Modeling (fashion, not Excel) on Resume

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to the OP - don't put it on unless you want loads of interviewers/resume reviewers laughing at you. We laugh at people for much less, and I imagine something like that would be poorly received. When guys in a bank think of a model, they're thinking Tuesday nights at some "hip" club in the city where they can take one home. As cliched as it sounds, it's pretty true, especially for the young, immature junior bankers right out of college who are exploring the city.

While it is possible to use your womanly charms in the workplace for little things, it's a lot different being viewed as a hot piece of flesh and someone who is gorgeous but as smart as a whip. Don't start off on the wrong foot.

I'd say a lot of girls in my bank are all pretty good looking, really smart, and accomplished in someway or another.

I would disagree somewhat with HS. I know from a former gf how demanding modelling is and how draining some gigs can turn out to be. It may not necessarily be a good idea to put modelling on your resume, but you could bring it in in an interview situation to answer one of the “Gimme an example when you...” questions.
Congratulations on Elite, though. You’ll be beating them away with a stick if you do end up at a BB.

I'd leave it off the resume but mention it if it's a relevant answer to a question. Unless you are doing some serious work in which case then it is definitely part of your career history.

But personally I would not want to be known on my desk as "the model girl." There's a lot of connotations behind that that frankly aren't going to be great for how you're perceived. Better just to be smart and attractive. Not sure where you get the idea that IBs are full of "bland quant type girls" - there are a lot of attractive girls at my firm.

Good call. And fp175, you're right-- I can't say I remember too many unattractive women at these banks when I interviewed a few months ago. Thanks guys.

I dated a runway model years back and came to find out that there really isn't that much money in modelling. Like acting and playing the lottery, it's usually a negative NPV gig, but the few big names give the masses the impression that it's this big money career, like real estate development or investment banking. But I digress.

Was she a runway model in Blacksburg? NY models make bank.

what's your definition of "making bank?"

most NYC models don't make six figures, which is why they bartend while trying to get their big break.

Would it make any difference if you specifically indicated that you were a "fashion model" as opposed to any other kind of model? I think it would be almost inevitable to think of you as "the model girl" if I saw it on your resume, but I wouldn't necessarily agree that all people reading your resume would jump to some sort of inappropriate conclusion about your work history. I think if it's a part of who you are, you shouldn't feel like you need to hide it -- rather, it's more of a matter of how you present it on the resume. I don't have any creative suggestions for this but I'm sure there has to be a way to do it without giving anyone any bad ideas.

Besides, it seems like you do well in school and have already had some good employment opportunities -- do people really think it's so improbable to find women that are smart, accomplished, and good-looking at the same time? Hopefully not...at least not where I'm from

I think the more relevant question is whats your definition of a runway model. When someone tells me they are a runway model, they better be a consistently employed runway model for legitimate shows/designers. Anyone who is a model/waitress and tells me shes a runway model is likely to be wearing my fish taco.

If I saw these stats on your resume AND saw that you were a model, I'd absolutely without hesitation move you to the top of my resume stack. Your personality is going to define how you're perceived in the office. The fact that you were a model isn't going to do anything negative if you've got the brains and personality strength to back it up.

I'd agree with nystateofmind. My sense is that a lot of people have this preconception about models having this sense of arrogance, dramaticism, entitlement or whatever -- and it probably doesn't help that it's really the media (and Zoolander) that popularizes these stereotypes. But if you come across as someone that's normal, agreeable, down-to-earth or whatever, you'd be find. I don't want to say that you'd be "proving someone wrong," but as with anything, people tend to have stereotypes about all kinds of things and if you just be a normal person, they're more likely to judge you based on what they see rather than some preconceived notion they may have had before they met you.

Anyway, that's just what I would do if I were interviewing someone like you.

i think you'll get more interviews if you put it on there. higher chances at super days too (when hungry MDs/SVPs do the interviews).

As a female in a bank already, I'll say again:

You don't want to be the "model girl."

Here are the options:

1) You are a model but you have a "fashion" look rather than a Sports Illustrated look (e.g. Lily Cole, Alek Wek). You put that you're a model on your resume, some guy offers an interview hoping you're hot, he doesn't think you actually are, and it backfires. Now you are "the girl who thinks she's hot because she's a model but actually looks like crap."

2) You are a hot model. You put it on your resume, a guy interviews on you, wants to sleep with you, and offers you a job. You now get to deal with sexual harassment/being uncomfortable/people talking about you when you're actually on the desk.

No matter how you slice it, take two equally attractive girls, the one who is a model will almost always be viewed in a more sexual vein by men. They can't help it.

fp-- No matter how you slice it, all else equal, the attractive grl gets hired over the average/unattractive girl, and guy(good looking or not). Its kind of like attaching a pic to your resume, putting that you're a model the assumption is you're attractive.

Much of what you said is right, but let me add if you don't get an interview, you don't have to worry about getting the job and eventually of being perceived as the not-even-that-hot model chick or the attractive grl people want to sleep with.

FYI... if you're a semi-ok looking grl, every guy you work with has already thought about sleeping with you.

I'd have to second fp, with a twist:

-If you think you're borderline for the interview, put it on. Short term, it will help.

-If you think you'll get the interview either way, leave it off. Long term, it will make your life harder.

Judging by the disparity in the posts (and not surprisingly, by gender), I'd have to say it highly depends on if the person who's going through your resume stack is male or female.

Seeing as how banking is a male-dominated business, it's up to you if you want to take your chances. As chauvinistic as this may sound, plenty of guys I know in the field are actively looking to recruit attractive women into their groups. Sorry, fact of life.

I agree, though. It probably won't be an advantage long-term. Most groups care only about your work product (except a certain group at a big universal bank that cares more about who you sleep with).