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Title: Finance Resume Workshop


1
Finance Resume Workshop
  • September 13, 2006

2
Agenda
  • Resumé Guidelines
  • Comments Questions
  • Breakout Sessions

3
Finance Resume Guidelines
  • Stay Focused on Finance
  • Relevant Concise Information
  • Consistent Design
  • Use Care with Skills Interests
  • Provide GPAs

4
Focus on Finance
  • You are applying for a finance position, not a
    marketing or consulting job
  • Eliminate references to other functional areas
    e.g. GMA, Consulting Club.
  • Entrepreneurship suggests that you will leave to
    start your own company!

5
Relevant Concise Information
  • No Summaries!
  • Only include relevant work experience
  • Avoid high school/college jobs
  • Avoid full-time work that does not strengthen
    your finance focus
  • Less is more
  • Eliminate responsibilities that do not support
    skills required for finance positions
  • Avoid verbose explanations
  • Full vs. Dense

6
  • Use regular margins, 12pt Times New Roman
  • Keep bullet points flush with left margin
  • Maintain a consistent format
  • Dates
  • GPAs
  • Spacing and Enhanced Fonts

7
Skills Interests
  • Consider which skills are common
  • Bloomberg, PowerPoint, Word, Excel
  • List only distinguishing interests
  • Avoid reading, travel, movies, golf
  • Include former Olympic athlete, etc.
  • If you have a green card

8
Grades and Test Scores
  • GPAs
  • Undergraduate GPA gt 3.0
  • Graduate GPA gt 3.5
  • Standardized test scores
  • Much debate
  • If GMAT is 700 or above, publish it

9
Conclusion
  • How would I view this information if I were the
    recruiter?
  • What does this information imply about me?
  • Does this information improve my ability to
    perform this job function?
  • Does this information truly distinguish me?

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