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+15 Should you include resume in first cold email? 19 10y
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0 Please critique my Resume - Your advice is most appreciated 0 10y
+4 SA IBD Non-WSO/M&I Resume-- Help appreciated (being harsh is good) 2 9y
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+88 Resume Guidelines from a WSO Drop Reviewer 34 10y
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0 WSO Hall of Fame: Resume Advice Forum 0 8y
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0 Resume Boosters for an Applicant Applying to Investment Banks 1 10y
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0 Is Financial Engineering Worth It? 1 9y
0 Junior prepping for FT lateraling 0 10y
+12 Putting a deal that died on my resume 2 10y
+12 Open letter to pros: if you've ever told some fresh-faced college kid that his/her resume is impressive & meant it, thank you. 0 10y
+9 Name dropping in cover letters 7 10y
0 Listed informal business I created on my resume. Will I be dinged on background check? 5 4y
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0 Advice on Student CV for IB 1 10y
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0 Incoming FT IB Analyst Preparing Buyside Resume 3 10y
0 CV/Resume - secondary education 1 10y
+9 Help reword this, will give SB 6 7y
0 Destroy Me! Engineer trying to break into asset management/investment banking resume 0 9y
+18 What the hell is wrong with my resume? 4 10y
0 Cover letter for Experienced MBA who recently completed MS in Finance 0 10y
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0 Review for banking and accounting 0 10y
0 Big 4 Audit to Financial Due Diligence 7 9y
0 College Sophomore Shooting Towards M&A/Consulting -- Tear my resume apart! 4 6y
0 Biggest regret from college? 3 10y
0 How to best word my study abroad experience (format issues) 1 9y
0 Confused about my future. 0 6y
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0 Engineer seeking to transition into real time power trading - does this resume stand a chance against HR dept? 1 10y
0 Do I have a shot at an IBD SA position next summer? 3 10y
0 Applying to boutiques. Wreck me 1 10y
0 Tear Me Down 10 10y
0 CV for internships with very little experience 1 10y
0 How to reword this 2 7y
0 Complete non prestige resume 0 10y
0 Banker to Family Business (Asia region) 0 6y
0 Please critique my resume (removed) 1 10y
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0 Transitioning from a very small firm to a larger, more prestigious one? 0 10y
0 Incoming MSF student looking for Internships - destroy my resume please, 0 10y
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0 Invemsment Managment, Equity Research - Please Critique My Resume 0 10y
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+38 HELP - Lots of experience, no interviews! 47 10y
0 Resume Help - Wholesaler or Inst Sales - Rip it 0 6y
+21 Upcoming Exchange Semester - Experience or prestigious Universities? 20 6y
0 Presenting GPA: Honours Classification vs Exact GPA 2 10y
0 Advice on my resume? 4 10y
0 A-Level on CV as Master student in the UK 2 6y
0 A bad fib to start off networking, Low GPA 8 6y
0 Target with IB Experience 8 10y
+16 Community college senior/ rising junior internship prospects. 14 10y
0 Ivy League Resume with IB experience 0 10y
0 Seeking advice regarding an entry level co-op position 3 6y
+15 Equity Research, Toronto - Please Critique My Resume 20 6y
0 Career advice for investment banking, or similar 0 6y
0 Not really resume advice - rather career advice 0 6y
0 Burn it All to Hell Pt. 2 1 10y
+13 MBA Candidate 5 10y
0 HELP! Review unconventional Resume German Born Chinese! 0 6y
0 Need help with an Executive Level Resume 1 10y
0 Summer Analyst vs. Investment Banking Summer Analyst? 3 10y
+5 Cover letter text box application 1 8y
0 Please, help make my resume flawless! 4 10y
0 Kelley Busniness School IB Track Student Resume Format 1 10y
0 Tear me apart...gently 3 10y
0 Resume and Cover Letter Review0 1 10y
0 Targeting MC/Industry based roles, seeking some criticism 3 10y
0 Buy-Side Back office to Investment Research Resume Review 0 10y
0 Burn it All to Hell 6 10y
0 Junior seeking for help: Non-target, Low GPA, Leadership experience & ER internship (resume uploaded) 1 10y
0 Please Destroy my CV: International Student looking for IBD internship in BBs London 3 6y
0 Current Sophomore looking for resume advice 4 10y
0 Junior, IB, Can't find a summer or off cycle. please help. 4 10y
0 Advice on Resume for Sophomore boutique recruiting 3 10y
+13 GS Credit Risk vs Barclays IBD 11 10y
0 Please look over some of my bullet points 3 10y
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