Hi Monkeys,
I was curious as to whether certain university societies tend to stand out more on a CV than others. I understand being the head of the Financial club is a fantastic prospect, but are there others that stand out? Would just being a part of a sport be enough?
Thanks for your thoughts
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Try to paint yourself as a well rounded person on your CV, the clubs and societies you include do not all have to be finance/business related. Varsity sports look excellent on a resume in the finance world - they can highlight intangible skills like teamwork, leadership, being "coachable," time management skills, etc.
Nothing I can think of would be a better pairing than the head of the XXX club (ideally whatever your major is) and a varsity sport
As I posted elsewhere, it comes down to what you do with a society rather than which one. Sure, join a finance society but if you attend 2-3 meetings per semester and hardly participate you're wasting time. Honestly, it may be better to find a passion you have (e.g. cars) and join a society of that nature with which you can organise events, recruit members and show you're more involved because you like it. It also shows you're interesting rather than just being about finance 24/7
If you can have a first year position in the finance society it will definitely help for Spring weeks. At my university everyone that had one got a spring week. After first year if you can have a treasury position in a society you find interesting is great as it shows other interests and people like it as it is somewhat related to finance/excel.
Organizational affiliations/causes on resume (Originally Posted: 12/17/2014)
Should you put political/advocacy groups you are affiliated with or could that put off employers? I feel like organizations should be a plus on everyones resume right? Groups like friends of coal, friends of israel, AIPAC, human rights campaign (HRC), etc??
Resumes get passed around and will probably touch at least 5-10 people/firm throughout the interview process. Chances are someone will have different political views than you, so just be selective with what you say on your resume. Try to only put the causes you are most highly involved in and preferably have some leadership position within an organization related to the cause.
Yeah, I was going back and forth on some for that reason...like you hit that 1 person who doesn't like the cause/organization. Especially the political ones
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