Rip Apart My Resume - Junior Looking to Enter Finance (PE, AM, IB, etc.; I left out the skills section) - Thank you!
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think you should highly simply the description of your tasks, I am too lazy to read all of it so I guess a recruiter would be too
agree with the simplification... if you can't summarize what you did into 3-4 bullet points (all at ~1 line each), then you are likely BS'ing and trying to fill space. It is a freshman/sophomore internship ffs... everyone knows it's BS. I'd highly recommend throwing in some student org's and on-campus involvement (better to be well-rounded rather than all out-of-school work XP).
Dude first of all nobody is reading 15 bullet points per experience and I almost fell asleep reading some of them. There is no way "Small Accounting Firm" requires THAT many bullets. Condense everything and make it more concise, do 3-4 pts / experience max... Also add a small skills section and/or interest section. Get that GPA up and get involved in some extracurriculars.
Agree with the above but to add some support for your cumulative GPA, include your major GPA as well (if its better than your cumulative since this shows you understand what you're studying)
need to break this down into more sections and make things much more readable. look at the harvard resume guide (genuinely just google that), and go from there.extracurriculares at school are great, could add things like relevant courses if you're having a hard time filling the page. even 10wk internships shouldn’t have >4 bullet points (5 if ur desperate)consider adding in a bottom section about ur likes and skills. good luck!
Looks decent, here are some comments:
-Change "Work Experience" to just "Experience"I recommend adding a "Misc" section at the bottom to list your extracurriculars, interests, IB programs completed, etcI'm on my phone so its tough to see but double check that the items on the right side of the resume are the same font/font size. They look slightly different
Overall: Good start but needs more work. It also needs to scream "investment banking" more. To be direct, most bankers want competent finance people - so focus on PPT, Excel, modeling, accounting, generating reports, etc. which is also important because you go to a semi-target
“Reducing financial reporting errors by 2%…”
Validating shit to enhance financial reporting accuracy by 7%…
25+ hours saved annually etc.
How are you measuring these numbers? They feel artificial, correct me if I’m wrong but that’s the impression it’s giving.
Don’t make things up and don’t throw “buzzwords” like “according to US gaap and Sarbanes-oxley act” when it just means you followed the standard. People see through it and it invalidates the rest of your resume. Keep it genuine while demonstrating real impact.
It’s good that you understand the need to show impact, it’s clear that you’ve been coached here. Just be mindful of going overboard with it.
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