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Resume - Summer Analyst Application
 

ThirtyThree's picture
O
(Monkey, 52
 
Points)
 on 12/2/10 at 5:00am

College Junior majoring in Finance and Information Systems. Could finish in the standard 4 years or delay until 5 with a 6-month financial analyst internship. Any and all critique is welcome. Do I have enough experience to be considered for BB, MM, Boutique?...

http://www.razume.com/documents/17783

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consulting_rookie's picture

I hate to rip on resumes

CO
(Monkey, 60
 
Points)
 on 12/2/10 at 11:16am

I hate to rip on resumes because it isn't very helpful, but yours could use some work. It is way too vague. For example, you took "accounting" what kind of accounting? (intro, intermediate, advanced, all three?). You need to work on making your resume more specific to the job you want. I highly recommend going to see your profs/career services to get help with your resume and possibly consult a professional service. WSO's service is awesome, I highly recommend it. Good luck dude.

When you are great, people will often mistake candor for arrogance.

ThirtyThree's picture

thanks consulting rookie What

O
(Monkey, 52
 
Points)
 on 12/3/10 at 4:23am

thanks consulting rookie

What were the type of experiences you had for recruiting with consulting firms?

"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. But if talent works hard, you're fucked. I suggest you get some talent."

consulting_rookie's picture

ThirtyThree wrote: thanks

CO
(Monkey, 60
 
Points)
 on 12/3/10 at 11:13am
ThirtyThree:

thanks consulting rookie

What were the type of experiences you had for recruiting with consulting firms?

I did all of my recruiting through contacts I made on my campus, career fairs, info sessions, etc. My school actually offered a senior seminar on finding a job, so I took that, and it helped me get the offers I did. We did case practice, interview practice, etc. All of the shit I should have been doing on my own, but instead I got an A for doing it. I come from a non-target so I didn't get any interviews with BBM, my profs advised me that they were probably out of reach for most of our B-school, even the rockstars. I suggest doing as much case practice as possible, and making sure you come to your interview with a lot of questions prepared. The firm who I ended up taking an offer from told me that they were amazed how many other candidates simply said, "Nope. No questions" and left. Send me a PM if you have specific questions about the process.

When you are great, people will often mistake candor for arrogance.

commoditycalendar's picture

Hey, I'd take out -Early

(Baboon, 102
 
Points)
 on 12/6/10 at 6:51pm

Hey,

I'd take out
-Early admissions group instructor.. it doesn't say much to me.
-Delta chi fraternity

Why? You should only have 3-4 jobs/leadership experiences in total, you have 7. My suggestion is to cut it down, I'd probably want to hear more about UBS and the sell-side advisory firm and less about these 2 above positions. The goal is not to list every club you've participated in. If you really want them in have a separate bullet point named activities and put: member of delta chi fraternity, early admissions group instructor, etc..

Also what's your major it's not very clear..

gl

BankonBanking's picture

Taking a quick look, your

IB
(King Kong, 1,139
 
Points)
 on 12/6/10 at 9:59pm

Taking a quick look, your resume definitely needs some work:

1. Re-format your resume - check out this link for a sample resume with the desired format as well as my resume revision service, should you decide to have a full revision - http://www.bankonbanking.com/resume-revisions/

2. Relevant Projects is useless unless they are competitions or carried significant weight and you can expand a bit on them - otherwise, you are just throwing words around

3. Get rid of the "."s

4. All bullets should start with a past tense verb

5. Your bullet points need expansion - not just a few words on what you did, but show how you accomplished your projects and any impact to your team - additionally, focus on analytical aspects, documentation work, pitch work - for professional experiences - and leadership projects for your extracurricular/leadership roles

6. Your University Experience is not really professional experience, and definitely needs to be cleaned up if you are going to keep it in

7. American Marketing Association is not necessary

This should get you started, but I honestly recommend a full resume revision in your case - PM me if you have any questions

IBanker
BankonBanking.com

FreeWeezy's picture

..... My school actually

(Baboon, 158
 
Points)
 on 12/6/10 at 10:30pm

..... My school actually offered a senior seminar on finding a job, so I took that, and it helped me get the offers I did. We did case practice, interview practice, etc. All of the shit I should have been doing on my own, but instead I got an A for doing it...

I feel like more schools should do this. Maybe as a second semester sophomore/ first semester junior a class like that would have been huge just to get oriented with how much time/effort is involved in the job search. Its surprising.

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