Resume opinions..lack of ecs
I just realized that when I apply for ibanking internships next year I am basically only going to have enough space for an:
Education column consisting of
- BBA program (low gpa)
- Summer school at LSE
- Canadian Securities course, wall street prep
Work Experience
- 1 asset management summer internship (last summer)
- another asset management/possibly boutique investment bank internship (this coming summer)
- part time internship private wealth management (currently)
- part time job as a server (15 hours a week)
and an Interests column.
I am worried that if ibanks see my resume they might get the perception that I have little interests outside of work or something. Am i right to think this, or will work experience basically trump any lack of extracurriculars. I am interested in knowing what current bankers have to say, especially ones who are involved in the recruitment process.
I am still only a sophomore so any comments/criticisms/advice about my resume are all welcome. Thank you.
Take out the job as a server. It adds nothing.
Boozer - if he can stress client relationships or high sales, it could still be highly valuable. Maybe that's just my S&T geared mind but if sammy is just applying for i-banking, you're right, the other three add much more to the resume.
Anyway, sammy, this is the same dilemma held by most everyone who writes a resume. Everyone thinks they have enough information to fill 1 1/2-2 pages. Why do you think career services offices always have to stress the "one page max" rule??? You're going to need to trim down on some of your job duties (you shouldn't really need more than three, four tops for any sort of internship or part time job) and interests (more than one line across is pushing it).
As for education, you're only supposed to put your main school and location of study abroad school if applicable. If you took a full course load at LSE over the summer, feel free to include it, but "canadian securities course" and "wall street prep" are strictly cover letter material if you feel they are job related (which they are) or transcript material if they are not. They are not full-line-in-a-resume material. Otherwise, half of all college students would need to put everywhere they've ever taken a winter session course or summer session course under "education" - terribly inefficient, no? I've taken a couple of courses during winter session at a state school nearby because my college offers a terrible selection for winter session courses, but that goes in my transcript or under "relevant course" if relevant, NOT as a separate school heading under education.
Hope that helps...
I understand that when people see "server" on a resume they think of some guy working at a local diner or something and doing work that requires no skills. But i kind of disagree with that. I work at a fast paced lounge/bar environment and i think that -working in retail and getting yelled at constantly by customers and bosses -working two shifts in a row for 15+ hrs straight(getting off work at 2-3 am on a saturday night) -running around trying to manage 10 things at once and satisfying all your customers is very transferable into banking. I also learned alot from this expereince in terms of dealing with people which is why I am hesitant to not mention this.
Perhaps instead of writing a whole section of this under work experience I could just say using one line under Education "Self financing education through part time employment as a server (15hrs/wk)" and be done with it.
meehgs, valid points about the WSP and CSC...i'll take them out of the education. thanks alot.
I don't know about taking it out completely -- I had dealmaven on my resume for quite some time. It shows dedication and interest, and nobody reads the CL. Don't make it as strong as your undergraduate education (ie. under education with as much emphasis) but figrue out another way without much emphasis.
If you want to keep WSP and CSC on your resume, just do under a heading such as "Additional Information" and include your interests etc. there as well. That's an easy way of getting miscellaneous info. onto a resume. Since you are still a sophomore, you should really try to get involved with some kind of EC. Since you sound fairly busy, maybe you could do some kind of service org so that you can pick and choose which events fit into your schedule. Some advice for the PWM/AM internships, since I had a PWM internship as well, is to really play up anything that relates to financial analysis or even a high level of understanding of all the product offerings. As much as PWM makes itself sound like something besides sales, that's really all it is. That's not to say there isn't much to be taken away from an internship, just that the knowledge transfer from PWM to I-Banking is minimal. Hope this helps.
As a sophomore, you have time to join clubs and get actively involved. If none suit your interests, start a club. If you don't want to join/start a club then become actively involved in community service or a club/D-I/II/III sport. You need to show you have a life outside of school and work that doesn't consist of loafing around and/or drinking.
Plus, it gives you an opportunity to talk in your interviews about something you are more familiar with than the banker interviewing you. For example, I am a water polo player so half the guys who saw that were intrigued and asked a ton of questions about that. The more you talk about unique characteristics about yourself, the less time they can grill you, and the stronger impression you'll leave. You don't have to be a volunteer/club superhero, but try to find 2-3 meaningful ECs you can do that would be interesting to talk about.
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