Resume Help (Non-target) Will give SB
hey people,
recently decided I wanted to do I-banking. Fortunately for some reason I have a handful of alums who graduated from my college and are pretty high up in some banks (low tier ones though, sucks but it'll have to do). Been networking with them and they want me to send them my resume. I know my resume isn't that strong so could you guys please help me out? Thannks!
lol @ everyone using the M&I template. Great GPA, but not enough relevant work experience. Try networking hard with those alumni. They will be your key to the industry. Also don't claim to be a fluent in excel or else you will be drilled and made to look like a fool during your interview
also: DCF's and LBO's as an interest? c'mon man..
dont add ACT I think, but I may be wrong
1- get rid of the objective 2- you should not say that you were a summer analyst at a pool company and a karate school, that just doesn't make sense. 3- Sure you want to claim to be an Excel expert? Could result in some really tough interview questions. Also, you can't be fluent in a computer program... 4- Get DCFs and LBOs out of the interests section 5- Change the reference thing to: References available upon request 6- Make your name and info bigger, more lines or something, to take up space
Break out your experience into two sections: "relevant experience"[put first] and "prior experience". Try to get a part time internship NOW if you can, something, anything. Network your balls off dude.
You may want to look at asset management, as this is what your experience indicates...
Kudos on the good grades, that's going to make this a lot less painful. Good Luck
Agree with King Kong, especially the excel portion. If you're (proficient or advanced) as you say you are in excel, expect to get grilled on it and you better be prepared. Change "working out" to "health and fitness" (sounds better imo), be more detailed with your endowment fund managing since that will probably be the most relate-able experience to IB you have and they'll be asking questions about it. Discuss and give details about how you achieved those results and if/any metrics you used (i.e. alpha, trading techniques, etc.) hope this helps, good luck with your search.
cold call
to reiterate,
GET RID OF THE OBJECTIVE... take DCF/LBO out of interests... take the reference thing out... also take the excel thing out (it should be a given if youre applying for the job, also could lead to a ton of tough interview questions)... how the hell were you a summer analyst at a pool and karate studio?? drop it... try to come up with some sort of relevant experience, internship or anything??
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