Resume for Equity Research (old thread)

Mergers and inquisitions resume format, pronto.

LOL if i saw that resume i'd put it in the trash. M&I format, put more of well, anything....just fill the white space.

This would not get more than 3 seconds of attention. All the white space is an automatic ding. Plus it looks like something that could've been put together in 5 minutes. You need to list your club activities in school and such. Plus the current job description is very generic so you need to add more specific info.

Needs lots of work man.

dont even say "references upon request"

I've never really heard anyone say "upstream services"; more often referred to as just oilfield services.

I think you should highlight your experience with these "ad hoc" projects that management gives you. Try to let the reader know that you know what makes certain aspects of the business profitable (and what makes them not so profitable). Obviously highlight modeling skills more too.

To sum it up, don't be afraid to put too many words. If there are too many words, people on here will let you know. Think about what a firm wants out of a research analyst. I think you are in good shape having industry experience but do an absolutely terrible job of making yourself look good. Good luck.

listen to what these guys are telling you. First, you say you have 2 years of oilfield services experience. You need to describe those years with specific learnings and at least some high level results with that company...and not just "monitored wireline operations" you need to say specifics..... at this point as a senior analyst i want to know where you had your experience, did you do acid jobs/wireline work/ general logging/run project economics? what region?

Mention any good in house training you received in that role also under relevant experience; you have a lot of work to do to even be considered...

this is a joke right?

Putting CFA at the top probably won't help. You have it, your girlfriend has it, your mother has it, everyone has it.

Hah shit. Like I said I always assumed when people see too many words they glaze over and pass on the resume hence all the white space. Guess I've got a lot of work to do. This could explain why I never got a call back during job hunting, but I never worried about that because being the same company I'd worked for before school I just got the current job by buying my old boss a few beers.

How important are extracurricular activities? Because to be honest I never had any.... University was entirely class/drink/sleep/repeat.

Not very honestly. Mostly it is just a talking point. So like you could be an MMA expert and someone liked that and spoke about it while recruiting/interviewing.

Also - no need to point out you passed L1 your first try. But please M&I format it ASAP then upload a new one.

^^ I will do that, we can close this thread or ignore it or whatever in the meantime

i sent you a message to your inbox. check it out, it will help you

Dude, you can't be serious.

Any positive numbers you can list are helpful... GPA / SAT / GMAT

If you went to Columbia (based on the NYC), I'm thinking this wont be an issue!

Cut out the hedge words on VBA

Are you the same woodywoodford from the analyst forum? First congrats to you for passing L1. Second, a few things to address for your resume: 1) Take off the first attempt thing. Everyone and their mothers pass the exam on their first/second attempt, dudes at the office only care about passing or not. 2) Advanced skills in MS Excel with keyboard driven operation. That sounds like something fancy, but what is it exactly? Freestyles lol?