First Time Resume Review

Hey WSO Community,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a resume review? I am trying to gauge my current standing in entry level applications for 2013. Currently I am aiming for boutique and middle market investment banks, and would like to have some opinions on the strength of my resume. Perhaps a rank of 1-10, with 10 being the strongest. Obviously, my resume needs a lot of work, but I would like to see how I compare against other applicants for interviews. Also, I go to a non-target (think a UVM, Providence College, Syracuse, Marist, etc). Thank you in advance.

http://www.razume.com/documents/26742

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where are you getting THomson ONE?

anyway your formatting needs more work. Use more white space to clean up the look. Also use idents etc. Basically you need to guide my eyes to whats most important on your CV. I don't want to look for your best lines - show me where they are! That way reading it is quick for me and ou get your strongest points off.

Compare to what you have now, my eyes literally looked everywhere without really paying attention to what it was reading because I dont really know what to look at.

In short - I need withint the first second, to know what your power statement / story is.

 
couchywhere are you getting THomson ONE?

anyway your formatting needs more work. Use more white space to clean up the look. Also use idents etc. Basically you need to guide my eyes to whats most important on your CV. I don't want to look for your best lines - show me where they are! That way reading it is quick for me and ou get your strongest points off.

Compare to what you have now, my eyes literally looked everywhere without really paying attention to what it was reading because I dont really know what to look at.

In short - I need withint the first second, to know what your power statement / story is.

Thank you very much for your help. I will work on this right away. Also, would my resume fair well for boutique and middle market investment banks in NYC. Thank you

Wu-Tang
 

Do people seriously write their GPA out to two decimal places? Is there really a difference between a 3.60 and a 3.64? I dunno, it just seems toolish to me.

Currently: future neurologist, current psychotherapist Previously: investor relations (top consulting firm), M&A consulting (Big 4), M&A banking (MM)
 
jrt336
chicandtoughnessDo people seriously write their GPA out to two decimal places? Is there really a difference between a 3.60 and a 3.64? I dunno, it just seems toolish to me.
Because if you round down you're an idiot.
Whether you choose to employ regular rounding or ceiling rounding doesn't matter to me. If that's the case, why not just write 3.7 and, when asked, chalk it up to a simple rounding error in calculation? You're only 0.01 away from being able to legitimately round to 3.7 anyways.
Currently: future neurologist, current psychotherapist Previously: investor relations (top consulting firm), M&A consulting (Big 4), M&A banking (MM)
 
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chicandtoughness
jrt336
chicandtoughnessDo people seriously write their GPA out to two decimal places? Is there really a difference between a 3.60 and a 3.64? I dunno, it just seems toolish to me.
Because if you round down you're an idiot.
Whether you choose to employ regular rounding or ceiling rounding doesn't matter to me. If that's the case, why not just write 3.7 and, when asked, chalk it up to a simple rounding error in calculation? You're only 0.01 away from being able to legitimately round to 3.7 anyways.
I'm sure some people do. I doubt any bank would do anything if they found out, but it's still dishonest. If I was applying to a bank where there was an informal cutoff of 3.7, I'd probably round it up, but otherwise leave it at a 3.64. A 3.64/4.00 looks totally fine, a 3.64496436803/4 doesn't.
 
chicandtoughnessDo people seriously write their GPA out to two decimal places? Is there really a difference between a 3.60 and a 3.64? I dunno, it just seems toolish to me.

I don't see anything wrong with it. My school lists GPA with 3 digits. I round to 2.

 

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