Please review my resume -- non target looking to go into IB
Alright guys i would appreciate any tips you might have on my resume. I am looking to go into IB, dream is to make it to a BB but being realistic I will probably shoot for MM or regional boutique. I know i don't have that much experience so any tips you might have to leverage my strengths would be appreciated.
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Attention to detail? You have different fonts throughout, some headings are all caps some are not, sometimes you have a space between the dash and the date sometimes you do not...
It looks so bare. Especially for a non target you need to have a meatier story to tell cause honestly I wouldn't hire you for a corporate finance position with that resume.
Honestly I'd add assistant treasurer after credit analyst section.
Also see if you can beef up the golf associate spot to including managing and coordinating minor tournament, managing experience at all, even teaching lessons. Just make it read more professional.
From a back office ops guy, I don't like you. This resume reads like you're expecting something for decent experience but I'm sure there's better out there. Sorry if that sounds blunt but for what you're aiming for, I'm being nice. I've gotten tough love too in the past.
Honestly though, you need to display through your resume what you can do for the firm that is going to hire you. Don't make the guys hate you before they meet you. I would start out with a summary section up top, summarizing who you are, what type of person you are, and what you've accomplished and what you're looking for. Keep trying to show what you can offer the firm. The firm has to offer you nothing, they don't even need to hire you. I'm not big on the fraternity part, maybe b/c I wasn't in one. The stuff you did in it sounds good. Maybe ask a recruiter on that part. I won't hold it against you. Your interests part I don't care about. I'd scrap that and utilize that line for something more useful for the firm. If you know excel VBA... mention that.
First, thank you to @"UTDFinanceGuy" @"StreetGuy" and @"EverythingNicee" I appreciate all the help. I revised it and re formatted it to make it seem more interesting. I would still appreciate any further advice. I understand that I'm lacking a bit of substance but I already have plans for things I'm going to do this fall to add to the resume before applying to any firms, but any further advice would be greatly appreciated.
Ill buy some SBs for you 3 as well.
Your new and improved resume is much much much better already. At this point a lot of stuff will be personal opinion. I think one touch could be the first line of main work experience could state:
"Analyzed financial statements, relevant tax documents and pro forma to determine eligibility for small business administration financing."
The first bullet point for the same section under select project could possible read:
"Approximated potential credit risk posed by individual businesses using credit history and financial documents as a basis of review."
But like I said it's all personal opinion now. It looks a lot better than previously, and main thing is to really try to make sure that big piece of experience shines because it's your real "connection" to finance related experience.
You don't want to "exceed" projected expenses; that should read: ..."while looking to maintain or decrease expected expenses"
Also, get rid of skilled in microsoft word, powerpoint or whatever. You're not unless you've worked in IB for two years as a slave analyst.
Wow i didnt catch that expenses thing the first time around, thanks for the suggestion there, and also with the microsoft excel stuff, ill make sure to take that off. thanks man
Yes, much better with this version. Do some research on a professional summary statement and try to build one into your resume. It would be the 1st thing at the top, about a paragraph, 3-5 sentences. To create space, put contact details on one line at top separated by bullet style dots or dashes or a vertical line like this... |
In your Fraternity section you have a line that says extensive use of Excel. That's a bit vague and doesn't tell me what you did in Excel really. The rest of the line makes it sound like you just reconciled with it and maybe did some tracking/accounting with it. I might be digging too much but I felt let down by that line. Maybe something along the lines of extensive or heavy use of excel for accounting, budgeting, and projecting or forecasting. Some better buzzwords could do the trick. If you get an interview someone is definitely going to ask what your Excel skills are like either way, just be sure to back it up with examples. I was asked at RBS how to build a vlookup. Make sure you know these things.
Just to offer some different opinions --i would never add a professional summary statement. You are not experienced enough where your summary will add the depth to your resume. Also it's not standard for IB and the field hates innovation.
Fraternity Location Assistant Treasurer September 2013 – May 2014 • Responsible for restructuring the in-house budget for the 2013-2014 calendar year • Utilized excel to analyze and formulate capital planning for chapter and member activities • Strategically allocated over $190,000 of Fraternity funds to maintain chapter operations and provide cash flow • Created a program to collect delinquent dues resulting in a 95% collection rate by year end
Can you speak any languages other than English? Most people don't write that they are fluent in English, it's assumed. Anyway here are my changes for the 2nd position if you want to use them.
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