Here's a tip that will spare you analysts a lot of red ink from your associate.

Proofread backwards. The human mind glazes over when you read a document front to back for the 5th time and beyond. You WILL miss mistakes. Start reading backwards, one sentence at a time, and I guarantee you will catch more.

 
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Here's a tip that will spare you analysts a lot of red ink from your associate.

Proofread backwards. The human mind glazes over when you read a document front to back for the 5th time and beyond. You WILL miss mistakes. Start reading backwards, one sentence at a time, and I guarantee you will catch more.

Got about 6,000 words to proof read (for the fourth time) this afternoon and am going to give this a go. Will report back how much red ink I get !!!!
 

I like the bottom to top right to left advice. I'm going to try that. To echo someone's earlier post, if I'm strapped for time, I would rather hand an associate something 25 minutes late with no errors over something that's on time with a few wrinkles.

For the record, its obviously ideal to hand it timely and accurate work, but I'm just trying to prove the point that accuracy is an analyst's currency.

 

I learned the reading backwards concept in middle school and have used it ever since. It is very helpful for catching things that aren't necessarily spelling errors, but usage errors such as there, their, they're and the too, to, two. Those are my biggest pet-peaves and it is shocking how many college graduates still can't seem to use them correctly. Good luck samoan.

 

I second the printing out of the presentation. Yes, it's not environmentally friendly, but I can't catch mistakes on the screen like I can on a physical piece of paper. Besides, it's what the client sees (until iPads are prevalent in the world of banking).

--Death, lighter than a feather; duty, heavier than a mountain
 

One of the things that helped me throughout my first year was developing good working relationships with associates you trust to check your work but not burn you for making mistakes. Obviously you want to make as few as possible, but you eventually should get to a point where you can handle most, if not all of the book, and the associate exists to troubleshoot/deep-check.

Caveat: This depends a lot on culture and varies by group/associate. In some groups, associates function more as "super-analysts" than scrubbers. Some associates are also more comfortable splitting the book and giving your work a spot check at the end. These are the guys you want to make sure your outputs squeak before clicking send.

 

How to approach it? I just take a look and notice errors. Proofread and do not make mistakes. Checklist should be a.) complete pitch book and b.)check over and make sure you didn't fuck up. c.)turn back to MD.

Training will teach you how to do the work, but not how to do it well.

 

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