This is neither a graduate course nor a finance role. It is entirely sales. You will dredge through LinkedIn to find prospects then cold call 100 of them a day, everyday. There is no personal development, financial training or knowledge.
You advise clients to transfer their UK pensions or save. But there is no thought to suitability for clients hence the trouble the firm has been in around the world. Do a quick search for "devere group" then either "fines" or "suspended" or "complaints" before you apply. There is a striking lack of ethics at the company.
You will be placed on a draw so you will earn no immediate income apart from in one or two select locations. Even in these locations, salary is below the living salary. You will require significant savings and be prepared to burn through this.
There is very little assistance when relocating abroad.
They recruit 50 people anticipating many will leave. Including myself, there are 5 people left from my course of about 30. They tell you these people leave because they could not put the hard work in whereas the truth is the work is basic and monotonous. You are essentially a glorified secretary. As an example, some people doing the job were floor fitters back in the UK, which there's nothing wrong with but just don't go expecting a tough graduate course that will develop your financial knowledge.
They will actively lie about how much they will pay and what your role in the field will be. Personally, I felt scammed when I arrived in the field. We were not paid the promised amount after the training course and certain expenses we were told would be covered in the field were not covered when we arrived.
The salary listed online of up to 40k or 80k is simply a lie. Certain places will give you 27k GBP or lower, then you may get commissions but almost every office you work in has employees on a draw.
During the training they scrape your LinkedIn and send recruitment messages to your connections whilst mentioning your name . They ask your permission but you are pushed into doing this.
Be aware that moving to a new finance role after is challenging because the company is not viewed very highly by others in the industry.
I would never recommend this role to another graduate.
