HI I am currently a junior majoring in economics at a semi-target school. Because I could not get any internship through standard OCR process, I am vigorously looking for internship opportunities by going to F500 websites and applying there. The problem is that I have never got a response from any of the corporations that I have applied to. I thought at first that it was my resume's problem, but I asked my cousin(who works for BX) and told me that my resume is fine. So I am curious now, do those HR really look at my resume? or is there a more efficient way to reach out to them?
I am looking forward to your responses!!
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Not many companies look at resumes submitted online. You need to network.
This. I've heard again and again that pretty much all the resumes submitted online essentially go into a black hole. You'll need to network, find alumni from your school, find people who work with the firm on LinkedIn, etc.
Also, perhaps you can upload a copy of your resume (with all personal information removed, school names, etc), so that others on WSO can help further critique it/offer suggestions.
It's also possible that your 3.3 gpa is too low and doesn't even make it to the recruiter.
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3.3 is low but it is not low enough where you can't get the job that you want. With that GPA you will have to network and work your ass off. I had a 3.3 and I was able to get into a very large oil company (OCR), although it wasn't a Banking type of position but most people who are in the same program as me have very high GPAs (3.6-4.0 range).
So with that being said, it is very much possible but as everyone else will tell you, you need to network like a beast.
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