Great Conversation Starters/Resume Help
http://www.razume.com/documents/21164
Well not really.. but If anyone has any constructive criticism on how to improve this resume please let me know. Where there are indents there should actually be bullets. The Dates/Locations that look out of place are suppose to be aligned to the right. The site wouldn't let it go through that way. Ignoring these face-lifts, please look through the content and ask me any questions you would on an actual interview. Give ways that I can spin any lines into making me sound more qualified for analytics. Major appreciation for anyone who helps.
Also is that how you would put the CFA level 1? Or would you place it in an "ACCREDITATION: Passed CFA Level 1" at the bottom? I just wanted to bring attention to it, so I put it up top. Let me know.
http://www.razume.com/documents/21164
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I think you meant "Conversation" not "Conservation"
What the f*ck is a conservation starter?
http://www.conservation.org/newsroom/experts/Pages/seligmann.aspx
3.29 GPA = Cum Laude at your school?
Well at least that got your guys attention. Yes Cum Laude is a 3.2 and above.
A marketing internship at a car rental company. A data processing internship. And a bookkeeping internship.
...and a CFA level II candidacy.
What the hell do you want to do?
I'm guessing IB or ER, but a sub-3.3 GPA in a relatively grade friendly major from a SUPER non-target will make that a bit tough.
You're splitting hairs. 3.29 and 3.3? SUPER-non-target? It was ranked 82 this year (at least it's on the list). Say what you will about accounting too. I understand the battle I have to get in, but I'm asking for constructive criticism. If you have any please post it here.
The kid is right. As long it's a top 300 school, it doesn't matter. It's like getting a 770 or 780 GMAT. Zero incremental value.
Everything I said was constructive. What do you want to do?
Great, you understand that you're light years away from most of your competition - that's not necessarily an impossible problem to overcome.
And a 3.29 means you didn't average a B+ across all of your classes. Yeah a 3.29 and a 3.3 is splitting hairs - but, to me, it just highlights you got less than a B+ in a relatively grade friendly major at a presumably grade friendly school. Maybe I'm wrong and SUNY Buffalo has a super hard accounting program rife with partial derivatives and a 3.29 is top 10% of your major. Point is, no recruiter is going to know that nor will they care. So you'll need to tailor your resume toward the job you want, hence: what do you want to do?
you worked with a place that drives cars. ok. +NEIdiot comment, what're you translating that into?
If any has input please feel free to leave some.
How long did it take you to learn lotus notes?
1 Day, but people put outlook so I figured what the hell. Can anyone suggest programs that I should be familiarizing with?
I'd like to get anything inside a financial institution, even back office clerical work to get my feet wet. If I got to choose it would be a job in Asset Management. Well I could just write 3.3 and round up. I appreciate the brutal honesty of summarizing my positions, but I'm curious what transferable skills I can use from them to convey my ability to make it in the industry. I took the CFA as a first step toward this. Should I be looking into modeling courses? Take the GMAT? What would be the next steps to add value?
Your resume leans much more toward back office than front office AM. Not a terrible thing and you can definitely make a good living in the back office, my posts railing on BO/MO aside. Your internships point toward detail-oriented, clerical-type skills desired in the back office. I think you can target your resume that way. And accounting is functionally a back office skill, especially in a FIG, so you're good there, too.
If you're dead set on front office work, then you need to start networking hard and, frankly, get lucky (as do we all).
You can list CFA Level II Candidate (July, 2012) on your resume. That will go a long way with ops people, probably - sometimes I think ops people like the CFA more than front office types for new grads.
If you want to do IBD or equity research, modeling practice/courses could be helpful. You have the accounting background and should be able to navigate a 10K so then you just need the excel work and valuation experience with it.
If you ultimately want front office, you have two choices: go back office now and work hard and try to get promoted after 3-4 years. Then take GMAT, do to a top 10-15 b-school and career shift. Or you can try and network now and go balls out to try and get a boutique IBD job.
lol what a POS school! Take off 'cum laude'. Nowhere but your shit school is 3.2 an honors GPA.
A friend of mine got into PWM with a similar background, do you think this would be worthwhile to pursue? General consensus is to remove cum laude so I will following through with that. Where do you think placing CFA Level II Candidate is appropriate? Education?
Also, do you think in the long run it would be worth it to move to corporate finance instead of straight to financial services? Is that a possible option? I really don't want to be labeled as a job hopper so I'm assuming working w/in my current company for a while would reflect well on me in the long run. I am not rushing to do something new tomorrow, just planning ahead.
Thank you for your positive comments NE.
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