Be Harsh and Honest on this Resume (senior undergrad)
Currently a senior undergrad majoring in finance. I'll be graduating in a few months and I'm currently looking for intern programs that would want to have an employee grow into their company upon graduation. I'm looking for a position as an analyst, preferably in IB. Tear me a new one on this resume. Being nice won't get me hired.
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Don't describe each of your relevant courses. People already know what corporate finance is. Just list them out in ONE line.
Make GPA consistent: I.e. 3.0/4.0 or 3.00/4.00.
Your work dates have formatting issues with spaces by the dashes. Make all the dates align with the right hand margin.
Try to add numbers to every bullet point: 'Performed SWOT analysis for client companies' How many companies did you do the analysis for? 5? 20? 100?
' Promoted [How to use a social media site for business purposes book] by author ____' How much reach did you get? 10,000 saw your posts? You increased per weekly rate by 10%? Shit like that.
Don't list your skills with Microsoft Office. It's redundant.
Thank you. That makes a lot of sense. That'll clear up some redundancy and give me some more space when I clear through the "Relevant Course Work" section. As far as content goes, is there anything else I should consider adding? Are there any crucial skills that I'm missing and should work on developing?
Don't count on IB, no relevant internships and poor GPA. I'm also going to assume that it isn't from a target school either. Focus all of your efforts on just trying to get into a finance job period. At this point any job is going to be an uphill battle.
Edit: The sugarcoated bullshit line around here is to just network and you can break-in. Kids with 3.7s are getting rejected from Ivy Schools for IB. It's possible, but so is me coming home to Kate Upton unannounced. The shit just isn't likely and that effort should be on trying to get a job anywhere. Furthermore and this is the part that bites, unless you had some amazing job experience and murdered the GMAT, you have a very low chance of being considered in a target MBA program which puts IB really out of reach.
Your courses should give you all the skills needed for entry-level finance jobs, but what ArcherVice says is completely true to keep in mind.
Nobody gives a shit what classes you took. Take it off.
I should have also pointed out that I'm not looking for any big name firms in New York or anything. I'd much rather work for a smaller, boutique firm in my home city, Chicago, right now. Does a 3.7 GPA or above matter as much, in that situation?
A 3.7 is passable for banking in general. It's seen as the cutoff point for most BBs.
With no relevant experience, your chances for IB FT are pretty horrible. If you haven't heard of them already, you should actually look into Finance Leadership Development Programs. They can lead to a good b-school and IB Associate positions later on.
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