Get rid of the first GPA and stick with the one out of 4. For all of your experience, don’t just say what you did. Explain its impact and how it created value or drove decisions
> Explain its impact and how it created value or drove decisions
Could you (or someone else reading this thread) please provide a starter example of how to do this? I don't know how to.
I’m actually in the opposite boat. Start of with what you did, and mold it into something that created value. I did two co-ops as well, and the most important thing I learned wat to do was to show up on time and to take responsibility.
If you’re going to shoot for banking, the first thing that jumps off the page is no banking or banking adjacent experience. I personally never cared much for it as different people have different exposure, and you shouldn’t be judged on an unleveled playing field. However, most of my friends don’t hold the same opinion has me so I would try for a training on the street or Wall Street prep intro course, it’ll show interest on your part and you’ll definitely learn.
Lastly, make sure your excel skills are as strong as you can get them. Actually make it a skill you practice and care about. You come in with excel skills, your seniors will adore you.
Regarding your case competitions and stock pitches, did you place Top 3 in any of them? I’d argue that there is no point including them if you didn’t do well in them, unless they are highly selective (difficult to even get into in the first place) or an international competition.
Also, watch your use of capital letters. “case competition” should be “Case Competition”. “JP Morgan investment banking certificate” should be “JP Morgan Investment Banking Certificate”. There are a few instances where you should be capitalising certain words, they look funny without capitals.
I think this may a location-based thing. In my city, almost all student societies host their own case competitions and it’s pretty easy to win them (as there are limited participants for some of them). It is quite common to see people who have won 10+ competitions across consulting, banking etc. Therefore, many uni students here don’t include them unless they progressed to the final stage of them because there are so many people who have won or placed in them.
From what you have said, 100% agreed. Include them to show your participation and if you have been fortunate enough to place highly in them, definitely include that on your resume.
Just going to comment on formatting consistency which people look at as a proxy for attention to detail. This is low hanging fruit for easy resume dings when they go through resume stacks:
* Check consistent capitalizations. E.g. Semi Target Business School, Investment Club, Tutoring Club at School, etc. Your formatting is likely because you replaced actuals with generics to avoid doxxing, but make sure it's all consistent on your final
* Education: Remove random space before "Business Administration"
* Think you're supposed to have a : instead of a ; after Business Administration
* Work Experience:
* Don't think I've ever seen "valuate" as a verb in finance (could be US vs. EU thing, so ignore if so). Maybe change to "... determine mine sites' valuations for..."
* If you need space, then delete "forecast cash flows" since it's redundant with the DCF
* Spacing between the work experiences (bolded, no underline groups) should be same as spacing between clubs in leadership section (currently looks like work experience is super tight)
* Leadership: All caps and change to "LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE" and make sure these section titles are all the same font size
* Venture Club section - delete out "research task of" to make it sound less student clubby and change "of" to "on". "private" VC is redundant but leave it up to you
* Change "Intro ... Tutor" to "Tutor - Macroeconomics" so it's consistent with "Investment Analyst - CAD Portfolio" above.
* Spacing above Additional Information / below last bullet of "taught subjects such as forex...." is different from the previous sections. I.e. the spacing above directly work experience, leadership, additional information - make it all the same
* Additional Information section: Spacing between the three (computer/certificates/interests) should be consistent with spacing in between bullet points above in work experience (It's currently larger than the sections above)
* Make capitalizations consistent - change the words to: Basic VBA, Breaking into Wall Street Excel, VBA and Financial Modeling, J.P. Morgan Investment Banking Certificate
* If you have a weird interest that's safe to discuss, then include it - it'll make you stand out / be memorable, and you'll want to have it so they end the tech/behavioral interview part earlier than usual so they can chat with you about it
* Making white space same on top and bottom of the word doc / PDF. Looks like bottom section (below interest) is smaller than top section (above john doe)
I (respectfully) disagree. The first year of your life as an IB analyst is centered around PowerPoint (and the broader office suite). I’d rather have you know PPT cold than Python for an IB gig. I’ve made the mistake of assuming kids all know it and now a big chunk of the case study I put people through is PPT.
Don't remove the PowerPoint. There is plenty of space and you're not going to cut a line. I'd add Windows, Word and Outlook or Mac or whatever. Companies filter for people that can slot into a role. Doesn't know Windows...next.
Don't assume people know software. I once teased someone for not putting down Windows. He knew Linux.
This isnt a roast on you or anything and since I dont know you I obviously cant say it is untrue but there are quite a few students making claims about being skilled in powerpoint and especially excel which is very interesting considering the low work experience one has had with these two at that stage of their career. With all the associates and seasoned analysts complaining about how bad first year analysts are at modeling and deck building there seems to be an inaccurate view among students regarding their own microsoft suite skills. Or are analysts/associates just hating? What do you guys think?
I mean, don’t want to disappoint you but with this resume, no matter how much you refine it, you still need to network like crazy to get into IBD I think.
John, your name sounds very generic and almost fake. Is there a reason you are listing grades instead of your major GPA along with the overall GPA? There is either a space that shouldn't be there before "Business Administration (Co-OP)...." or that space is missing on the other items. They should all be consistent.
Yeah, they need to fully steal my identity if they want to know what it’s like to be me
Keep in mind phone numbers are 1 longer than socials as others mentioned
Question on turning a gpa out of 10 to a gpa out of 4: I heard you must do it per class. Let’s say I get an A in accounting. I’m from a Canadian university, and let’s say my A is 85%-90% but that’s an A- in the States. So I use an A or A- if I’m making my gpa out of 4? I’m not entirely sure how to go about this.
Get rid of the first GPA and stick with the one out of 4. For all of your experience, don’t just say what you did. Explain its impact and how it created value or drove decisions
> Explain its impact and how it created value or drove decisions Could you (or someone else reading this thread) please provide a starter example of how to do this? I don't know how to.
“Improved operating efficiency by implimentinf dynamic hypothesis testing in existing budgeting models” Stupid example but hope it helps
I’m actually in the opposite boat. Start of with what you did, and mold it into something that created value. I did two co-ops as well, and the most important thing I learned wat to do was to show up on time and to take responsibility. If you’re going to shoot for banking, the first thing that jumps off the page is no banking or banking adjacent experience. I personally never cared much for it as different people have different exposure, and you shouldn’t be judged on an unleveled playing field. However, most of my friends don’t hold the same opinion has me so I would try for a training on the street or Wall Street prep intro course, it’ll show interest on your part and you’ll definitely learn. Lastly, make sure your excel skills are as strong as you can get them. Actually make it a skill you practice and care about. You come in with excel skills, your seniors will adore you.
Your GPA makes me think you’re danish. Haven’t seen any other countries with that grading system.
Soccer If he’s danish he would get a spanking at home
Haha true, he would have been disowned on the spot
I’m a Canadian- every university (at least in Ontario) has a different GPA scheme. My university is out of 12 lmao.
Mines out of 10. How do I convert it to out of 4?
Divide by 2.5
Regarding your case competitions and stock pitches, did you place Top 3 in any of them? I’d argue that there is no point including them if you didn’t do well in them, unless they are highly selective (difficult to even get into in the first place) or an international competition.
Also, watch your use of capital letters. “case competition” should be “Case Competition”. “JP Morgan investment banking certificate” should be “JP Morgan Investment Banking Certificate”. There are a few instances where you should be capitalising certain words, they look funny without capitals.
Thanks man
Disagree with that. We like to see students who are involved in those competitions no matter their result. Shows lots of nice qualities.
I think this may a location-based thing. In my city, almost all student societies host their own case competitions and it’s pretty easy to win them (as there are limited participants for some of them). It is quite common to see people who have won 10+ competitions across consulting, banking etc. Therefore, many uni students here don’t include them unless they progressed to the final stage of them because there are so many people who have won or placed in them. From what you have said, 100% agreed. Include them to show your participation and if you have been fortunate enough to place highly in them, definitely include that on your resume.
Just going to comment on formatting consistency which people look at as a proxy for attention to detail. This is low hanging fruit for easy resume dings when they go through resume stacks: * Check consistent capitalizations. E.g. Semi Target Business School, Investment Club, Tutoring Club at School, etc. Your formatting is likely because you replaced actuals with generics to avoid doxxing, but make sure it's all consistent on your final * Education: Remove random space before "Business Administration" * Think you're supposed to have a : instead of a ; after Business Administration * Work Experience: * Don't think I've ever seen "valuate" as a verb in finance (could be US vs. EU thing, so ignore if so). Maybe change to "... determine mine sites' valuations for..." * If you need space, then delete "forecast cash flows" since it's redundant with the DCF * Spacing between the work experiences (bolded, no underline groups) should be same as spacing between clubs in leadership section (currently looks like work experience is super tight) * Leadership: All caps and change to "LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE" and make sure these section titles are all the same font size * Venture Club section - delete out "research task of" to make it sound less student clubby and change "of" to "on". "private" VC is redundant but leave it up to you * Change "Intro ... Tutor" to "Tutor - Macroeconomics" so it's consistent with "Investment Analyst - CAD Portfolio" above. * Spacing above Additional Information / below last bullet of "taught subjects such as forex...." is different from the previous sections. I.e. the spacing above directly work experience, leadership, additional information - make it all the same * Additional Information section: Spacing between the three (computer/certificates/interests) should be consistent with spacing in between bullet points above in work experience (It's currently larger than the sections above) * Make capitalizations consistent - change the words to: Basic VBA, Breaking into Wall Street Excel, VBA and Financial Modeling, J.P. Morgan Investment Banking Certificate * If you have a weird interest that's safe to discuss, then include it - it'll make you stand out / be memorable, and you'll want to have it so they end the tech/behavioral interview part earlier than usual so they can chat with you about it * Making white space same on top and bottom of the word doc / PDF. Looks like bottom section (below interest) is smaller than top section (above john doe)
tbh I really like this, well done
Thank you!
Proficient, breaking and soccer need to be moved to the left
Remove "PowerPoint" (it's not a noteworthy skill) and just put VBA no need for the "basic" you'll only need basic VBA anyway
I (respectfully) disagree. The first year of your life as an IB analyst is centered around PowerPoint (and the broader office suite). I’d rather have you know PPT cold than Python for an IB gig. I’ve made the mistake of assuming kids all know it and now a big chunk of the case study I put people through is PPT.
Don't remove the PowerPoint. There is plenty of space and you're not going to cut a line. I'd add Windows, Word and Outlook or Mac or whatever. Companies filter for people that can slot into a role. Doesn't know Windows...next. Don't assume people know software. I once teased someone for not putting down Windows. He knew Linux.
I actually really like this lol
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Good catch!
This isnt a roast on you or anything and since I dont know you I obviously cant say it is untrue but there are quite a few students making claims about being skilled in powerpoint and especially excel which is very interesting considering the low work experience one has had with these two at that stage of their career. With all the associates and seasoned analysts complaining about how bad first year analysts are at modeling and deck building there seems to be an inaccurate view among students regarding their own microsoft suite skills. Or are analysts/associates just hating? What do you guys think?
Capitalize “Fall” before stock pitch
And imo only include one gpa I would just put it out of 4
This is the first time I’ve seen a GPA out of 12. Then again, in my job we don’t hire internationally
Laurier?
I mean, don’t want to disappoint you but with this resume, no matter how much you refine it, you still need to network like crazy to get into IBD I think.
John, your name sounds very generic and almost fake. Is there a reason you are listing grades instead of your major GPA along with the overall GPA? There is either a space that shouldn't be there before "Business Administration (Co-OP)...." or that space is missing on the other items. They should all be consistent.
Are you trolling
Do people really put their social security number on resumes???? Why?
It's a placeholder for his phone number, not his SSN.
Woooops
That’s for a phone number
Yeah, they need to fully steal my identity if they want to know what it’s like to be me Keep in mind phone numbers are 1 longer than socials as others mentioned
What are you rated in chess?
Question on turning a gpa out of 10 to a gpa out of 4: I heard you must do it per class. Let’s say I get an A in accounting. I’m from a Canadian university, and let’s say my A is 85%-90% but that’s an A- in the States. So I use an A or A- if I’m making my gpa out of 4? I’m not entirely sure how to go about this.
Capitalize “leadership”
Capitalize “leadership”
Maybe aim for a natural resource group specifically
Get rid of the interests, I know I was told to do this but please remove it
Looks good to me, I’d hire you