Please wreck this resume
WSO has been a godsend. To cut straight to it, my group got downsized in my first job out of college.
I've been living off unemployment, my apartment lease is ending soon, and I'm trying to bounce back with internships. The goal is a full-time banking analyst gig and I'd love it if anyone here can recommend how I can improve my resume. At this junction, I may very well have to take an unrelated role just to survive.
Thank you very much, really appreciate it.
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This is a good resume. I'll post some edits when I'm on a keyboard but I'm wondering why you won't be getting a FT offer from your current internship?
Much appreciated.
Forgot to mention: both internships have no FT possibility. The MDs made that clear, but are ready to go to bat for me and have referred me to other firms as well.
You have a sound resume for your employment. One thing you need to do is to make sure to format it so that it is more appealing.
Any specific tips? I'm using the typical WSO/M&I format.
Thanks.
Consider "Select" to "Selected" Bullets are all present tense but sub-points are past tense. Standardize. I like the idea of the dates for each transaction, but as they're all ongoing, I would cut it.
Change "Assisted in drafting overview entailing" to "Drafted overview of" What was this a draft of? A ppt deck? A memo?
Get an activity or interest on the bottom.
All your analysis is comps and precedent transactions. I'm sure you did DCF at some point? Or at least worked with financial statements in some way.
You could consider moving Education back to the top of the resume and apply as a recent grad. The way you have it is for an experienced hire. You are weak relative to an experienced hire but strong relative to a college senior or recent grad.
Another issue is that all of the experience is in consumer retail so if you apply to anything other than that you need to make the resume seem more general. If you can find a bank hiring for their consumer retail group, however, I really would be surprised if you don't get a first round.
You can definitely get a FT job. Where are you running into problems? No response from apps? People won't take your networking calls? Bombing out of first rounds?
Thanks a ton for the advice. I've attached the revised version.
I'm aiming specifically for C/R. I haven't been getting much DCF modeling experience. I've been 1) applying online, 2) networking, 3) getting pretty good feedback, 4) push to get myself in for at least first rounds, but have not been getting any traction.
A bump for any more tips. Really appreciate the help, brethren.
Hope your holiday season went well. Any other tips from fellow monkeys?
Thanks.
A couple points/questions:
As a reader I'm a little confused as to how you could simultaneously work at a small boutique bank while working at a small consulting firm (your dates overlap). Perhaps there is a clean way to explain how you could do both jobs at once.
Might be a bit out of the ordinary, but in your case I would suggest considering a "career objective" section somewhere at the top and explain in a concise sentence what you're looking to achieve. It might help a reader make sense of your path. It's a tough call though, and to be frank, I'm a little unsure how I would do it myself.
You want to emphasize your big bank experience, so cut bullet points elsewhere on your CV and add bullet points to your big bank line. I think it would be easier for a hirer to hire someone who's already done exactly what they are hiring for.
Typo: Select vs. Selected project/transaction experience. I actually don't like these lines, I find they clutter your CV and make it less attractive to the eye.
Do you speak any second languages? If so, list them.
Overall I think it's very well written. Well done. Additionally, I'd like to commend you on your resilience. I have no doubt you'll land a full-time banking analyst gig in the near future - smarts and a killer work ethic are a wicked combo!
Bump for any more insight.
Much appreciated.
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