"Certified" Financial Analyst

So I have been handing out my resume stating that I was a candidate in the "Certified Financial Analyst Program" when it is really the "CHARTERED Financial Analyst Program"..

I wonder how many of the people I sent the resume to think that I'm an idiot... Should I re-send them my updated resume that fixed the mistake?

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I'm thinking most are going to realize this mistake. Not really any such thing as a resume do-over. It's part of the attention to details, you really can't send a revised resume, you sort of ding yourself by doing so. Fix it and move forward from it.

 

It's okay, it will cancel out once you finally put "Summer Analyst - Investment Banking Department" on there.

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WTF why would you do that???

nobody is allowed to put "CFA candidate" on their resume unless they have actually signed up for the exam. are you really a candidate?

to be completely honest, if i saw "Certified Financial Analyst" candidiacy on anyone's resume i would think they were either an IDIOT or a LIAR, probably both. resend the resume, it will at least be some vindication.

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I'd say a lot of individuals would glance over it without noticing. Only charter holders and candidates are probably going to catch it off the bat.

When you put it on your resume just put "CFA Level 1 Candidate'. No need to spell it out. No matter what you do, don't just put 'CFA Level 1'. If you run into a charter holder with that on your resume he's going to ream you out. Candidate is a key word.

 

Don't re-send! That will make the people who haven't notice it to search for differences, and then they will notice!

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lol, "Certified" financial analyst

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This has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." Theodore Roosevelt
 
Something CreativeThis has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

hahaha holy shit. are you serious? this is too funny. now i just feel bad for the op

 
RonaldBacon
Something CreativeThis has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

hahaha holy shit. are you serious? this is too funny. now i just feel bad for the op

Absolutely. It wouldn't happen because the HR person would probably be the one laughing their ass off. Here's the real problem. Nobody, seriously, NOBODY actually involved in the program would or could make that mistake. If you're a CFA candidate, you know what CFA stands for. Someone that puts "Certified Financial Analyst" is obviously lying and didn't just make a "typo".

I'm not trying to be a dick, but a liar is way worse in my book than someone who makes a grammar or punctuation mistake, which I can forgive but still use to weed out depending on how many resumes HR provides when there is an opening.

As far as trying to make a candidate for a role cry, that has most assuredly happened. Someone that comes in acting like they are special, know everything, and are arrogant will get buried with me. If you come in humble and seem like a good guy I am super easy on you because I know Finance is not that difficult and you will be able to learn (assuming I think you can learn). I am more concerned with "fit" anyway. I can only recall one interview in which I actually went in wanting to make someone cry, and that was for some dude that's resume was a cross between Gandhi, Batman, Einstein, and Evil Knievel. I just didn't buy it and thought he was full of shit. Turns out, he was. He didn't end up crying but did start blubbering and stuttering. Others have cried, but I never went in trying to make it happen.

OP, if you're for real and SOMEHOW (although I don't believe it) accidentally put that on your resume while honestly being a CFA candidate, then I would definitely NOT send a corrected resume. I'm not sure how it works in HR and how long your resume stays on file, if they use some type of database based on your name, or if there is any logging done (I would think there would be but don't know as I only get resumes from HR), but your best bet is to wait like 6 months or so and resubmit. If they do log, the new one will likely replace the old and you will have a fresh start where nobody will see that previous "error".

If you are in fact a troll, I credit you (and RonaldBacon) with getting me to post not once, but twice in this thread.

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Something CreativeThis has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

Who do you think you are buddy.. Did I fucking say I wasn't a candidate? I am a candidate, for some reason I put certified instead of chartered. relax the fuck out you douchebag. Bring me to tears? are you fuking kidding me? I would shove your neck tie down your throat and pull it out of your ass before you could even begin to laugh...

Don't come on here acting like some tough guy because of someone made an error on their resume.. fucking douchebag.

 
GranTurismo
Something CreativeThis has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

Who do you think you are buddy.. Did I fucking say I wasn't a candidate? I am a candidate, for some reason I put certified instead of chartered. relax the fuck out you douchebag. Bring me to tears? are you fuking kidding me? I would shove your neck tie down your throat and pull it out of your ass before you could even begin to laugh...

Don't come on here acting like some tough guy because of someone made an error on their resume.. fucking douchebag.

Yea internet tough guys are the worst. Hypocricy fail.

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Something CreativeThis has got to be a joke post. You used to be able to separate the trolls from the idiots, but it's become tough to tell lately.

OP, you are either a good troll, a complete idiot that belongs at Home Depot instead of banking (like Delonte West), or...No, I don't have another option, it's one or the other.

Just so you know, if somehow your resume actually got past HR and landed on my desk, I would forward your resume around making fun of you. If I was feeling extremely cruel (and I've done it before for sport), I would invite you in for an interview and just completely annihilate you. To tears if possible. Ideally, you'd be blubbering about how you were sorry that you were so full of shit and lied about being a candidate. This is funny because I'm actually one of the nice guys.

As I can't actually believe that anyone wanting to work anywhere in Finance would be this stupid, I give you props for even making me think about it enough to post.

Wow, you sound like a real piece of shit dude. I'm glad we don't work together.

 

Quick question, do you think the above insults made you sound like a bigger idiot than before or a just a complete train wreck of an idiot all around?

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 
FlakeQuick question, do you think the above insults made you sound like a bigger idiot than before or a just a complete train wreck of an idiot all around?
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whatwhatwhatYou made an error that would probably make you look like a fraud or a complete fucking moron to anyone familiar with the program. In both cases you aren't getting a job. First impressions, no second chances blah blah, but I'm sure you learned your lesson.

Yes, I understand that. I came on here to ask whether I should re-send my resume or not. I did learn my lesson and I fixed the error. I didn't come to get some "tough guy" telling me the things he would do to me if he got my resume delivered to him in his little cubicle..

 
GranTurismo
whatwhatwhatYou made an error that would probably make you look like a fraud or a complete fucking moron to anyone familiar with the program. In both cases you aren't getting a job. First impressions, no second chances blah blah, but I'm sure you learned your lesson.

Yes, I understand that. I came on here to ask whether I should re-send my resume or not. I did learn my lesson and I fixed the error. I didn't come to get some "tough guy" telling me the things he would do to me if he got my resume delivered to him in his little cubicle..

Too funny. Did you actually read the posts or get so flustered by the crying thing that it prevented you from finishing them? I actually answered your question. Quite in depth for that matter.

Just remember, I am one of the nice ones...

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I always laugh when 'important' people get mad at young people over online forums. It truly does say a lot to their 'importance'.

I can't imagine a sane office in which professionals have a field day over someone who put 'Certificed Financial Analyst' on their resume. I'm sure it happens every day.

This is coming from a fellow CFA candidate. Sure, it is a bad offense. But no reason to go ape shit. Fix it and move on.

 
LeidenschaftNot the big deal Something Creative is making it out to be imo.

uhmm.... i don't know about that. i am in no position to hire anyone, but if i saw "Certified Financial Analyst" candidate on anyone's resume i would discard it immediately regardless of other credentials.

i am a CFA candidate, and frankly, i'm likelier to forget my own first name than what the "C" in CFA stands for. anybody that writes "Certified" is lying about being a candidate.

Money Never Sleeps? More like Money Never SUCKS amirite?!?!?!?
 
sayandarula
LeidenschaftNot the big deal Something Creative is making it out to be imo.

uhmm.... i don't know about that. i am in no position to hire anyone, but if i saw "Certified Financial Analyst" candidate on anyone's resume i would discard it immediately regardless of other credentials.

i am a CFA candidate, and frankly, i'm likelier to forget my own first name than what the "C" in CFA stands for. anybody that writes "Certified" is lying about being a candidate.

I agree, but I don't think I would send it around the office making fun of it like something creative said he would do haha. Just scrap it, point and laugh about it in your head, and move on.

Under my tutelage, you will grow from boys to men. From men into gladiators. And from gladiators into SWANSONS.
 
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You guys are high. If you work in an area in which the charter actually matters, like Asset Management, then one of two impressions are made. You are either a liar and simply put it on your resume to stand out among the 1,000 other resumes that come in every week, or you are a complete moron. Maybe at Joe Blow's 200mm shop they don't care, but I can assure you that it's your tombstone at any of the large AM firms that have more candidate than they know what to do with.

I forget that most of you were raised to think you are precious little snowflakes. You're all special and everything will be okay. Maybe you should become a "Certified" Financial Planner instead.

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lol, Something Creative is now the troll.

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whowhatwhenthis is pretty funny. isn't how to cite your candidacy something you learn in the first 20 pages of the curriculum?

Yes lol.

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nhlfanYou WERE a candidate? If all you've done is sign up for Level One, leave it off the resume until you actually pass.

You can say you're a "candidate" if you registered to sit for the exam and plan to take it. Don't have to actually pass/take the exam yet. It's on CFA Institute's website and study materials.

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I know you can. I've written Level One and am about to start on Level Two in a couple of weeks. I'm saying that signing up for an exam doesn't prove a whole lot, in terms of his capability. It show a bit of drive, maybe, but that's it.

 

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