IB Hopeful (yes another) Rising Soph- please dont holdback
Hey everybody, I have bee na reader for a while and have learned a lot and really enjoy reading the content on an everyday basis so thank you
This is my resume please give me any feedback you might have: http://www.razume.com/documents/15737
just write your GPA as 3.78 or 3.79
Seems solid. A few things:
1) Make GPA 3.79 - I have never seen a 4 digit GPA
2) Say what university you went to when studying abroad and maybe have a 1-2 line description.
3)Fluent Hebrew is ok, but how "Basic" is your Spanish...people have different definitions of basic and anything, but fluent/conversational does not add much to your resume and can potentially be a huge liability--the risk vs reward just isn't there. Also, I know someone who put basic Japanese on his resume---thinking that taking courses over the Summer and a semester in college was acceptable for "Basic". Of course final round MS, a guy starts speaking to him in Japanese.........he didn't get the offer and it came off the resume soon after.
4) You might want to add an interest or two..everything is finance related. It would be nice to see "snowboarding" or "non-fiction reading"--anything that might make a connection with the interviewer and get you onto a 5-10 min tangent. Remember, an interview is not about how much you know, but whether the interviewer likes you.
-Agree with ricochetX about the GPA, especially since you're in the situation where you can honestly round up to a 3.8 rather than a 3.78732739492749. Besides, even if you were to express it to three sig figs as you did, you would have had to put "3.787 / 4.000" to maintain parallel structures.
-List your honors horizontally and separate with semi-colons.
-You clearly increased the margins. Wanna know how I know? Because the dates and locations didn't follow the divider bars all the way to the right side of the page. (Now that you've noticed this you realize how bad it looks.) Go into "styles" on word and fix this, M&I should also have an explanation of how to change this.
-This one is up to you, but I would reorder the wordings for your internship titles. That is to say, rather than "Intern - Research and Development," I think "Research and Development Intern" looks and sounds better. Of course, if you changed the one I just mentioned, you would also have to do that for your other internships. This one could just be personal preference.
-It's not too important, but maybe add an interests section so you don't come across as a robot who does nothing but think about breaking into Finance (even if that's what you actually are).
Thanks guys- bot a robot that only thinking of breaking in, but sometimes I feel like one. I really appreciate all your feedback.. I was specifically worried that the descriptions of my internships did not really stand out- can u pls tell me if you think I should go back to the drawing board with them or stick with these... Thanks again
Also I was wondering if you guys think I should put microsoft office skills on my resume- especially if i know "advanced" excel trhough a couple of courses in school
As a general rule, I would omit all the MS office proficiencies. However, if you've taken classes and feel your Excel skills are not just above average, but truly excellent (pun not intended), then you can include them in the very bottom of your resume by doing the following:
1.) Change the "Skills, Activities & Interests" heading to "Activities & Additional Qualifications"
2.) Make a line-item in the new section called "Certifications & Training"
3.) Write something like: "Participated in extensive Excel class offered by (program name), learned (list three or four really difficult sounding Excel skills that you learned)"
But be warned: If you list Excel and pretend to be better than you actually are, then you run the pretty sizable risk that someone calls you out on your Excel skills. If you look like a fool, then your candidacy gets hurt.
I decied not to put on excel- but should I change the header anyway?
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