Roast my resume ♥
Good afternoon,
As I am currently looking for my first Analyst role/Junior position in S&T, I am looking for criticism on my resume.
I feel like it is pretty hard to get through the automated screening process of investment banks.
Thus I think there is many thing I could improve on my resume.
Many thanks!
Just my $0.02:
include linkedin
for the job description bullet points, start with an action verb and end with results (if quantitative, better), i.e. conducted research on .... leading to $100 of profitable gains for the firm
Too much white space, would add gpa
Thank you very much for your answer.
Do you have any recommandation on where to include a LinkedIn link?
I will try to improve as much as I can on job description according to your answer!
Cheers
You can include at the top - as another line or beside your email/number - or just add a hyper link to your name to your profile.
Expand upon the details of what you were doing at your roles instead of having 5 word lines. Also probably want to use some power words cause HR likes that. So instead of saying like "Cash Management" explain in a sentence what you did or for short-term debt issuance what your actual tasks were in the process. "Assisted analysts in developing financial models to underwrite short-term debt issuances of approximately $#####. I'll be honest I have no clue what fixed income/credit analysts do so that last sentence may be useless but you get what I'm saying. Also idk how it works in Europe and for trading but if you use this template https://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/free-investment-banking-resume-t… ---- it may help with the screening system. There is just too much white space so build upon your bullet points and be specific on how you added value. Use numbers and statistics (e.g. Implemented a process that improved something by 20% or helped manage a portfolio of $####)
Side note: Instead of having like 2 lines for languages just say "Beginner in _______ , Fluent in ______ - Also aren't bilingual and fluent the same thing? If you're bilingual you should be fluent in both am I right? So you can just say Fluent in French, English, Spanish and Beginner in Mandarin and Cantonese
If your GPA is above whatever level is good for trading put that as well
Thank you very much for your answer !
What do you mean by "power words"?
Also, I don't know if there will be that much quantitative aspect of my jobs that I will be able to talk about. Maybe it is specific to Europe/France but I don't really know what was the impact (in terms of €).
I will try to get some data to add to my resume.
As english isn't my mother tongue, I was considering that bilingual was when you were really native speaker. To me, Fluent was just a bit less stronger than bilingual, but sure I will correct it.
My GPA on my last year was about 4.4/5 so I guess I could put it on my resume.
Thanks again for your comment.
Cheers
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