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Short company description on resume?

by j-rad (Baboon, 125 Banana Points Points) on 10/4/08 at 1:13pm

Is it beneficial to include a short description of a company on your resume if it is small?

For example, I am currently interning at a small ABL hedge fund that most people probably haven't heard of outside the ABL world. Is it common to include a description under the company name/position, or just highlight it throughout the bullet points?

What is the common thing to do in this situation?

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Clueless Wanderer's picture

I've seen it done both

by Clueless Wanderer (Baboon, 142 Banana Points Points) on 10/4/08 at 2:49pm

I've seen it done both ways.

Whatever method you use make sure you highlight its AUM and its strategy

Personally I prefer the SHORT description method

Example:

"Name of Firm", long/short equity hedge fund with $8.5 bn AUM
- Describe your duties
- Describe your duties
- Describe your duties

mwgr5's picture

You can also work a company

by mwgr5 (Senior Baboon, 213 Banana Points Points) on 10/4/08 at 3:05pm

You can also work a company description into a bullet point.

For example:

ABC Investments
- Analyzed xyz sector for a long/short equity hedge fund with $x AUM

www.sharpeinvesting.com

j-rad's picture

Thanks guys.

by j-rad (Baboon, 125 Banana Points Points) on 10/4/08 at 11:56pm

Thanks guys.

CompBanker's picture

I'd personally rather see

by CompBanker Certified User(Senior Gorilla, 992 Banana Points Points) on 10/5/08 at 9:01am

I'd personally rather see Clueless Wanderer's approach over mwgr5's. Your first bullet seems pretty awkward if you use it to describe the firm and give an accomplishment.

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