IB resume keywords to include
Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. What are some good key words to highlight on your resume to get a first IB interview?
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Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well and staying healthy. What are some good key words to highlight on your resume to get a first IB interview?
Thank you.
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I wonder if you can sneak past computer graded resume filters at BBs by putting a ton of "relevant" words throughout and packing a resume.
I had a recruiter tell me to copy the entire job description and put it on my resume in small, white font to get past the computer resume screen.
I think a blend of verbs to demonstrate leadership (organized, led, presented, communicated with.., managed) as well as some level of analytical capabilities (analyzed, modeled, built, studied the mkt for X Y Z trends) should be apt to demonstrate, on paper at least, the basic skills needed at the junior level. Of course, I too am trying to break in, but, as someone coming with 0 finance background, being able to leverage experiences where I was doing those things (listed above), albeit in a non-finance context, has been able to work!
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Colleges and universities these days are quite strict about admission essays. Also keywords like Data analytics, data mining, and anything with data in them can be quite attractive.
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