Is my resume really that bad?

Seriously, I thought my resume was pretty good and that I'd get some responses when applying to BB's and boutiques, or CRE PE shops.

http://www.razume.com/documents/13464

After 4 months of networking and applying to public job postings (and not hearing back), im about ready to thrown in the towel. Is it going to be impossible to hop ship from Asset Management to IB with my experience?

 
Best Response

It isn't your content, it is your format. Work should be up top and education should be towards the bottom. I would eliminate the summary, but it is your decision. Use some indenting, bullet points, etc. Technical skills needs some cleaning up. Your resume should be a highlight reel with action words, % increases or decreases, what you have done and how you have impacted the places you have worked. Your resume looks like a paper.

I say this on every resume post, but the Mergers & Inquisitions template is really clean and nice. Get it for free on his site.

Getting into IB once you start working is going to be tough. Do more networking and less applying online.

 

What is NESCAC? 3.3 is low but not horrible, what is your major GPA? I think you have a lot of quality stuff on the resume, just present it a little better and you should be fine. When you apply to boutiques maybe in lieu of a cover letter you could do a flow chart on how the skills you have learned in your other jobs mirror what an analyst does day to day. I think being out of school is a disadvantage, but if you could spin your current work as if your current job is almost the same type of work as an IB analyst then you might look like a stronger candidate.

 
nexa023:
NESCAC is New England Small College Athletic Conference - Colby, Hamilton, Connecticut College, Amherst, Trinity etc.

Major GPA is not much better.

Like the flow chart idea and it may attract some eyes.

Thanks.

We offer a professional resume review service where I review the resume in detail with another reviewer...probably worth it with this formatting / wording - //www.wallstreetoasis.com/page/wso-resume-review

Just an FYI if you want a thorough review / reformatting.

Either way, good luck.

Patrick

 

agree with what was said above...it doesn't look as much like a banking resume as it should...

  • delete summary
  • alignment of dates is off
  • bulleting looks bad
  • first word in bullets aren't parallel

read it through a few times and pay attention to detail more

 

I would second what Patrick says. I paid to have my resume redone and it was worth the investment. I have had professional individuals critique it after paying for it to be redone and have not had many suggested improvements.

 

Maybe he has had other experiences, but I think a flow chart cover letter is a bad idea that is in the same ballpark as a pink, scented resume.

Dude, this resume blows. And the worst part is, it has virtually nothing to do with the content. Right justify!!! Dates are way off. Margins suck. To be honest, you lost me with the glacier of words that comprises your summary section. No one will even read this thing. The feel of this thing is like page 558 of an organic chemistry textbook. Less jargon and more action.

Also, this is a real estate finance resume. If I'm a banker reviewing resumes, I'm like "did he send this to the wrong place?"

 
jhoratio:
Maybe he has had other experiences, but I think a flow chart cover letter is a bad idea that is in the same ballpark as a pink, scented resume.

Dude, this resume blows. And the worst part is, it has virtually nothing to do with the content. Right justify!!! Dates are way off. Margins suck. To be honest, you lost me with the glacier of words that comprises your summary section. No one will even read this thing. The feel of this thing is like page 558 of an organic chemistry textbook. Less jargon and more action.

Also, this is a real estate finance resume. If I'm a banker reviewing resumes, I'm like "did he send this to the wrong place?"

Ya, I got the RE Finance feel also. Never used a flow chart, I stick with the standard resume and cover letter. I think when you are behind the eight ball sometimes being daring might help. Going from RE Finance, 2 years after graduating into IB is going to take a huge leap of faith. Maybe just twisting everything so that it looks like a analyst covering RE would be better advice.

 

Yeah I wouldn't be so quick to call NESCAC schools non targets. Amherst, Williams, Wesleyan, all do very well in Wall Street and are recruited pretty heavily. Even though I'm 99% sure you didn't go to one of those schools or else you wouldn't have said non target

 

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