What is the difference in work between an Accountant and a Financial Planner?

Karie Mavle: Financial planners DO help people with their personal finances, but you can't just hang out a shingle and expect people to walk in. It doesn't work like McDonalds. You have to go FIND your clients. cold calling is one method of doing that. There are other ways too, but marketing is a huge part of the job until you have an established clientele.Some companies will hire financial planners to work at corporate HQ, but they aren't jobs that are easy to come by. They don't pay nearly as well, but you also don't have to market or sell....Show more

Rashad Marecki: accountants countfinancial planners planseriously though most "planners" are glorified salesmen