Halimi, who works at Citi, said learning how to communicate has been instrumental to his current role, even though it hasn’t always been easy.
“At first, it was kind of tough trying to get into it,” he said. “I’m dealing with high-net-worth clients, so it’s a little intimidating at first because I’m a young kid in the industry.”
But prior to working in finance, Halimi said his experience was mostly in sales, which helped strengthen his communication skills.
“I was always selling a product or talking with clients,” he said. “I started not being able to read people, but being able to understand what to say, what not to say, how to talk to them.”
Still, he says his current role’s day-to-day responsibilities have helped sharpen what he already knew about speaking to people.
“I deal with a lot of people on a daily basis, like clients coming in, calling clients,” he said. “Over time, it definitely got a lot easier. Now, I’m a pro at it.”
Incremental improvements can reap rewards, Warren Buffett once told author Gillian Zoe Segal. “A modest improvement can make a major difference in your future earning power, as well as in many other aspects of your life,” he told her for her 2015 book, “Getting There: A Book of Mentors,” CNBC reported.