Hi, I got a lot of great feedback here earlier and revised my resume to follow WSO guidelines. I'm an older student (late 30s) returning to grad school for a M.S. in Computer Science. I'm aiming for a Sales & Trading or Strats / Quantitative Research summer associate role.
Fire away and be brutally honest if possible. Thanks!
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Can anyone take a quick look? I heard that resumes can't exceed 1 page. Is that true? I've love to fit more details on the page, like foreign languages.
Remove top 10 HS & include relevant info like foreign languages... GPA should be listed for undergrad school, especially with a major like anthro. I would remove the fact that you are a member of trade2win & that you manage your own portfolio. On that note, there is no indication that you know anything about sales, capital markets, or finance in general. The resume does a good job of communicating your knowledge & skill of web based development etc. So for you interests list trading and other things to that affect. Try to communicate your interest in finance etc... Otherwise format looks good.
Thanks for the feedback. My undergrad GPA was awful, something like 2.0 overall, so I heard it's better to leave it out if it's that bad, just like GRE scores.
I had thought that mentioning that I manage my own IRA portfolio and being a member of trade2win conveys the fact that I'm interested in trading? If not, what are some ways to show that I'm interested in trading besides just writing "Interests: trading"?
I like reading the WSJ and keep up with the markets so I can monitor what is happening with my IRA portfolio. Would mentioning this demonstrate an interest in finance?
I would remove the GRE score. The Quant score is low. Putting a low Q score down could create more harm than good.
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