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IB Analyst Resume help - part 2
 

ssmaclac's picture
(Monkey, 37
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 7:49pm

http://www.razume.com/documents/25421

Things I'm thinking about:

Its a little longer than one page - what should I take out?

I want to emphasize at an early point that i am a student athlete.

Is that a good place to put my EY internship this summer - considering I'm now applying for jobs in the fall.

Thanks!

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SonnyZH's picture

Those introductory sentences

HF
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:05pm

Those introductory sentences just destroyed me.

The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.

Anacott_CEO's picture

Relevant coursework can be

CF
(King Kong, 1,259
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:05pm

Relevant coursework can be taken out, unless you're going to list specifics. Also, put the hockey and club stuff under activities; you can elaborate there a little as well. Add another after the E&Y intern. But other than that, looks pretty good format wise

Anacott_CEO's picture

SonnyZH: Those introductory

CF
(King Kong, 1,259
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:06pm
SonnyZH:

Those introductory sentences just destroyed me.

^ should/could be saved for the cover letter

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Anacott_CEO: SonnyZH: Those

HF
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:08pm
Anacott_CEO:
SonnyZH:

Those introductory sentences just destroyed me.

^ should/could be saved for the cover letter

You said it, for the cover letter.

The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.

leveRAGE.'s picture

you can take out relevant

ST
(King Kong, 1,161
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:09pm

you can take out relevant coursework if all you are going to put is finance/accounting. that looks stupid. Like sonny said, that introductory paragraph also looks ridiculous. if you still need space, you can take out the citizenship thing. it's not something that is going to make or break a job offer, but a 2 page resume very much will. These things should definitely give you enough space.

ssmaclac's picture

Great Advice so far, thank

(Monkey, 37
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:16pm

Great Advice so far, thank you. How can I emphasize early on that I am a student athlete without the intro? Assuming of course they dont look at my cover letter.

SonnyZH's picture

Why would you want to

HF
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 8:18pm

Why would you want to emphasize you're a student athlete? Do you think that you'll be the only one? Or that it will give you an edge?

If you make it to the interview stage, drop if if you want. Just remember, SHOW, don't tell, i.e. via resume accomplishments.

The HBS guys have MAD SWAGGER. They frequently wear their class jackets to boston bars, strutting and acting like they own the joint. They just ooze success, confidence, swagger, basically attributes of alpha males.

ssmaclac's picture

Another question, should I

(Monkey, 37
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 9:22pm

Another question, should I save the resume as a pdf file?

Value_added's picture

Yes. You never what know what

O
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 9:45pm

Yes. You never what know what Word version the reader will be using so it's safer to to PDF to ensure the formatting stays the same. Learned this the hard way several years ago.

BTbanker's picture

Add skills and interests...

IB
 
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 on 4/26/12 at 11:02pm

Add skills and interests...

"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan

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