Let's talk about registration first. Under normal circumstances, there are four fixed securities qualification examinations every year. Registration takes the form of online registration. You can go directly to Baidu's "China Securities Association" official website, and there is an entrance for "Examination Registration" in the upper right corner. Go in and register an exam login account, then fill in your personal information, choose the subjects to apply for, choose the exam place in the given list of exam cities, and pay the exam fee through online banking (70 yuan/Department, regardless of whether the exam passes or not, the invoice will be mailed to you through the contact address you filled in when registering. Or you can remit money through the post office, but the post office remittance is slow), apply for an invoice, and it will be OK. On Monday of the exam week, log on to the website of the China Securities Association again and print the admission ticket. There is no need to register in any other way, which is redundant and will cause personal information to be leaked.
When registering, a list of test cities with test sites will be given, which are generally large central cities in various provinces. Candidates can choose their own suitable city from the list given. However, the specific test sites are stipulated by the test organizers and can only be known when the admission ticket is printed.
At the beginning of each year, China Securities Industry Association will uniformly announce the securities qualification examination plan of that year, including the registration time and examination time of each examination (accurate to the day). The registration time is generally about one month ahead of the examination time. There will be another announcement before each exam, which will specifically announce the specific arrangements for the exam. The exam will definitely be arranged on Saturday and Sunday, four times a day, but it is impossible to predict and choose which one to take in advance, and you can only know when you print the admission ticket.
You need to bring the admission ticket and the original ID card to take the exam.
There are five subjects in this exam: basic knowledge of securities, securities trading, securities investment funds, securities investment analysis, securities issuance and underwriting. Among them, "basic knowledge" is a compulsory subject, and the last four subjects are elective subjects. After passing the basic examination plus any optional subject, you can obtain the qualification of securities business. In addition, you can continue to obtain other qualifications after passing the corresponding elective subjects. For example, if you pass the securities investment fund, you can get the qualification of fund sales; After securities investment analysis, you can also apply to become a registered securities analyst or securities investment consultant under the conditions of meeting the qualifications and work experience.
The subjects of each exam can be selected by the candidates themselves, with the lowest 1 subject and the highest 5 subjects. Moreover, there is no "implicated" relationship between the scores of different subjects in each exam. For example, in this exam, you applied for "Basic Knowledge" and "Investment Analysis". The former passed and the latter failed, so your performance in the course "Basic Knowledge" is also established. Next time, you only need to take one more elective subject to qualify. And there is no need to test and analyze. You can also take the trade test in the next exam.
Basic knowledge requires 5 subjects. The other four subjects have their own emphasis and different values in reality.
Among the four subjects, securities trading is the most selected one, because it is relatively simple, there is nothing difficult to understand and it does not involve advanced mathematics. It's all in memory, and it's not too big. However, the gold content of trading courses is relatively low. Therefore, if you just want to get the qualification certificate safely, then trading is a good choice.
"Securities Investment Analysis" is generally considered to be the most valuable of the four courses. Through analysis, it is the threshold for becoming a registered analyst or registered investment consultant, with the highest gold content. But analysis is also considered to be the most difficult course, with a lot of content, and there will be many mathematical models in the second half. If you don't have a certain foundation of advanced mathematics, it looks more difficult. If you want to improve the gold content of your certificate, then you'd better choose analysis.
The importance and gold content of securities investment fund is lower than that of analysis, but it is also practical for most securities practitioners. Because the fund's sales task is indispensable to securities companies. In addition, some of the contents of the fund are related to the analysis, and some people choose to test the fund first and then test the analysis.
Issuance and Underwriting is the thickest course, but there is nothing difficult to understand. This course is not difficult as long as you are not afraid of rote memorization. However, this course is a bit tasteless. Because issuing and underwriting the investment banking business of securities companies, it is far from enough to engage in investment banking business. Therefore, for most people, issuance and underwriting are subjects that can be tested or not.
Five subjects (including basic knowledge) can obtain the first-class qualification certificate of securities by passing three courses; You can get the second-level qualification if you pass all 5 subjects. However, brokers have no clear requirements for the first and second levels. Generally, there are clear rules and requirements for specific subjects, especially the course of securities investment analysis. Therefore, there is no need to entangle the issue of the first-class certificate and the second-class certificate. Passing the key subjects "fund" and "analysis" is the king.
There are designated textbooks for this exam, which are compiled by China Securities Industry Association and published by China Finance and Economics Publishing House. Each textbook also has a workbook with the same name. The textbook is updated every summer, and each edition is suitable for two exams in the second half of the year and two exams in the first half of the following year. Therefore, the textbook version 20 1 1 still applies to the two exams in the first half of 20 12. Textbook 20 12 is applicable in the second half of the year. Personally, I don't think it is necessary to buy other books to read, and there is no need to sign up for any training courses. It is enough to read a book carefully and make a matching workbook. But don't be too cruel. Think about going through five doors at a time and be careful not to bite off more than one can chew. Just prepare for 2-3 exams at a time.
In addition, a major trend of this exam is getting more and more detailed. You can't read a book, and don't just pay attention to the title. You must read it carefully.
Don't believe in "real questions" either. The question bank of this exam is closed and very large. At present, the "real questions" circulating outside are just some questions brought out by memory in previous exams, and it is hard to say whether they are still applicable now. Securities is an industry whose knowledge is updated very quickly.
Textbooks and workbooks can be found on Taobao. My textbooks are all from Taobao. The quality of the paper is a little poor, but it is enough for the exam. But look at the year of the textbook. Some unscrupulous merchants will take advantage of the new opportunities in the middle of the textbook to fish in troubled waters. For example, in the second half of the year, they announced that they were selling "20 12 exam textbooks", and the result was version 20 1 1. This must be asked clearly.
There are no special requirements for applying for securities qualification, as long as they are over 18 years old, have a high school education or above, have full capacity for civil conduct and have no bad records. This requirement is not difficult to achieve.
But don't think that you can go to work in a securities company just because you have passed the securities qualification. After passing two exams, you will have the qualification of securities business, but only the most basic threshold. With qualifications, you may not be able to work in a securities company. In reality, at present, all brokers recruit a large number of marketers. If you are willing to start with the most basic marketing, then as long as you pass the qualification examination, it will be no problem to apply in the past. Some brokers even allow you to try first and pass the probation period. But marketers are under great pressure. If you don't want to do marketing and want to do other stable or high-end jobs, it is not a qualification.
It is hard to say that taking such a certificate will be of great help to your future employment, especially if you don't engage in the securities industry in the future. However, there is an old saying that "more skills don't overwhelm you". It is better not to use them after the exam than not to take them out. Take the exam if time and energy permit. It's not too difficult.
After passing the exam, you can download and print your own exam transcripts on the Internet of Securities Industry Association, which are also legally binding. The specific physical certificate is generally applied by the company after employment. If an individual wants to apply, I have to take the original ID card and transcripts to the provincial securities association and the Securities Regulatory Bureau to apply, and the procedures are more troublesome.
Good luck!