Putting unbelieveable stuff on your resume
So I work at one of the big 4 companies, and came across an oddity in one of our calculations (internal) that sparked off my own investigation. Am in the process of putting together a paper, with worked examples of how the business is losing millions needlessly, and how to resolve it.
It holds water (not some fictional pipe dream) and the CFO is seeing this report when it's finished.
However it's going to look a bit hard to believe on a resume, I would imagine. Any ideas on how to sell this on my CV? Just put it down and give the details? or bring it up in an interview. Once explained it's pretty impressive (I like to think) and pretty clear I'm not making it up, but can something be too good to be true on a CV?
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If you can place it in terms
If you can place it in terms of "discovered accounting error/inefficiency/etc that saved client $xx million dollars" then certainly make a bullet point for it. Write just enough so that the interviewer will bring it up and go over the details during the interview.
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art - Andy Warhol
I would wait to see how the
I would wait to see how the investigation turn out, and what the CFO has to say, before deciding how to hang your laurels.
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit- Ovid
Just put " (I know, right?) "
Just put " (I know, right?) " after the unbelievable stuff
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old"
rls: I would wait to see how
I would wait to see how the investigation turn out, and what the CFO has to say, before deciding how to hang your laurels.
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
happypantsmcgee: rls: I
I would wait to see how the investigation turn out, and what the CFO has to say, before deciding how to hang your laurels.
See you in a week or 2, (holiday on Thursday and the guy I need to speak to is away until next Wednesday).
What is your CFO's
What is your CFO's name-Bernie? Just watch out if he invites you to his place in the Hamptons over labor day. Could result in some interesting hi-jinx.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTgcZ6ImsQ
trazer985: happypantsmcgee:
I would wait to see how the investigation turn out, and what the CFO has to say, before deciding how to hang your laurels.
See you in a week or 2, (holiday on Thursday and the guy I need to speak to is away until next Wednesday).
You're going to see me in a week or two?
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
av8ter: What is your CFO's
What is your CFO's name-Bernie? Just watch out if he invites you to his place in the Hamptons over labor day. Could result in some interesting hi-jinx.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTgcZ6ImsQ
hahahaha
what is the inefficiency OP?
what is the inefficiency OP?
thats cool
thats cool
av8ter: What is your CFO's
What is your CFO's name-Bernie? Just watch out if he invites you to his place in the Hamptons over labor day. Could result in some interesting hi-jinx.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCTgcZ6ImsQ
+1...avoid the Hamptons.
blastoise: what is the
what is the inefficiency OP?
very inefficient communication between in currency exposure. Massive exposure to forex risk, needless too.
Incorrect calculation of cross territory bills, resulting in a cash loss posted to the "wrong" ledger so it goes unnoticed.
There is a 3rd too, but I'm yet to prove it, so will hold back.
RichardPennybags: Just put "
Just put " (I know, right?) " after the unbelievable stuff
+1
What's the ticker? I wanna
What's the ticker? I wanna get short that stock.
"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan
In my experience in the
In my experience in the corporate world, there is no benefit to going above and beyond the call of duty. The last time I tried it I was almost fired in my first month on the job. This disillusioned me so much that (over time) I eventually got into entrepreneurship.
The most likely scenario is that you're wrong, are missing something, or don't have sufficient knowledge in the industry to fully understand what they're doing. The next most likely thing to happen is that your boss will reprimand you for working on a "side project" during work hours. The next most likely thing is your boss will pat you on the head and say "good work" and leave it at that, and will then mark you off as a personal threat to his/her leadership. The least likely thing to happen is that this could somehow help your career.
I hope I'm proved wrong. Let us know what happens.
Virginia Tech 4ever: In my
"Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old"
This isn't a client, its the
Especially if it's for your
Virginia Tech
That's cool, and I appreciate
lol
I was really hoping this
Leadership can be defined in two words: "Follow Me"