Hi Monkeys, I am trying to post at a reasonable time for US citizens since you are the most in this community. I am enrolled at a European Target, and because of this pandemic, I am getting a scary feel that recruiting will get tougher.
Since this community has helped me a lot in the previous months, I wanted to ask you more experienced people to please take a look at my resume and give me some advice to improve it. I am still in my first year so I will target several roles.
Please be brutal but helpful. Thanks and have a good evening.
Updated Resume, 2nd draft
No periods after bullets
Thanks, I have to admit I am quite confused about this, some people, including a recruiter, told me to use periods but it seems strange to me.
At the moment it's too generic. Try adding more specificity into your bullets so the reader can get an idea of what you have actually done.
You founded a cross-asset investment club at school? That's great. What asset classes do you guys invest in? Is it real money? If so, how much? Do cover a specific industry? How about geography? How do you value the profitability and risk of the investments? How many students are in it?
You worked as a financial analyst? That's great too. What methods did you use to generate investment ideas? Did you do valuation work such as DCF and comp analysis? Maybe you built an LBO model? Again what industry did you focus on? Was it a top-down method or maybe specific company focused? Did you work under a portfolio manager or did you have a bit of autonomy in your decisions?
You need to demonstrate to the reader that you have gained skills from these experiences that will help you succeed in your next position. I'm not saying you haven't, but at the moment it just reads as if you're going through the motions.
Hope this helps.
Exactly the kind of advice I was hoping to receive, thanks a lot
Im incredibly bored and just finished every season of Entourage so here is my feedback: -Make it the WSO format (Keep education, work & leadership, and additional info aligned to the left, not centered) *Not sure about US or Euro but this is for the US
-Remove all periods and quantify everything (for ex. Founded a student association focussed on managing cross-asset portfolios of investments that outperformed the benchmark by 5bps
-Make it ranges on the dates, not a single month
-comma after tennis on interests
-The last bullet point in the Market Research and Consumer Behavior Program doesn't make much sense; what did you do with excel?
-Overall resume: We know the resume is about you, no need to keep saying "I led a team" or w/e (For Financial Analyst Program maybe say something like "Used fundamental analyst under the guidance of research analysts to evaluate and generate investment ideas that did xxx)
-Again not sure if this is a Euro thing but put a month on when you expect to graduate, not sure if its a big deal in euro tho
Just my 2 cents
Thanks, very helpful. The problem I have with dates is that all of the programmes I listed lasted less than a montth (more of an insight week, I think they are less common in the US), so if I want to put an end and beginning date, I must include the day number too, and I thought it would take up a lot of space. Should change instead the name and insert "week" or just extend the dates, maybe decreasing font size? Thanks again
Would echo what was said above. The key thing you need to keep in mind is that when we review your CV / CVs of SAs, we want to see the impact and difference you made in your previous experiences.
E.g. When you produced the report analysing consumer preferences for the local firms, did your suggestions end up being implemented? If so, what was the approximate revenue impact for these companies?
Your CV needs to be more number driven as well. E.g. When you managed the portfolio of investments, what was the % return? What is the AUM that you raised?
Additional points below: - Remove basic Spanish - When you say experienced in Microsoft Office, that opens you up to grilling on your Excel competency. I would remove it unless you are very confident that you will be able to discuss Excel formulas comfortably with analyst / associates - Remove training section - Interests: Any medals or competitions won can be included here as well
Always add action verb at the beginning of each bullet: - Prepared, - Analysed - Performed - Coordinated - Led etc.
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