to progress further or not).

Throughout the interview, they told me that I gave an excellent answer even if the answer was unstructured. I think this was just to keep me motivated to stay on the call. Then they may tell you how you have a really strong application, but you need an “x” license - in my case some FCA or regulatory license. Afterwards, they claimed that luckily the firm would not be doing interviews for the next 4-6 weeks and in the meantime I could work towards attaining a qualification (despite having an MSc and BSc degree in Economics already). Only if I initiate the course, will my application be considered for an interview. This is despite the fact that the position advertised was trainee financial analyst, with the key word here “trainee”. Then I was asked to search a few regulatory courses on google, (how legitimate are these courses god knows?). Then the caller tried to convince me to buy a course to attain a said license. This entire call may take an hour and I think is designed in such a manner to make you think that you have already invested so much in the application and have a realistic chance to progress further, so you might as well buy the books or the courses which were advertised for excessive amounts like £899, not to mention the add ons.

My experience with My Financial Careers has been a amazing, revealing, and in sum impacting.

I received professional guidance from my personal advisor, Barry, who was exceptionally professional in guiding me. He constructively pointed out areas I needed to build on to make me a standout candidate for potential financial roles and made me aware of the areas I excelled in. I have so far been matched with available roles based on an extensive review of my CV and after going through a screening process to better my chances at landing a job in the finance sector, which seem to be very competitive currently.

My advisor has kept a good communication with me since the start of my journey with MFC and I am positive that his efforts, dedication and hard work, will result in me earning me a huge success in my job hunt and also with a good company.

I will recommend MFC to anyone, anyday.
Samuel

I have recently been supported by My Financial Careers as a candidate. From the first contact through to securing a role they were absolutely amazing. They genuinely care about your situation and how you have come to the stage you are in finding a new position. They are quick to respond be it phone or email and keep you informed of all stages of application through to interview and beyond. It has been a refreshing experience to have this genuine support and service from recruitment professionals. I will definantly be recommending this service to friends and professional contacts in the future

I must say I came to MFC with what I thought was a good CV, After talking with the advisor she helped me redesign my CV so it was an industry standard. We discussed my chosen position that I wanted to work in and helped me decide what the next step was I needed to take. I had 3 interviews before I got a job which I don't blame them as I failed the interview. I must say they were patient with me and really helped me. I'm not the most confident person when walking in to an interview. Thank you.

My experience was smooth. My Financial Careers were supportive of me throughout the application process. My advisor even mailed me an information pack containing pointers for the interview stages and information on the company offering the vacancy. My interview is within a couple of weeks. Wish me luck all.

It was great working with Samantha she really showed faults in my CV that I never picked up on. Fingers crossed on my interview she gained me come this Friday.

After deciding to make the jump into the financial industry, I applied for a few positions I saw advertised on their website for Trainee and Graduate positions in the Investment sector. My advisor, Beth, was very helpful throughout the whole process. She helped me to re-format my CV to make it more tailored for finance, submitted my application in the hope of gaining interview opportunities, as well as providing interview advice and training. Overall, I am very happy with the service provided and would recommend them to anyone looking to break into the finance sector!