Non Target Resume--Please Look
Hey Monkeys,
I'm a long time user on WSO and created a dummy account to remain anonymous. Please take a look at my resume and let me know what you think. I'm a rising sophomore at a non-target state school. Also, I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know what kinds of internships would be realistic for next summer.
Thanks!
Actively manage personal portfolio (achieved 5% returns in 6 months time) This could come off in a bad way so remove it - if you land an interview you'll be able to talk about having your own portfolio, but that's about it. Fluent in English No shit.
So I'd say remove these two lines altogether. Other than that I think you got only two strong selling points: competitive golf, which I hope is legit (what's Exercise anyway? Physical? insert weightlifting instead of that or leave it out altogether), and writing for WSO. Perhaps you could leverage those experiences into networking? That would seriously increase your chances I think.
You need to seriously quantify your resume; put numbers and make it known that you caused an increase somewhere in something (in revenue, in sales, in efficiency, in site traffic, etc)
Also, take away fluent in English... and basic conversational in Spanish unless you can actually seriously hold a conversation with a native speaker, otherwise you'll get rocked.
Lastly, I don't think 5% returns on your personal portfolio is going to impress anyone. A better way to reword that could be: "Actively manage a personal portfolio; focus on investing in Oil & Gas and Biotech securities (or whatever you invest in) by analyzing economic trends, Relative strength, EPS growth, etc." Make it sound intelligible. This way your interviewer will see you have some basic grasp of the markets (more than most people can say) and can probably hold an intelligent 5 minute conversation on it.
Thanks for the feedback. I just posted an updated version without the fluent in english and investing experience. I expanded upon the competitive golfing and added TTS. Let me know what you think.
Also, @"Zpoet" I like what you said there with the focused investing. I will implement that strategy in my portfolio.
I also quantified my sales role a bit, but its tough to attach numbers to my WSO position
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