Resume Help - sophomore at non target
I am currently a sophomore with almost no relative work experience to banking at a non target school and am desperately looking for a banking/finance job this summer. I have a few things down on my resume that are good but most of it is just made of fillers and I need help making them look/sound a little better.
If you all could help me critique this to make it look at good as possible that would be great. Thanks!
The "number" under my name and email should be in line with them, the formatting is off so I know to fix that!
Don't bother with local and home address. There will be other areas on the application that will ask for it. It just wastes space up there.
Abbreviate Bachelors of Business Administration to BBA. Bring up the minor to the same line: "BBA in Finance, Minor in Economics"
Remove your ACT score, too. You'll be asked quite frequently throughout the application process to disclose your scores. You don't have to, and unless you have a 32+ or 2100+, then chances are it will only hurt you.
Are there any business clubs or organizations at your school? Join them, and add them to your resume in the education center. It's great that you volunteer, but "Investment Banking Geeks" and "Global Business Studies Club" will help.
You are also going to need to beef up your professional and leadership skills. Do you have any family or friends who own businesses/small shops where you can work/intern for a semester? Even if your mom's best friend runs a small accounting shop and you are organizing documents, it'll be a great stepping stone to a bigger and better internship.
Generally speaking, try to make your bullet points more product-focused. For instance, take your "weekly aid student with academics and setting future goals." Change it to something like "Achieved student academic goals by tutoring and aiding them weekly."
Try to learn more skills. Office is the bare basics and employers will expect you to already know that.
Remove the interests section. I know that many people have a section on there, but I think it really detracts from your professional resume, especially when it is a huge paragraph. They know you are a person, and if they are interested in finding out what you like to do on the weekend, they'll ask during the interview. But when HR is running through resumes, your GPA and professional experiences are going to catch their eyes - not rowing on the Hudson River.
I hope this helps. You have a lot of time left in college. Definitely raise that GPA, find internships in finance/banking, and really try to make your application multi-dimensional. It might even help to Google "brag sheets" that people use for college applications. Fill it out and then see were you lack activities and experience and then work on those. Set yearly goals for yourself.
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