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Hey there,
I can give you a few pointers to help you!
Just for clarification, these are only my views after I was asked to cover for interviews and assess CVs during my previous role at a private credit firm in London (due to chronic understaffing).
To answer one of the questions in the main body of your post, I'd recommend sending off your CV as it is now to avoid disappointment. If you wait for a society role / position, they'll often be filled after the recruitment cycle is closed and by that point, you'll have sadly blown the SA opportunity.
(Source: I ran university finance society)
Good luck otherwise and keep us posted on how you're getting along!
Hey, thanks a lot for the reply.
Regarding the 6 GCSEs, I did not study in the uk prior to university, an have actually done IGCSEs as well as International A-Levels, hence why I was able to do only 6(I think that 5 is the minimum). Do you think I should point out that those are international certifications instead of the domestic uk ones? Also, in the case of my e-commerce business, is it better to talk about the business itself a bit more, or should I focus on my role and the achievements? Same goes to the python modelling project. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but I haven't started university yet, and I was planning for spring insight weeks for students that are in their first year of university. Are my python skills really not relevant and won't be useful, if I will not be doing S&T?(which, with an economics degree, it unlikely). Do you think that they bring any added value?
Oh, I see. I'd point out maybe that you have an A* or an A in Maths and English respectively as these are required for any position (just to be safe on the legal sides of things). It's not necessary to mention the distinction between IGCSEs and GCSEs explicitly but do write "IGCSEs" to avoid confusion.
I'd just add a bit more flesh on what the business does as the first bullet points followed by some headline points e.g. revenues, growth, management of staff, digital strategy (choose maybe 3 of these 4 or any better ones you can think of). Note that you are best placed to quantify these headline achievements instead of just saying them in a broad fashion i.e. say "manage a team of 25 staff across production, HR and marketing" or something like that so that I can get a sense of scale.
Python stuff is still relevant but sometimes they may prematurely get the idea that you're an S+T or ER person instead of IBD since computer programming skills are predominantly S&T and ER heavy (think modelling and execution of trades etc.) Still keep them but be mindful of what division you choose to go into when you get your spring week as this will weigh a slight bit. They still bring added value as it's a skill that trains your problem solving skills, but remember that IBD is predominantly an excel and powerpoint-only skill so it's better to show some experiences related to those e.g. delivering presentations, performing financial models or even like you said, budgeting and profit forecasting on your CV. Does that sort of make sense?
Noted. Can you give me an assessment of my odds for securing a spot in an insight week? What are my biggest weaknesses? Should I focus more on the financial/accounting side of my law firm internship to make it more relevant? Thanks in advance.
To be clear upfront, I didn't do any spring weeks as I was interested in a different sector and only fell into finance via an adjacent society I was working in at the time.
I think you have good odds. If I was you, I'd focus on the financial side a bit more and also just make sure you network hard with the companies that come to your campus and joining relevant societies to boost your chances.
I'll let someone else answer this question also so that you get a more definitive answer.
Best of luck!
Thank you so much for your advice. Really appreciate it!
Here it comes.....is it really not possible to ask for a CV review without all the "abuse-requesting" verbs😂??
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