Remote Internship worth it?
So I'm currently an econ/stats double major at a Midwestern target (UofC/NU) interested exclusively in trading. After my Asset Management at a boutique firm in Chicago fell through, I applied and landed an internship with a small global macro hedge fund (10m AUM), the only issue is that it's a remote internship, so I will be here in Chicago while the fund operates out of the west coast. The responsibilities include shifts monitoring news sources for events which affect the market as well as developing trade ideas for the PM.
Other than this I've been applying to basically anything finance related in Chicago, PWM, boutique banks, and private equity firms, despite having little interest in banking/PE. I was just wondering as to how this hedge fund internship would look on a resume (do I have to mention that it was remote?) or if I should just go with something more traditional.
There's really no use in hiding that it's a remote internship, any normal person is going to realize that you can't be going to school in Chi and interning on the West Coast at the same time. You should always be looking for something better, but a remote internship is better than no internship.
If it's a summer gig, OP going to school in Chicago and "working" on the West Coast wouldn't be odd at all.
Is it paid?
yeah right
what year are you? take it for sure if you are a freshman
It's a pretty nice gig when you think about it. Decent experience as a freshman and you still get significant beach time.
Continuing Internship via Remote Work (Originally Posted: 08/09/2015)
I'm in the same spot here. Bumping for some opinions.
I would have the last bullet say something like "- Asked to continue working remotely for firm during school year due to strong performance"
I'm in the same boat, except my responsibilities differ slightly (possibly look better). Would it be wrong to put it as a separate entry but only with two bullets, so as not to take up too much space with the same company?
Why can't you just add it as another position within the same company, but write 'Fall Intern' then list the bullets under that. Then under that position you have 'Summer Analyst XYZ' or whatever with everything you did in the summer?
That's true, idk why I didn't think of that
I feel like adding another position within the same company and basically duplicating the company will make it look like I'm making up for lack of experience
Bump,
how does "interning remotely" look? (Originally Posted: 10/24/2010)
Say I were to intern for a boutique IB in a different state during the school year? how would this look?
How does that work?
They're more concerned about what you did than where you did it from, if that makes sense. You'd probably just put the location as whatever city you're in for school, that way it doesn't look funny. People won't give much thought to the location upon first glance, but if someone is going over your resume for an interview then they'll raise an eyebrow to how you were in NY for an internship...but in California for school at the same time. Solution is to just put the internship location as California (or whatever city you're in). My guess is it's probably a boutique nobody has ever heard of anyway. Then you can just focus on what you did and leave out the "worked remotely for a boutique in -----", which would just waste valuable space anyway
Thanks, that's what I'll do.
Thanks, that's what I'll do.
I had a similar situation and I just noted that it was a 'remote' internship and put the correct location of the company.
well I was giving it more thought, shouldn't you actually put the location of where the work was done rather than the location of the company...?
I thought about doing that but I was afraid I was gonna get busted during background checks since the location info wouldn't match the official company info
And then to make sure resume screeners don't think that's weird, I added 'virtual' to the front of my title so that they can tell I worked remotely.
Remote internship bullshit? (Originally Posted: 09/12/2012)
Hey guys, long time lurker first time poster.
This is a question for the more experienced guys. Basically I'm a graduate looking to get into Asset Management but have been unsuccessful so far in internships and full time offers. I'm looking to pad out my CV with an internship or relevant experience to make it easier to get onto a full-time graduate programme.
I came across a posting on a website advertising a remote research internship role at an unknown fund (no info about it on Google). The website itself has just a log in screen, standard hedge fund I guess. I did alittle more digging and the website was only registered within the last 3 months.
So anyway I email this guy about the research role and I get a generic email back not mentioning my clear desire to be in research at all instead he offers me a remote role "constructing their client database through researching firms". When I email him back saying I would be better suited for a research role he dodges my question.
So is this remote internship creating a database worth doing? How would it look on my CV? To me it seems fairly useless. He says there is a possible role as a full time role in the office for candidates who perform well in this task, but to me it sounds unlikely. However I have no other options at the moment and a lot of free time..
plz post website...
fuck no. dont waste your time with that bull shit
Bear in mind I have no Asset Management experience on my CV and it'll only take 2 days solid to complete. Or would an employer just laugh at it? I'm just basically googling company's contact details and putting them into a database.
no - ive worked for a couple of sketchy firms cuz I didn't know any better - they are a curse and you'll want to get them off of your CV when your looking for your next internship...
Ahh ok, thanks. I've dropped the "project" sounds even worse than M&A to me!
Remote Internship (Originally Posted: 04/03/2017)
Hey Guys!! How to put a remote internship on my resume? What should the location be?
Thanks!! I appreciate it!!
Bump
put the location you have been working in !!!
I did a remote internship from my apartment in California for a firm in New York. I put New York, NY (Remote).
Similar situation, this is exactly what I did as well. Helps explain and is very transparent
Remote Summer Internship - Need some advice (Originally Posted: 05/23/2016)
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