Reality Check - Hundreds of Job applications and no interviews - Please help
Hello everyone, a recent graduate here from The City college of New York. applied to hundreds and hundreds of job applications with no interviews. is it my resume? is it the market? is it the jobs that I am applying for are not for me? please help!
I am applying to Credit Analyst role, Portfolio Management Role, FP&A, Investment Analyst, valuation analyst, Leveraged finance, private credit analyst and venture capital and still no interviews.
Attached is my resume.
Please help
Your resume definitely falls more on the week side - more so just based on formatting and bullet point structure. I think a resume rewrite will help improve your chances quite a bit.
For instance, you were a Teaching Assistant for financial analyst bootcamp, but didn't specify how many students you were overseeing, the financial concepts you taught and what your workflows were. You could rewrite that with the hypothetical bullet points below. The below was a combination of me making stuff up and getting a skeletal structure for ChatGPT when typing in "give me 3 bullet points for a teaching assistant in financial analysis with a emphasis in Excel-based assignments".
For your investment Summer Analyst position, you didn't detail the impact of your work nor the transaction volume of the financial models you were developing. You always want to focus on the larger workflow and goals rather than the day-to-day minutia. Making a DCF is great, but saying that you formulated a BUY recommendation for Company X through thorough due diligence and valuation analysis which included a DCF shows that you didn't just make it for the sake of making it.
Much of your resume should be rewritten to change the narrative from an operational day-to-day view to a more holistic view addressing the value you brought to each firm/experience.
I would also outright remove your experience as a member for the Financial Analyst Bootcamp for three reasons: it's not paid work, you're leading/teaching the bootcamp, so it's assumed you know the content thoroughly and you can better utilize this space to speak to your club involvement or other extra-curricular experiences.
On a final note, it's not common to include your legal work authorization in the resume itself, you can disclose that in the application portal when they ask if you have the legal authorization to work in the country for where the role is based.
All in all, the resume content and format could be greatly improved. This will lead to more interviews. You have a case of strong experiences, weak resume.
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By implementing these strategies, you can improve your chances of securing interviews and ultimately landing a job in your desired field. Good luck!
Sources: Honestly it is feeling hopeless, Is the Hiring Process Broken?, Nine Months of Soul-Crushing Unemployment - Advice Needed, A non-target's failure, A non-target's failure
Serious question. Are you like dyslexic or otherwise challenged? Or just have a massive inability to devote any attention to detail? You have been workshopping your resume on this board for well over a month now, maybe nearly two months, and your resume formatting and content are both still fucking dogshit. You’re not a good fit for this field (or any high-paying, prestigious fields) if you can’t even figure it out how to properly write a resume ffs
Reality check is your resume is crap. You need to work on your bullet points. Get outside, 1x1 help
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