resume critique needed -- SBs for anyone who helps
i am from a nontarget and i'd love for anyone to give me feedback on my resume. i am new here, but do not hesitate to rip it apart.
i've sent it to many places this semester's recruiting season but with no luck in finance.
this summer scored an internship with an automotive parts company as a research intern.
what are my chances of ibd given my resume? btw, it's 3 pages, i don't know what to leave out
thank you, any help or critique is really appreciated!
Needs some work.
1) Use bullets in each of your roles rather than mini paragraphs - easier to parse this way and see what is important -Condense these paragraphs as well, a little too wordy.
2) Your name does not need to be that big on the resume, take it down a bit, save room.
3) Less space between the first few lines, you're wasting a lot of space.
4) Put dates of employment/involvement in your roles in the same line as what your role was. Maybe use a whole line for ALL the information then have your bullets below it.
5) You can probably get rid of your high school stuff and education, it is taking up space. Keep your college in there only probably.
6) Get rid of high school activities and put dates next to activities so they can be differentiated by when you did them (do it chronologically) - for example, when were you in the Investment Banking Club?
There are others but these were the things that jumped out to me.
These are all good suggestions. Right now you are wasting an absurd amount of space. Look at the template on M&I (http://resume-videos-00.s3.amazonaws.com/University-Student-Investment-…), you don't necessarily have to use this template but it will give you an idea of how your resume should be organized. Cut down on the descriptions for all your volunteer experience. The meat of the resume should be Experience and Relevant Clubs (maybe consider joining the investment club at your school to get more relevant experience). Also you can seriously cut down hobbies and a lot of your coursework isn't actually relevant.
Man, get it to 1 page
Yeah, and to jump back on that, get rid of your class list and interests for now.
Also, to be honest your chances in IBD are quite low. 3.5 GPA at a non-target w/ no relevant experience isn't going to cut it. Your resume will almost likely be thrown out if it's more than a page. You really need to improve your resume/experience/completely reposition yourself to have any shot at IBD. You need to understand that IBD is the most competitive field in Finance for undergrads and even very good students at targets have a tough time breaking in. If IBD is your passion then do your best to network, cold-call boutiques, etc but you should probably also look into other fields in the finance profession that are a bit less competitive as well.
I don't know what you're specifically looking for but generally here are few things you need to know:
(1) Concisely demonstrate/highlight your strengths especially if they happen to be the key skills required by the job you're interested in; (2) Get rid of the details of all your volunteer work (honestly they're irrelevant); you're applying for an entry level position where anybody rarely gives a flying fuck about how you contribute to your community (3) Make it a "readable" one-pager (4) Get rid of your hobbies. Nobody gives a shit about what you like to do during your leisure time. (Unless it's something very rarely seen and challenging so it can highlight some of your unique competitiveness)
Most importantly, figure out what you want to do with your life ASAP. Don't just think about getting into IBD or try to copy any of the "conventional career paths". Your CV needs an overhaul after you figure out your life. Whatever job you land on, work really hard and network harder.
Best of luck.
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