Rip apart this resume!

Hey all, this is a resume that I have come up with.

I have a lack of relevant work experience as I decided to take summer school in order to complete my degree in two years (bad decision on hindsight really).

I have decided to mask the lack of work experience with the forex competition that I was participating in.

I do however, have experience in several case studies in actual companies due to a Valuations and M&A course undertaken in my 3rd and 4th semester. Do you guys reckon I could put that in instead?

Thanks in advance peeps.

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I am not sure what you mean by distinction, but it would be a good idea to put your overall GPA and major GPA.

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Don't have experience from 2008 at the top of your resume, that should be at the bottom. You need more recent stuff up top. Put case studies in etc if necessary and change the title from work experience or whatever it was to something that allows you to include that stuff (eg professional development & work experience etc).

Change your graduation date from December 13 to September 11- December 13 or something to show you did school in two years, people can see that and realize maybe that's why you don't have super recent relevant experience.

Take your SAT score out, that's unnecessary. If you have a GMAT score, you could put that in.

Don't say generating 15% return annually, say generated if you have done it, but not generating- past performance is not an indication of future performance.

 

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