Financial Analyst resume.. please be harsh

1) take off objective 2)

by bigmonkey31 (Orangutan, 293 Points) on 2/25/10 at 9:42pm

1) take off objective
2) don't describe yourself as 'talent' in your resume (sounds extremely cocky esp. considering the rest of your resume)
3) GPA????????? that's a big dinger.
4) you might want to reconsider the wording under "Intuitive understanding of valuation techinques". you probably want to say disc. cash flow ANALYSIS , comparable companies analysis... and don't put book value.

i don't knwo exactly what kind of financial analyst position you are looking for, but i would advise you to not be too optimistic if it is in IBD

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^^^^^^^bigmonkey31 is right

by sofib09 (Orangutan, 257 Points) on 2/25/10 at 9:50pm

^^^^^^^bigmonkey31 is right on all those points.

Also, for your personal portfolio, it should be "Inception", not "Conception"...they are two very different things.

If you build valuation models for your personal portfolio investments, then you may want to highlight that since your accounting experience really won't cut it...at least not in this market.

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Hmm, I'd just be very

by Andrewr86 (Senior Chimp, 27 Points) on 2/25/10 at 10:29pm

Hmm, I'd just be very hesitant to put those kind of returns on a resume. I had several internships in asset management before going full time to IB, and I could just see the look of the interviewer when they see that on a resume. The first thought that pops in their mind is, ok we have a senior in college who may have 5-10k under management and picked a winner, great but how would you do with $100,000 when the markets tanking?

In other words, you may want to include that in a cover letter, I just know it will possibly turn a lot of people off.

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