The Sophomore Resume
Sophomore at nontarget aiming for SA position at a boutique ib. Destroy it.
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Feel free to follow or ignore anything I say...just my thoughts...
Why did you do the ACT to SAT conversion?
Get rid of the bullet points in your education section.
Good job on the GPA.
There is a lot of unused space. Find a happy medium between nothing and too much.
Expand more in your work experience section. Make the top part what you did at that firm and have your selected experience detail out examples of where you accomplished what you said you did. Maybe try to pick things that convert well into banking.
What are your guys thoughts on Co-Founder? Makes it seem less intense/awesome.
You are using numbers because bankers love numbers, I get that. But I would suggest taking them off. I know you accomplished a lot but those numbers may not be "impressive" to some people.
You might want to have things you participate in within your interests category rather than things you are simply interested in.
I know you are trying to write relevant financial experience on there; however, be prepared to discuss each point on your resume in depth. If you did recommend two corporate bonds, what were they? How did you go about researching them? Why were they better than X or Y company? How did you present your findings? How did people react?
Dig deeper for your skills section. I don't think your level of proficiency is to a point where you should put "Microsoft Office Suite" under skills. Even if it was I probably wouldn't put that under skills. Look up Excel VBA and learn how to use it, then place that there. Dig deep. Show them that you can bring something to the table.
Just my thoughts... good luck!
There's a lot of white space, but you're only a sophomore so it shouldn't hurt you too much but try to find something relevant to add to your work experience maybe.
Also, just a warning if you put that one of your technical skills is microsoft office you are basically letting the interviewer know that you have mastered office and are opening yourself to have them ask you to prove it.
What I'm trying to say is that if you are looking for a job in finance it is understood that you at least have basic knowledge of microsoft office and if you list that it is a technical skill that you are saying you are proficient. You may be proficient in office for all I know, but you should be careful about what types of interview questions you open yourself up to. And even worse, what happens if you start you SA stint and your boss throws you in head first to some excel work expecting you to know what to do because you said you know how to use it and you have to constantly ask questions. I've seen it first hand and its not pretty.
I'm not saying that that will happen to you. I'm just giving you fair warning.
The only way I would put office as a technical skill on my resume is if I was Microsoft certified, and i'm not.
Just my opinion. I'd be interested to hear what the others have to say about listing listing office as a technical skill.
And if you are proficient, than I apologize for doubting your abilities.
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