Leave PWM off of resume?
Hi all,
I've been scouring a number of websites/forums and it seems that the perception of PWM internships are mixed, to say the least. I'm applying for both IB & consulting internships for this upcoming summer (my junior-senior summer). Unfortunately, I didn't hop on the recruiting boat until late this summer, and for now, the only remotely related internship I have is a PWM gig at a BB in NYC this junior year. My mentor was amazing, I learned a lot, and rarely had any "busy work," unlike many other ex-PWM interns, it appears.
After reading someone's post about resumes containing PWM/GWM immediately thrown to the "no" pile, would it be better for me to leave out the whole thing?
General gist: am a junior at a target (top 10), 3.6 GPA, number of school leadership activities, etc. Just no prior professional IB/finance/consulting experience.
Thanks!





leave it on...it's part of
leave it on...it's part of your experience
PWM > nothing
PWM > nothing
Whoever told you it gets
Whoever told you it gets automatically thrown in the no file is one arrogant ass hole
PWM is actually pretty damn
PWM is actually pretty damn good, this is typical college kid retardation.
Being good on the phones is a
Being good on the phones is a good skill to have-even if PWM is no IB. Definitely include it- the important thing is handling it in the "walk me through your resume question" properly.
Thanks, everyone! Will go
Thanks, everyone!
Will go ahead and keep it on my resume, as was the logical intuition.
IamObama wrote: Whoever told
Whoever told you it gets automatically thrown in the no file is one arrogant ass hole
+1
Just saying...
IamObama wrote: Whoever told
Whoever told you it gets automatically thrown in the no file is one arrogant ass hole
agreed.
i think definitely keep it on. you might even want to consider that the person that told you to take it off was actually trying to screw your odds.
"pwm>no experience" definitely. you have to pass the is-he-a-douche test to get a BB to allow you to get into their pwm i would think, which is a +ve signal
I would have loved to have
I would have loved to have PWM on my resume... I was scared out of my mind going through recruitment because my only work experience was as a camp counselor!! Way to be on top of things so early
cfeld90 wrote: I would have
I would have loved to have PWM on my resume... I was scared out of my mind going through recruitment because my only work experience was as a camp counselor!! Way to be on top of things so early
No offense to the OP but a PWM gig in your 3rd yr is hardly "early"
I had a PWM internship and I
I had a PWM internship and I learned a ton. Definitely depends on the place. It can definitely be a good springboard onto other things. That being said, if you're trying to get into banking they will obviously look more favorably at a candidate with a straight banking internship...