Quantifying task on resume
I'm working on my resume for IB as a rising junior and I'm working at at top BB's regional Asset Management branch. I created manuals for different back office software systems which definitely make it easier/quicker to navigate on a daily basis. There is no legitimate way I can quantify the increased efficiency on my resume. Is it reasonable to just pick a number? Say, 20% increased efficiency? Even if that number is essentially a ballpark guess? Thanks
Also, is the resume review forum not loading for everyone else?
No, you can't just pick a number out of a hat. How would you justify 20% if called on it during an interview / background screen?
A much better approach would be to run some basic before/after time study to get an actual number. In lieu of that, try interviewing the userbase and asking for THEIR estimates and aggregating that info.
Otherwise, just talk about the number of system users who will benefit from your manual.
Good advice.. if you put 20% down, and get asked in an interview how you arrived at that number, what would you say?
It should be pretty simple to get an actual number if it really does save time.. the people that use those systems definitely know how long it took them to perform task X before your manual was introduced, so comparing that to the current state would give you the benefit.
Yeah--I am in the military and every single performance report I write (both my own and others) has to quantify every impact--and some of the ways we calculate dollars saved or efficiencies achieved, are utterly rediculous--but we can still justify how we arrived to the number if ever inquired. The running joke is that if you ever added up all of the dollars saved by junior officers in the military based off of their perfomance reports, it would amount to over 100 times the national debt.
quantifying assignments in the resume (Originally Posted: 08/23/2013)
Hey Monkeys, I just wanted to ask your general opinion about quantifying certain tasks in a junior-resume.
For example: -Worked on more than 20 buy-side M&A deals -Built up over 20 different peer groups
Does that sound good or should i leave it out?
Thx in advance
Instead of "worked on more than 20 buy-side M&A deals" you should put how you created value on those deals. What did you do on those deals? Did you just get coffee for all the associates and partners, or did you actually do something worth while? Even at a minimalist approach - "Built pitch books for over 20 buy-side M&A deals" sounds better.
"Built up over 20 different peer groups" - What were the peer groups for? What did building the groups do to help the firm? "Built over 20 different peer groups for market research on firm valuation"
Also, if your title is Junior Analyst, put on your resume what you have done that you can't figure out just from the title. If your title is Janitor, you don't need to put that you swept floors. It's implied.
Yes, the lines i posted were just short in order to emphasize the "more than 20..." stuff. But your right, I can stress out more what was actually done with my work. thx for that suggestion!!
Resume Roasting - Quantifying Bullet Points (Originally Posted: 01/17/2018)
Hi WSO
How best could I structure and quantify the following sentences for my resume? The only numbers I can really throw around are with the size of the deal, not the my efficiency / my numerical contribution towards the engagements. The below are not what I currently have on my resume, rather they are an explanation of some stuff that I've worked on thus far.
Thanks, will SB meaningful contributions.
Second bullet:
Don't really like "when MD used my slides" I would try something more along the lines of:
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