Breaking into IB from liberal arts, no resume yet, need advice creating
I am working on my resume but need some advice:
I am a senior at a small liberal arts college ranked in the top 20 by US NEWs. My major is american studies and history. I originally was pre law, but over the past 2 years I have gravitated away from that and towards a career in the financial industry.
I play football in the fall, and my gpa in the fall is 0.5 less than the 2nd term. (I play hockey in the winter, and MMA in the spring, but I am not nearly as brutalized each day from this than football so I guess my workload doesn't suffer as much).
My total gpa is 3.3, but steadily rising. I got a D+ freshman 1st semester taking a science class I didn't belong in, which is a killer. However in my junior year I was a 3.3 and 3.8, and expecting the same as a senior.
I am extremely personable , good on the phone and in person, and pretty good as sales. I worked for a political candidate this past summer and was very good at cold calling.
My other summer jobs were BS jobs in the view for finance, I was a lifeguard, cut lawns, worked in an office filing. Things that gave me money and let me have time to train.
I am one of the most competitive persons I know, and one of the hardest working people (I am not the guy who gets a A- by reading the book the night before the exam or paper is due, I am the guy who is up till 2am every night)
I know that I don't have the background to be an analyst, but I think I could be a trader?
I know the standard path to IB and finance is to get a intern job the summer of junior year, but I wanted to play football my senior year, and really have to train over the summer. Also, I know the firms are looking for the highest gpa, and I think my junior senior year gpa will be > 3.5 so waiting will raise my overall GPA. I am offering the above not as excuses, but so you have the info.
My 2 questions are: Can I get a job as an intern for the summer after I graduate, or are these only for juniors?
Given the above, can you recommend what I should put on my resume.
Appreciate the help and advice.
What is your major GPA? if that is higher put that on there instead. Def put your sports in your activities. Do you have any work experience?
Most places have concluded FT recruiting or are on their last few interviews. Getting a good gig next year is going to be extremely difficult for you. You might be able to pull a back office positions, but not sure how likely that would be also if you don't have any work experience. If you really want a strong career in finance(and not be in retail banking), try to find an unpaid off cycle internship right now which you could do throughout the school year, take your GMATS and try for an MSF program. This will give you a fresh start, and most programs are only a year long.
4 = sales
6 = investment banking
Nothing in your history screams trader -- in fact, number 6 hints the exact opposite
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This post doesn't really give enough information to have someone help you write your resume, but I don't think anyone here is going to write it anyways. You want to include your education, and then your work experience if you have any, and then your activities/leadership which could be your hockey, football, MMA, etc. Hopefully you have some sort of a leadership role in those activities.
If your school is top 20 in the US... I assume you have a career center? Use it! They can help you put together a draft based on your experience. If you don't have them to help you out, take a look at any of the hundreds of resumes people have publicly posted to WSO. This will help you get an idea for what you should be looking to include. Sports are great, and hopefully you have some past work experience.
If you feel like you the type of person who is great on the phone, and very personable, then maybe sales is for you. If you are the type of person that is alright slaving away until 2am every night, then maybe IB is for you. I don't think that it will be any easier/harder for you to break into IB than it will for you to break into S&T, they are both hard, especially with no junior year internship.
In regards to your question about getting an internship after your senior year, I don't think that most major banks will allow that. If you are looking to do an internship, try to find a small shop or boutique, and network with your alumni network and anyone else you meet.
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