Senior Still Looking
Hi,
I am a senior at Providence College and I am extremely passionate about a career in investment research. I have been on the job search for months now with seemingly no luck. I have tried emailing analysts (got emails through FactSet or company sites), sending my resume in the mail to HR or Managing Directors, and networking through my alumni database and LinkedIn. I am now stuck with out a position with just 3 weeks until graduation and I am not sure where to turn. Again, I am determined and set to pursue a career in research so I have not necessarily been looking at other positions but I am beginning to get impatient and mildly worried. I would sincerely appreciate ANY advice whether it be another way to get noticed or a certain company (or company culture) you think I should be looking into .
Thanks !
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create a few research reports and mail them to decision makers at firms you are interested in.
Do you have relevant financial internship experience? Can you use OCR Fall of this year? You could finish your year strong and try to recruit again. Keep networking though and asking those contacts you connected with for referrals.
Does your resume reflect all this burning passion of 1000 suns that you have for investment research? (What does it say?)
Thanks for the reply. I attached a blank copy of my resume above and would appreciate any help! (btw I really am that passionate about investment research)
A few things from first glance:
Good luck
Thanks a ton for the help, I sincerely appreciate it!
To NESCAC: I interned at the hedge fund last summer and the summer before I was working in my school's admissions office. I do wish I looked for better, or more Finance related, internships prior to my Junior year but that is why I include relevant course work.
How seriously do you want to work on wallst? Your resume looks nothing like the gazillion other resumes posted here and the templates across the web and the images that appear when you google "wall st resume" and how any alumni will tell you to format your resume. Your dashes and the spacing around them are inconsistent. your formatting sucks. your bullet points suck ("attended xyz conference"; when i read this how do i know you gained/learned anything from this?). there is a ton of white space. you formatting sucks. why are your classes on there? you're a finance major, no shit you took econ, markets, securities, and acctg classes. you're formatting sucks. You're GPA sucks. Your formatting sucks. Dean's list? please.
Now, all that being said, if you still find yourself motivated and think you can really add value to some firm, start fixing all the shit above that you can and make a solid story for why the rest of the stuff sucks. Some of your experiences are solid, but you need to puff em up a little. I hated this part of resume writing, but everyone tells you to do it and it is how the winners keep winning, to put it very crudely. Don't lie, but don't understate you accomplishments (as you have done). You can cut out radio show host and expand on what you have done.
Have you gotten any feedback at all from alumni? How about your school's career office? I really have no idea about the reputation on Providence.
Take off the camp counselor experience for one summer 6 years ago. Too short and too long ago to be relevant.
I like the radio host part actually. I think it's unique and interesting. But bring more numbers into it (ie, # of weekly shows, size of audience if the number is impressive, etc).
Also, def consider staying an extra semester if you think you can get some sort of finance internship for the summer. If you do, start networking now so you've got some established relationships when FT recruiting comes around in the fall.
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