Recent Grad (1-year) looking to move on/up

Strike the second Interests line, if you say you want to do VC/Entrepreneurship they assume 2 and out just cut the whole thing. You will not likely get IB at a good firm i.e. a BB, elite boutique or good MM. Big 4 to an MBA is much more attainable for you. AM is related and you could spin it, same goes for valuations/TAS.

Definitely keep the date format consistent throughout the entire resume. It looks unprofessional if they are all over the place. I think it looks a bit odd to have the CFA listed under education, especially between your school and relevant coursework. You already have it listed at the bottom, under computer skills and licenses, which is fine. I would get rid of relevant coursework, as you were a finance major, with some experience, so you are expected to know industry knowledge. As far as your bullet points, you need to expand on them more. You are simply stating something several time, but not providing much detail on it. For example, "Advised clients on portfolio holdings within the Institutional Investor Group." doesn't really add any value or say much. You need to transform these simple statements into result oriented ones descriptions

Thanks WallStreet.

1. What do you mean date format inconsistencies? The only difference is in leadership experience where it seems to flow better with the sentence to write out May 2009 - May 2010 versus work experience 10/2010 - Present, 6/2009 - 9/2009, etc.

2. I've heard conflicting things regarding CFA-candidate location. Some people say without a great resume you need it near the top to attract attention to some of your positives. If it's way at the bottom they may not even get that far into the resume before tossing aside. Thoughts on the best location?

3. Relevant Coursework makes up a decent chunk. Now that I'm a year out should I just remove it altogether? How about replacing with an "industry areas of interest" section or does that pigeonhole me too much?

4. With my current work experience it's kind of hard to quantify the result or value-added. If I propose an asset allocation model that better fits a clients needs, a) the results are going to be over many years, if not decades; b) I may not talk to that client ever again to find out what the results were. How can I BS my client relations experience to something more profound.

Worse, my most meaningful and value-added experience was from my internship in 2008 in corporate procurement where I actually worked under senior management but that seems too far off to highlight.

That is why I need to get the hell out of my current job and into something where I have more responsibility so I can really start to beef up the resume for whatever comes after.

Thanks again. I need to think about how to incorporate these changes.

1) I meant the dates, under education, should be on the far right.

2) It is true that they may miss it if solely at the bottom, but it is out of place where it currently is. Since you have been out of school for a year, your entire education section can be moved to the bottom. Regardless of how little amount of time is spent looking at a resume, where you went to school is always looked at. Putting this at the bottom will have the reader at least scan the entire resume, before getting to this section and see the CFA candidate highlight in passing.

3) Relevant coursework can be entirely removed. I would not even add anything in replace of that. If you expand on your bullet points, this will make up for the loss of space.

4) I am not saying directly show how it impacted the client, but more of what you did for the company. You could have proposed a new asset allocation model that better fit a clients needs, which you tweaked given their desired level of risk and you pitched it to them. Who the hell cares what the results are in several years, you researched a better model and got the client to bite. That is what I mean by results oriented.

let me know if you have any other questions

http://www.razume.com/documents/21586

Alright WallStreet I made some more changes that you suggested and altered the formatting a bit.

1) Set up proper tabs for dates, all to the right.

2) Added my 3.0 GPA back on since M&I says they will assume 2.0 or worse.

3) Made job functions more results-oriented with numbers thrown in where applicable.

4) Removed CFA from education and bolded it down by Licenses.

I left education at the top for now because I don't feel comfortable moving it down to the bottom yet. I'm barely a year out of undergrad.

Also, I'm guessing I should/will probably remove the 2nd interests lines as that should already be obvious to the interviewer?

If I remove the 2nd interests line I was thinking of adding a line to "Computer Skills & Licenses" titled 'Technical' and put something about DCF's and different valuation models that I am competent in?

So Greenkey and Michael Page got me a couple interviews for asset mgmt and operations/analyst positions but my interest lies moreso in banking.

Do you think with this resume I have a good shot at mid-level boutiques? Something like 15-40 employees I'm guessing?

I just want to learn the business and decide later if it's worth moving to a MM firm. I just need to get my foot in the door though, I know I can kick ass on the job.

There is always a shot. I think you just have to network as much as possible. I know this is said over and over again, but networking is really key, especially if you do not have the "ideal" background. At this point in your career, I would definitely not settle for AM/OPS if you are looking to go into banking. If you are so interested in banking, why are you pursing the CFA? While it is an extraordinary achievement, it does not scream "Banker!"