Hey Guys, I'm a rising junior at a target school. I'm looking for SA positions for Summer 2011, and I'm starting to work on my resume. What do you think? Any comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!
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I have interests on my resume. I am now so sick of seeing them on others that I will delete them from mine.
Get rid of the interests. Expand on some of the bullets you have for your WE. I think you have had some solid experiences, you just need to sell them more. Start with the RE one first and elaborate on it more. Then work your way down.
-No need to blacken the University if your profile says Yale.
-Move your SAT score into the University section.
-Is your "Diploma, Cum Laude" your High School (or equivalent)? If so, I would only recommend including this if it falls into any of the following categories: (1) Elite Prep School, (2) International school in a major world city, or (3) same school as your interviewer. Luckily, it sounds like it falls under the first or second category.
-No need to write "Introductory" in front of the Micro and Macro classes.
-Go into more detail for your Real Estate internship. That should be one of the core components of your resume and it is currently underrepresented. Go into details about specific projects.
-No need to list English fluency for American and British firms.
Yup, it's a well known prep school. So I'm keeping it on my resume for that reason. I've made some changes, kept my activities (but shortened)--thoughts? Thanks!
http://www.razume.com/documents/16026
Way too much blank space...
Look for some PARS and SARS. One of the more helpful websites I found was resumeremodel.com. Pretty general, but gave me some ideas as to how to add gravity to seemingly mundane accomplishments. Whenever possible, use hard numbers, such as how many people you organized, to eliminate ambiguity. Specifics are always better then vague generalities.
Yale is not a target. Awesome university. Not a target for banking.
Half your resume is filled with extraneous filler/fluffer-- those 1-liner courses you took in China. Condense those at the bottom of your resume in interests. And no one will even care about Chinese universities unless you were at Tsinghua.
Remove high school GPA and classes you took in high school. No one gives a shit. If it's a Deerfield or a PA or an Exeter then just keep it short. One line. Move your SAT up to your college section. Were you Ntl Merit?
Quantify your experiences. What value did you add? Sweet dude. You looked up some comps at your internship. What kind of comps (you were at a real estate firm... different compset)? What were the results of your work? This isn't history man. You don't outline mundane religious texts. Talk about your results and quantiy them. "Designed new strategy"? Ok, so what was the strategy? "Favorable business partnerships?" What metrics did you use to determine this? Was there a model? Did you build it? Focus on the rest of your experiences in this way.
You better be damn proficient at English.
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