{"id":580,"date":"2007-01-24t23:17:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-25t04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-10-01t09:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01t13:17:40","slug":"genworth-hangs-out-cpa-wanted-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2007\/01\/24\/genworth-hangs-out-cpa-wanted-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"genworth hangs out ‘cpa wanted’ sign"},"content":{"rendered":"
the shy and retiring need not apply.<\/i><\/p>\n
genworth financial investment services inc. plans to hire 325 registered representatives this year, a 14% increase, according to investment news<\/a>. the schaumburg, ill.-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of richmond, va.-based genworth financial inc., is targeting certified public accountants for its hiring spree. about 80% percent of genworth\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s reps are accountants.but can cpas sell? “they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re very hard to work with,” said jonathan henschen, president of henschen & associates, a recruiting firm in marine on st. croix, minn.<\/p>\n on the other hand: enrique vasquez, president and chief executive of genworth financial investment services, said, “a sole practitioner will have 300 to 500 clients he works with. if he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s able to only leverage 50% of that, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s still 150 to 250 clients that a typical adviser would have difficulty getting.”<\/p>\n norm mindel, a financial adviser with genworth, adds, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re an accountant or a cpa, you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to make a sale to pay the rent. you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re more fair and judicious, because you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to jeopardize the relationship. cpas don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to abuse that trust. they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not going to be salesmen. they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re far more thoughtful.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" the shy and retiring need not apply. genworth financial investment services inc. plans to hire 325 registered representatives this year, a 14% increase, according to investment news. the schaumburg, ill.-based company, a wholly owned subsidiary of richmond, va.-based genworth financial … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bsg-finance-professional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n