Please Help! Resume Critique and General Advice!
Hey Everyone!
First and foremost, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR HELPING ME WITH MY RESUME!!!
~~~~~GENERAL INFO~~~~~
My first job out of college (nontarget, 2.9 GPA, I was a bum, no excuses) was as an analyst at an Insurance firm and the responsibilities were that of an internal consultant. I helped internal operations, sales, marketing, and actuarial divisions do their job better by building predictive models, identifying process improvements, etc. I had great fun and started to research more about consulting and realized that it would be the perfect career choice for me.
I know that my undergraduate GPA almost instantly eliminates me for positions at any prestigious consulting firm so I've been working towards building a solid network. Um...how does one do that, by the way? Anyone want to meet for a coffee in NYC?
My goal is to apply and acquire a job as a senior analyst (or a junior associate) at a prestigious consulting firm (a la Booz, LEK, AT Kearney, or maybe even MBB) by November 2013. Is this feasible?
I've also recently gotten a job back in NJ at another insurance firm as a senior business analyst! I managed get in on the ground floor of a very big project! My responsibility is going to be to act as a liason/mediator/translator between the actuarial and IT along with building some models with actuarial and some backend data warehousing stuff with IT!
~~~~~resume questions~~~~~
1. I have an advanced knowledge of excel and VBA. Should I put that on my resume or leave it out as excel proficiency is assumed?
2. Should I merge undergraduate and graduate coursework?
3. After realizing that college was in fact important, I studied (kinda) and got on the Dean's list. Should I mention that?
4. Does this resume say I want to be a consultant? If no, how can I say that?
5. Do you think its possible to get a job in consulting by Nov 2013 with this resume and some additional experience from my new job?
6. How can I make my resume better?
Hi!
I have one short comment. If you, write anything down in your resume it should have an added value.
If you have already decided that you take an entire row in your resume to tell us about your interests, you should be more specific. What is the point saying tennis, or chess??? Watching on TV each Sunday, playing with my best friend, or competing in a national level? Which one? With this mindset you can make the reader form a better picture of you. Which is the whole point of this line..... In consulting you should be specific.
One more thing: If you state all these subjects in the education section of your resume, without a GPA, one could think you were among the top 1%. I wouldn't be in your place when someone from McKinsey would ask you, that than why do you tell us about all the courses that you have not been the best in? Simply, leave them out.
I wish you good luch with your mission to get into consulting! Practice cases, build your professional network and your in. :)
I think that with a 2.9 it'll be pretty tough, why don't you try getting into a masters program of some sort? Have you thought about business school even?
@eszk2012 You make excellent points! I had no idea what to do with interests. I will expand a little more on my activities (I played state-level tennis tournaments and am getting back to it now that Im back home)
As for the courses, those are actually courses I did really well it. I had an A in almost all of them. My major and minor GPA are also decent at about 3.5 and 3.74 respectively. However, my cumulative sucks at 2.9.
Should I put a line for major/minor GPAs and remove the interests?
@AQM I have considered a masters actually. I want to go to business school after that. I have been seriously thinking about getting a Masters in Statistics. I really love the subject and just want to learn more. I know I'll have a terrific GRE score (I'm actually smart!) and I can learn a subject I like while also building my profile. What do you think?
And thank you both for such prompt responses!!
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