PLEASE RIP MY RESUME TO SHREDS - ER SA 2021

Question

Hi Monkeys,

I am a sophomore at a semi-target. As the 2021 recruitment cycle really gets going, I am asking you to please destroy my resume.

I am seeking internships in equity research for summer 2021.

Some concerns I have:

I am concerned that my finance clubs take up to much room on my resume but I think it's better than white space.
I don't know if I should give my involvement with Portfolios with Purpose more attention.
I worked for my family real estate business (mostly manual labor) between 2017 - 2018.

arbit-RAGE · Accepted Answer

Printed it out to tear it up. Hope that helps!

JK it actually doesn’t show up on mobile for some reason. I’ll hop on a computer later and give you real feedback.

rezjopls · Answer

Take out relevent coursework, make your name bigger.

Take out the white bullet points in the IB club

And this is gonna sound harsh but the whole thing just reads weird. Like you're way too into finance (That's not a bad thing, but recruiters will want to see someone well-rounded). The finance lab is obviously bullshit, and the IRS volunteer is just bizarre. You are a part of 3 finance clubs/portfolios, 4 finance related 'other activites', 3 finance externships, personal investing on interests, and you fucking do other people's taxes voluntarily. See what I'm saying?

arbit-RAGE · Answer

I agree with everyone else - the "relevant coursework" is typically for people who need to prove they're already interested in/knowledgeable about finance. Take it out since you're a finance/accounting major.

Use more numbers in your points. Bankers don't care that you know how to use Bloomberg, they care about the results you caused by assisting students and faculty. Did you instruct 30 students on Bloomberg, teaching them how to spread comps for 3 major companies, showing an evaluation of $300mm? That's the kind of result bankers like to see.

arbit-RAGE · Answer

Also make all ofyour bullet points square. Circle bullet points don't look as clean.

Sorry, I put that bankers don't care that you're a person... I meant to add in, they DO care, but that's why they like to see your interests section like the "running, skiing" etc part. This gives them talking points to go off of. I'd also change this though. Your bullet point with that whole list is bland. Who cares that you like American history? Nobody.

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