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Physical Commodity Trading Cover letter
Hi guys, So, in the process of applying to some physical trading firms, I was wondering what sort of convention there is surrounding cover letters in the industry? For example, in typical bank trading desk applications, cover letters should be well under 300 words. However in the latter cases, there...
Anybody to evaluate my Cover Letter
Hi all, Anybody wants to help and evaluate my consulting cover letter? I am a bit stuck on this.
Cover letter advice
Dear Sir/Madam, I am very excited to apply to the Sales & Trading summer analyst role at [Bank name] because I am extremely passionate about the financial markets and actively follow the latest trends in the currency markets with profound interest. The rotational aspect of the program is...
What shouldn't I do? What about cover letters and resumes?
Recruiting is a rough and stressful time for most prospective analysts. The banks know this and generally do a good job of making sure you have a good experience while interviewing with them. You must absolutely make sure to keep your cool and your typing in check while writing up your cover letter....
How important is an effective finance cover letter?
Your cover letter is not nearly as important as your resume, and it may very well be overlooked in the recruitment process. This is far more common for large firms with many applicants, but may still happen at a smaller firm. Despite this, while a good cover letter may not help your chances, having...
Cover Letter Advice
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email cover letter HELP
WSO has been so helpful. Thanks! I'm working on my cover letter for a prop trading firm. Can you give me some feedback? ---------------------- Dear Sir or Madam, Please accept the attached resume to consider for the trader trainee position. Managing a non-profit brought me in daily contact with the...
Cover Letter suggestions? (capital market focused)
I recently wrote a new cover letter (recently graduated). I have a great interest in developing a career within the Capital Market communities. Could anyone spare a few minutes reading my cover letter (I'll pm with attachment) and provide a few tips for everyone in the comments in what employers...
COVER LETTER ADVICE NEEDED!
Hello all, Applying for a Fortune 500 financial analyst internship program. It's a really solid program and very competitive to get into. I need advice on cover letter so..if you work in F500, or have had internships there, please PM me! Thanks!!
Cover Letter Question - Including someone you know
I just had a question that I was unable to find and thought I would ask for someones help. In ones cover letter to a firm, how would they go about including someone they knew (grew up with) that works at the firm. We are not the greatest friends anymore but have a small conversation when we see...
Cover email help for prop trading
Hello all, I appreciated the resume help, and now I'm working on the cover email for prop trading firms. Here is what I have so far: "Dear Human Resources, A selective Proprietary Trading company like yours will be interested in my diverse experience as an entrepreneur and in the area of finance. My...
Help needed to improve resume and cover letter (for career change)
Hi, I am hoping to switch career, from teaching to financial analyst (or anything in the financial industry). Hope you guys give me some opinion on how to improve my resume and cover letter
Cover Letter Question- How to show interest in finance/markets?
Hi, I couldn't find a forum for cover letters so I hope I'm in the right place. I keep hearing that my cover letter should show interest in the markets and that I read the news... I will be soon applying for IB and S&T analyst positions. How do you draw the reader's attention by showing interest in...
Cover Letter: Specific or Standard?
Many people agree that boutique firms often care more about cover letters more than BBs . However, I've got a shitload of internships to apply to (over 100 when you factor in BB PWM and PE firms) and making adjustments to each to reflect what I like about different firms is getting tedious. Is...
Cover letter for a general application?
A lot of boutiques and mid-market IB / PE firms have an option to send a general application when there are no openings. Should I include a cover letter in this case? If so, should I go with a traditional cover letter or something shorter?
Do you need a cover letter?
I am just curious to know, do cover letters actually matter? The reason I ask is because I have a few friends that are in PE and IB . They said they only submitted resumes when applying for jobs. What is your opinion on this? Any of you know any recruiters that just turn away applications without...
RIM Cover Letter - Need a bit of help
I'm only inserting the parts that I'm uncertain about. "It is with great delight that I am applying for the finance Co-op position at Research in Motion. I can think of no better career than one that combines my passions for both finance and technology. Your firm revolutionized the mobile phone...
Trading Cover Letters
For M&A / IBD , you can list the banks deals and so on or show they gathered the most fees last yea.r But how do you show a real interest in the Sales & Trading division of a BB ? other then try and mould your experiences to their culture. Any tips would be great!
Corp. Development Cover Letter
Does anyone have a sample corporate development cover letter that they would be willing to share? Or simply, any ideas as to what one should include? Thanks.
Summer Internship. What to do now?
I will be graduating in May 2012 with degree in Finance. I recently accepted an offer at JP Morgan for the 2012 Operation summer internship Development Program, the program starts in June and runs through August 2012. Since the internship is only 10 weeks long and I will be in need of a full time...
General help with a cover letter
I just saw the M&I format for a cover letter, while I am hoping to go into consulting, I was planning to use their investment banking format. But, I think the opening line is a little redundant. As I understood it, I thought the opening line was supposed to be "the catch" essentially something to...
Salutations
When it comes to addressing female bankers in cover letters, which title, Ms or Mrs, is best when you do not know her marriage status? Also, when you are addressing anybody which of the following salutation is best? Dear, Good Afternoon, Morning, Hello, Mr, Mrs or Ms Or any other that I may have...
BBA self-studying MBA courses, is it worth it?
Hi everyone, first post here. I'm currently a first-year BBA student and I'm in the process of self- studying a corporate finance course and am planning on tackling a Valuations course in a couple months. The corporate finance course is posted online for free by a professor at NYU Stern, I bought...
NYU Undergrad's SA Cover Letter Goes Viral
"How a Tenacious Summer Analyst Applicant Got Laughed at by Goldman, Morgan, and Everyone Else on Wall Street" http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tenacious-summer-an…
Help with a cover letter
Looking to apply to boutique consulting firms for the upcoming year, currently on a one-year teaching fellowship abroad, not sure how I should address that in my cover letters. Would something as simple as this work: "Since last July, I have been teaching English in Japan, but am eager to launch a...
Failed 3 times before I knew what I wanted to do, advice?
I have a poor academic history where I have straight Fs and Cs, where my cumulative GPA was 0.7 and 1.7. I have 3 required to withdraws on my transcript from two difference institutions. Anyway, I figured out what I wanted to do and am highly motivated. I got into the University of Alberta with a...
Typical Screwup
Im a sophomore at a target, and I decided to start applying to summer internships and programs that are available through OCR . Problem is, for one of the internships offered by a BB , I submitted one resume+cover letter. Then a few hours later (dont ask how), I mistakenly submitted the resume+cover...
cover letter/resume
can they be in different fonts if they both look good individually that way, or should they be the same - do they look sloppy/uncoordinated when sent together? thanks
Send a Cover Letter, or not?
When a job application doesn't ask for a cover letter, is it better to send one along anyway? Many of the IBD / S&T internship positions on my OCR website (firms range from BBs to 3-man shops, all FO positions) require only a resume, but hat can't be enough on which to make an informed decision on...
Cover Letter Review - From a semi-target
I was hoping I could get some feedback on my cover letter. I'm from a semi-target so I didn't copy/paste the one's that are floating around. Thanks for your time and help https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wf8ZEaw5ahaQz…
Resume Writing Skills
Resume is a tool that provides information about you to the recruiter. A recruiter does not have much time to read your full resume. So, whenever you write a resume, take care that you present yourself in the best possible way. For more tips you can visit a resume website .
How important is a cover letter when its optional on corp site?
Just curious how important it is to put a cover letter when applying for a job on a corporate site ie the careers section. They say its optional or maybe the wording is, "if you'd like to include it". Is this another subliminal test or do you think that very few people actually read the cover...
Cover Letters / Referrals
I've met with a MD at a MM bank who would like to help me get my foot in the door. His group's on a hiring freeze. He wrote me a recommendation and submitted it to his HR group. I recently found a position (not in his group) that I plan on applying to and he told me to mention that we've been in...
[Business Insider] Worst cover letters ever
For your Sunday laugh, here are the 12 worst cover letters the managing editor at BI has ever received http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-cover-letter… I would love to hear about you guys' experiences with really bad/good/hilarious cover letters too!
Advice on an unique cover letter
Hi. I'm from a non-finance major and trying to get a summer internship . I networked my way to a MD and he asked me to "send Him an unique cover letter". I'm thinking of making a bet on something crazy rather than some cliched letter. Like trying to pitch him an investment idea in one page. Do you...
Cover Letter Question - Medical student graduating in 2012
I am a medical student graduating in 2012 apply for I-banking, My goal is to eventually enter healthcare PE or VC . If I am turning in a cover letter to an i-bank, should I mention that I eventually want to enter healthcare PE? If I did not have an MD, I would not bother mentioning that, but I...
Experience in M&A to CV/Cover Letter?
So I completed a 6 week internship this summer in an M&A team within the corporate finance division of an accountancy firm. I worked on pitches, some information memorandums, researching on the sell side and targets in some specific industries. In my CV I've added what I did (the above)... On Cover...
Cover Letter Review - All comments welcome
All your comments are welcome. http://www.razume.com/documents/21678 Some thoughts: I excluded the name of the school where I did the MBA as it is a small non-target school. I think it doesn't add any value. If anything it will force the reading to go through my resume to find what school. Does...
Basic Cover Letter Question
Hi guys... There seems to be two major types of cover letters: -The cover letter that purely brags about skills/experiences, and often involves a bullet format. -The cover letter that gives short stories (one paragraph) exemplifying skills. Which do you believe is more successful in the finance...
Name drop question
Hey, Quick question from an aspiring monkey: I'm applying for a FO insight program at a BB and I know someone in Operations at the firm, should I name drop to say "From what they said your culture seems good..." or avoid it due to different division? Thanks for the help!
Cover Letter Review (Securitisation Finance)
Let me know what you think of this cover letter for an entry-level position in securitisation finance.
Is it okay to tell your story in the cover letter?
Is it okay to tell your story in the cover letter? story as in something more personal, why you decided on IBD . Maybe 2-3 lines max... would be great to have some Certified Users thoughts on this. blastoise, firefighter and botiquebank4life, i would also like to pick ur brains on this. cheers
Deal size in Cover Letter
Hey, I know it is easy to fluff up anything in a resume or cover letter. ie shredding paper as an intern: "regularly maintaining corporate security process" (you all know what im talking about) anyway, Im interning in M&A now and want to know if reporting deal size's I worked on is what recruiters...
Former professional athlete need help with cover letter/resume
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Can u check my cover letter?
This is the main text and I just ask you to go through the text. I am not a native speaker. I want to apply for an internship in UK and Switzerland.... Thanks!!!! Dear Mrs. ABC With reference to your job advertisement in your homepage and our pleasant phone conversation I wish to apply for an...
Cover ltr/resume: S&T internship
I need some help folks. I'm using my Career Center to critique my resume and cover letter Though, I feel that their input may be very generic and not tailored for critiquing cover letters and resumes aimed at earning positions in IB or S&T . My undergrad is in industrial technology and...
How did you write so many cover letters?
I've been applying to numerous internships and every single one requires a cover letter. All of the people I have talked to in the industry have told me that the cover letter must convey some sort of unique interest you have in the company while also portraying your unique qualities. I know that...
A Cover Letter Template for Investment Banking
NOTE FROM WSO: Attached at the bottom of this post is an investment banking cover letter template that is sometimes used for WSO cover letter review clients. WSO has decided to make it free in order to help those of you that can't afford a more tailored service. This particular cover letter template...
Cover letter format when given essay prompt
Hey guys, I'm applying for a summer internship at a BB and the firm has required our cover letters to address an essay prompt in x amount of words. Just wondering how this affects the format on the typical IB cover letter. Should there still be a sender/receiver address, salutation, etc? Or should I...
Accumulating Good Karma - Free Resume/CL Critique - Spread some holiday cheer
(Topic also posted under consulting forum) To spread some holiday cheer and accumulate some good karma, I am offering free resume and cover letter critique with summer internship apps due soon. I do this regularly for my friends at school as well. I'm not sure how long I will do this for, but...
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