I'm at a semi-target school doing a master's in computer science and applying to S&T, quantitative research, and IT summer analyst/associate roles.
How likely are you to contact me for an interview? Honest opinions please!
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More interesting interests, non-finance related; always a good conversation starter in interviews
So you graduated with a bachelors in 1999 and have about 14 years of work experience? You must be in your mid-30s...why did you decide to make this move/what's your story?
Also agree with the post above, you have some lame interests. Put something normal people would be interested in because what you have sounds pretty dry.
I explained the reason for wanting to switch careers in my cover letter, but didn't know how to add it into the resume. It started when I was a kid with 5 shares of stocks as a birthday gift, then over the years I started trading more. After getting a job after college I was trading my IRA account and later on at Interactive Brokers. A few years ago I realized that trading was much more fun than my day job as a web developer--especially after taking Warren Buffett's advice (a lousy market is a buyer's dream) and make quite a bit of money after picking up dirt cheap stocks in 2008. Then decided to go back to school and try to make the switch into finance.
It's hard to explain this in a resume, so I added it to a cover letter. But a lot of employers at my school only ask for the resume, so I guess there's a big gap of information there.
Just updated the resume with some interests.
The way you described it sounds like not much thought has gone into it. Sounds kind of like a starry eyed high school kid who wants to go into banking after watching "Wall Street".
Resume reads that you're a computer guy pursuing a computer degree with lots of computer experience and no finance experience... which is fine if you're 20, but not if you're 40. Not trying to be mean, sorry.
Right, I guess I don't entirely know as much about the job of a trader as I should. I figured that an internship would be a great learning opportunity if I could land one. What kind of books would you recommend to learn more about this field? I've read the Hull book and lots of threads at this forum.
There's an unfortunate catch-22 here: you need experience to get hired but you need to get hired to have experience. I know that there are people over 40 entering this field all the time. How do they get hired?
What would be better to say in a cover letter?
Where did you hear about these people over 40 who are entering finance all the time? I would love to meet these endless waves of 40 year old career changers who are apparently gathering at my bank and everywhere else across the street.
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