Hello Jason Voss,
Thanks. It was nice to read such valuable post. I am too sailing on the same boat. Cleared my CFA Level II in July 13 and carrying 6+ yrs experience in Trade Finance but finding tough to get a desired Job now related to Invesment or Capital Market Industry. I vl definitely follow the steps suggested by you in the above post.
Can u pl share the format for Reserch writing if possible? or provide us with link which can help us for the same. Also pl guide us with useful links/blogs/websites which can help us in keeping ourselves updated with Finance knowledge and happenings.