Please Tear My Resume to Shreds - Seeking Feedback for IB Roles
I graduated last July from the LSE, and until December I was pursuing various internships to sharpen my candidacy for analyst roles. I’m actually not keeping strict to IBD only, I am also applying to roles in global markets structuring and equity research as beggars can’t be choosers.
I was actually promoted to analyst during my Off-cycle Analyst role, but had to leave in December for family.
Since May, I have applied to nearly 40 analyst internship and full time roles at boutique, regional and global IBDs. I have not been invited to one interview yet. I am connecting with industry professionals on LinkedIn, but I’m guessing the issue is a mix of low response rates and my resume (or past experiences). My colleagues from my graduating cohort went on to do crazy BB analyst roles - hence, I am seeking WSO to rip apart my resume. What advice do you guys have?
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An institution as venerable as The LSE should stand you in good stead! People across the land speak of The LSE as mightier than The Catholic Church, The United States Government, The United Nations, The World Bank, The World Health Organisation, The Oxford, The Cambridge, and The Harvard. Truly, saving humanity from itself.
More seriously though - Yes LSE is a good school. Given a bad macro environment and analyst slots being given to spring/summer internship people - why not consider B4TAS, Corporate banking, other finance roles in accounting? Perhaps target network with LSE finance professionals, or use Careers services. If all else fails why not consider startup?
I am currently working at a startup crypto exchange as a strategy analyst. I am also applying to corporate banking roles (like the SMBC - Graduate Corporate & Investment Banking Analyst), and I am engaging with LSE finance professionals via LinkedIn, just barely any of them answer back. I also am communicating with someone from Dartmouth Partners, but these services feel quite shaky as you get ghosted quite often. I don’t seem to get invited to first round interviews for some reason.
Cast a super super wide net and focus on open grad roles
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