Fairness Opinion in Resume
I have been working in a generalist M&A group at a boutique for the past couple of years and have completed a bunch of fairness opinions on the side. I've done a few relatively complicated ones, involving some rather obscure valuation methods, and I'm not entirely sure how to showcase them on my resume. Should I put them underneath selected transaction experience, alongside other "proper" deals, or create an entirely new subheading? Any and all insights are greatly appreciated!
Why are you refreshing your resume? Are you trying to recruit to a better bank? PE? Just need a little more color.
I think overall that the models are probably not going to be not as important on a resume as you might think they are going to be. I don't know if you have some other background (like valuation) that you could lump these into. On a stand alone basis, I don't think they should be included. The reason is that, based on what you want to do I think it 1.) opens you to harder questioning. and 2.) I don't think that it looks as good to be saying that you have been doing a bunch on the side of banking (gives the vibe that your Job is not the "banking experience" people expect you to be going through).
I want to say that this is from the position that you are a second year analyst as your title says.
Completely forgot to mention that, sorry; I'll be entering a target MSc soon and will be recruiting for SA/FT positions at hopefully BB/EB (most likely SA since competition for FT spots is fierce). I agree with you in that including it might provoke harder questioning. However, given that my competition will be primarily fresh grads/former interns, do you think having some more advanced modeling experience might help me stand out regardless? Or will FT IB experience be enough for that (despite the lack of a brand name)? Thanks for the help!
Jesus Christ, the job market is so cooked they've got us competing with 2YOE analysts for SA spots. 2025 UK SA recruiting is looking so brutal.
I showcase a few complex ones under "Special Committee Advisory" on my dealsheet.
Do you think that would be appropriate for an analyst, though?
If you can be descriptive about (a) complexity of the deal / work and (b) playing a meaningful role, then why not.
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