Resume Review Request - Junior @ Gtown
Hello all,
I am currently a junior at Georgetown studying international political economy (basically poli sci / econ). I'm interested in pursuing an IB internship at a BB this summer.
I would appreciate any feedback on my resume (attached).
I'm especially curious about the "Valuations" skill. I've completed online courses in accounting and VBA, and I also did BIWS. I'd like to showcase this if possible.
Thank you.
P.S. My resume does fit on one page with regular indented bullets. Is that preferable? Know there are mixed opinions on hanging bullets).
I think it looks pretty good!
One small thing: In the interest section, you list "French horn" and "playing basketball." I feel that there is an inconsistency here. I would say either "playing French horn, playing basketball" or "French horn, basketball." Not sure if you'll agree with me but I feel it would be more symmetric to do it this way. Your call!
Another: Instead of listing both cumulative and major GPAs, I think I would just write "GPA: 3.93." I think a high cumulative GPA implies a high major GPA, and so you can convey the same amount of information with just the one statistic. It would free up space and make your resume more communicatively effective, in my opinion. Again, up to you!
One last thing: I think you should consider changing verb tenses in your present activities. I think present simple tense sounds a bit awkward. I would probably change it to present progressive: "Recruit new conference staff" becomes "Recruiting new conference staff."
Hope you find my comments helpful!
Thanks for your comments!
1/2 - Agreed. Thanks for catching that. 3 - Not sure how I feel about present progressive on resumes. Is it more common to use present progressive ?
Great job not using a template. Now let's get serious.....
Each heading should have a single black line underneath it, nothing above.
Spacing needs to be condensed, too much white space.
Line items need to be longer. Not a single one wraps to the next line, and most end 2/3 of the way across the page, leaving a ton of white space.
You need more detail on what you did at each item. How you did it, who you collaborated with, etc.
No bullets at end of line items
I hope you are prepared to interview entirely en español. ganancias antes de intereses, impuestos, depreciación y amortización.....
Get rid of your major GPA. Its 1 bp higher and not like your real gpa is a 3.6.
Bullet points should be even with left line of text, not in the margin
Overall you need more content
Thanks for your comments! Really appreciate it.
Do you mean periods? If not, not sure what you mean.The format can definitely use some tweaking. I can see why a lot of white space might make it look 'empty' and lacking more content than it is.
I agree I need more content, but I am not sure where to expand. For me, a lot of my work gives me related skills (e.g. editing a journal hones attention to detail, writing ability, etc) but not anything 'direct' experience. Where do you think I can pull the most skills out of relevant to IB?
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