FINANCIAL SERVICES CAREER PATH
If you're interested in working in the Finance Industry, you've come to the right place. This is one of the fastest-growing and best-paying industries in Northeast Florida.
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Read the 2019 Financial Services Sector Report.
Industry News and Updates
COVID-19 Is Rapidly Reshaping Consumer Banking and Payments Behaviors, New FIS Survey Finds
May 22, 2020 (Courtesy Yahoo Finance) Survey Findings Changing behaviors in changing times: 45 percent of banked respondents said they have changed the way they interact with their banks since the coronavirus outbreak. Digital first is the new normal: 31 percent of respondents stated they would continue to use more online and mobile banking in the future, and 40 percent said they are likely to shop online more than in-store. T...
Economist says housing will help Florida recover from shutdown
May 15, 2020 (Courtesy of The Jacksonville Daily Record) Wells Fargo Senior Economist Mark Vitner said the region’s economy “had really hits its stride” before COVID-19 shutdown. Last week brought two economic reports that shed light on the state of the Jacksonville area economy. One was the monthly report showing continued low unemployment in February, indicating how strong the Northeast Florida economy has been – up until now. The other more timely report on weekly cl...
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Meet Brian Allen, Finance Industry Manager
Brian Allen was born and raised in Jacksonville, and graduated from UNF, initially with a BA in Education and later with a Master of Business Administration.
Brian began his career as a teacher and athletic coach in Duval County Public Schools and eventually found his way in to the Mortgage Industry, working both as a Mortgage Broker and then as a Mortgage Loan Officer for both BBVA Compass and TD Bank. He has a total of 13 years of mortgage banking experience in both mortgage origination and mortgage servicing. During the most recent recession, Brian’s employer closed operations and he found employment with Fidelity National Information Services as a Quality Assurance Analyst, testing multiple enterprise applications.
Brian currently serves as both the Finance and Information Technology Sector Managers for CareerSource NEFL.
Contact Brian to find out how your company can benefit from partnership with CareerSource Northeast Florida. ballen@careersourcenefl.com
Interested in a finance career and need more information? Contact Brian at ballen@careersourcenefl.com.
