Resume advice for a non-target career trek

I'm preparing to go on a school trip where I will be touring and networking with alumni with finance jobs at a variety of firms ranging from fin-tech startups to BB to PE. My resume is due later this week and will be distributed to the firms we're visiting and I'm stressing out that I'm underselling my already weak credentials.

I'm open and accepting of any and all constructive feedback, so go ahead and rip it apart.

EDUCATION Non-Target State Place, State Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance Expected May 2021 • GPA: 3.72 / 4.0 • Honors: Deans List all Semesters, Honors College • Relevant Coursework: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Business Analytics I-II, Computer Information Systems, Computer Programming

WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE Midsized Medical Company Accounting and Operations Intern May 2018 – January 2019 • Created reports used for strategic decisions by operations and managed CRM and QB systems daily o Job Costing and Profitability Summaries  Created and analyzed Job Costing Reports and Profitability Summaries for all active and recently terminated representatives which were used for year-end performance reports o Daily Accounting  Preformed Accounts Receivable and created return on assets reports for over $12,000,000 in revenue that was used for projections by operations o CRM System Reorganization  Created a new daily process for analyzing new opportunities to increase accuracy and reduce the end of the month work significantly

PricewaterhouseCoopers Challenge Place, State Team Leader for FMA October 2017 • Led a team in the process to find a solution to a grocery stores automation process • Analyzed cost trends and future policy changes to come up with the optimal solution

Something Something Fraternity Place, State Philanthropy Chair September 2018 – Present • Pitched my plan and budget for a week-long collaboration to other organizations and presented about the finished plan to 300+ member organizations • Managed a team of 24 people with another organization’s philanthropy chair • Used business analytics concepts to optimize contributions to the United Service Organization without going over budget culminating to over $2,000 in revenue with less than $100 in expenses

SKILLS, ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS Technical Skills: Java, Ruby, Python, NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics Certifications & Training: Bloomberg Market Concepts Certificate, BB&T Emerging Leaders Activities: Beta Alpha Psi, Financial Management Association, Intramural Soccer High School Activities: Varsity Football, Track, Swim and Cross Country, Business Club Founder Interests: Distance Running, Pen and Charcoal Sketching, West Point Football

3 Comments
 

Is this some kind of troll?

You have a 3.72 GPA, you are in the honors college, you are a sophomore and you already had an internship, you are the fraternity philanthropy president... you're fine.

My only advice: get rid of your "High School Activities" section. Absolutely nobody cares about what you did in high school.

Have you ever thought of investing in real estate?
 

Appreciate the response. Not a troll at all, credentials are just super relative and I feel like mine are behind the other people going on the trip. The majority of them are on our university's investment fund team and have more technical majors in quantitative finance, math, etc. It's hard to know where you stand when there are people who did "better" than you getting shut down and people who did "worse" doing great. My thought process behind the high school activities section was to just to add conversation points/ look a little more well-rounded. I go back and forth on it but I felt like playing football in high school slightly changes some people's perception of me and I have a story behind it.

 

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