Looking to spruce up the resume a bit. I'm starting FT in about a month, but plan on networking over the summer and will probably be sending out some resumes. I'm keeping it in the same format as a college student would generally have it (education first) since I may end up applying to other banks via the on-campus recruiting. I know that when you begin work, the resume generally begins with experience, but since I won't have much when I'm sending it out, it makes more sense to keep it this way.
I have also included my FT job under experience with no bullet points - I will begin to fill these in as I start working, but it's just in there for appearance for now. Any suggestions are welcome - thanks a lot!
Obviously you know I'm not certified but my initial impression is that your job descriptions are pretty slim. The big 4 accounting firm stuff sounds interesting, perhaps you could add a few more bullet points, especially since you have the space.
Need a lot more description for your work experience at the Big 4, imo.
Thanks. I have been trying to think of ways to extend it, but there's a problem. I was there for 10 weeks and honestly, that's what I did. I guess I could find a way to extend some of the things, but I figured it honestly wasn't worth the space. When I actually begin working FT in the summer and begin adding under the MM bank, I'm going to be tough on space and probably need the Big Four experience to be fairly short.
I feel like they see I worked there, which is nice, but the actual experience isn't going to help me for banking. Some of the other things on there indicate other strengths aside from work experience, and I think they are all pretty important (aside from the business program which is basically useless).
I may try and post, later on, a quick summary of some of the things I did while working at the Big Four. From there, I'll try and re-work my bullets and if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them.
Anything else guys?
I don't think you need more info on big 4.
I do not understand why you are recruiting if you already have a "top middle market investment banking position". Do your two years and you should be good to go.
stk, I'm not necessarily recruiting. I just intend to network this summer (with people both in banking and in PE) and I want to have a clean resume to send out.
I MAY end up submitting resumes to some places depending on how my MM bank is doing. It is a "top" MM bank, though it's not at the top of the top. And it's not really doing so hot right now. If things still look as grim as they do now towards the end of August, I may send out a few resumes to different BBs and elite boutiques (Lazard, Evercore, Moelis) and see what comes of it. I wouldn't leave my MM bank to go to a similar bank - I have a list of about eight banks that I would leave to go to.
But what would make you think the grass is any greener on the other side?
I have no intentions of leaving. Really. But what makes me think the grass is greener on the other side? League tables, recent transactions, go to their websites. Goldman, Morgan, JPM, Barclays, Lazard, Evercore, Moelis* - they may not have high deal flow, but they do have some live deals coming through. And in such a down market, they're going to be the ones who land the deals because of their reputations. And one of the top things I value in the analyst stint is the experience you can get, and I want to make sure I don't lose out on that.
This is all a moot point anyway. I'm sure my bank will be fine, and even if I wanted to leave, getting hired at one of these places would be near-impossible.
Well your right but depends on what type of assignments these firms are doing. Moelis, Lazard and Evercore to a lesser extent are very busy in restructuring side. A lot of the analysts at JPM are sitting on their hands.
From the looks of it, the boutiques have had decent deal flow on the advisory side for their size. They may not be crushing through deals, but I'm sure analysts there have worked on at least one or two live deals since the beginning of the year.
I think I'd rather sit on my hands at JPM than at a MM bank. Might as well at least get the name on your resume.
What I was getting at jimbrown is that you shouldn't jump ship even if you do get a better offer. It will not look good, because you will give yourself a reputation of someone that will always leave the company for "better" opportunities. Job-hopping is not good! You need to show commitment.
I totally understand, but there comes a point where I have to look out for my own interests. If I'm sitting around with absolutely nothing going on and I have an opportunity to go somewhere else and actually experience live deals, I would be crazy to pass it up. I wouldn't leave for anything - as I said, it would have to be a top group. But if given the opportunity, it's something I'd have to consider. Would future employers really hold that against me? I can't see them being upset with me if I left and stuck out my two-year commitment at my new bank, especially for the reason that I would be doing it for.
Anything else on the resume? I feel it's aesthetically pleasing and well organized, but is there anything else? I appreciate any input.
Did you achieve anything more concrete either as a research assistant or as an intern? From what you've got there what I take away is that in the last two jobs you've had, the most significant things you've done have been to make a presentation in a university and help reduce someone's workload (and showed up each day to do mundane everyday office work).
Not that there's anything wrong with this, you are barely finishing school. However if you feel like you accomplished more than I've just described in your last two positions, you might want to add something or rework what you've got.
Actually, what I did achieve during the Big Four internship was an understanding that I did not have it in me to show up each day to do mundane, everyday office work. Because that's all I did. I did not accomplish anything, really - all I did was go to a client site for a few weeks and test a few controls - and looked a bit at their financial reporting. I guess I gained a bit more understanding for how a company implements controls to ensure compliance with regulations and to ensure smooth operation, but that's really about it.
During my research position, I accomplished very little. I wish I could say that I accomplished something great during these two internships, but the best thing that I can say for either one is that they showed me exactly what I did not want to do.
There are still things you can do to spruce it up.
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Great, thanks a lot for your help. Really, very useful post. The reason I posted my resume here was because I wanted to spruce it up. However, when I look at it, I must miss them because it looks good to me. That is why I am asking others to look at it. If it can still be spruced up in your eyes, why not give me some constructive feedback? Your post is absolutely useless.
Because he just wants to advertise his new website, which is actually a big turn off. At least others that use this forum to advertise their websites leave constructive feedback.
Plus I would never use this dudes services or his website for anything, because he doesn't even have any long-term work experience and acts like he knows it all.
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