Anyone here (esp. in Finance) want to take a look at and critique my resume?

[TheseGoTo11]

Re: the OP's resume, the top part has promise, but I'd get rid of the part about using MS office tools. More detail about tasks regarding to trading processes would really help. I'm trying to figure out - do you want to make traders more efficient, or do more financial analysis? Can't tell from the resume as written.

[HeadhunterPaul]

Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11

Paul, I manage a quantitative analysis team, I love metrics.

What I don't love are generic resume claims about reducing costs or increasing efficiency. But if you tell me that you increased IRR on capital projects by 5%, that's better, because it's more specific.

Nouns are the most important part of the resume, not verbs, contrary to 1980s/90s resume guides. Nouns (and objects of prepositions) show what you know, and get you to stand out. For example, "prepared annual budget for data centers and load balancers" tells me you have done financial analysis for specific technology areas. I'm assessing what you know about our products and industry, the more detail, the better.

There are a million financial analysts out there with generic experience. When I put out a req for one, I'll get hundreds of good resumes. When my dev manager looks for a software engineer, he's lucky to get 1/100th as many. Moreover, generic experience will get you a lower salary than someone who's got more specific skills.

My wife used to hire financial analysts for real estate development , similar thing there - the person who discusses cap rates, floor-to-area ratios, and tax abatements was way ahead of the candidate who "increased efficiency by 20%".

Re: Deloitte, kind of agree with their general view on measuring capex, but anyone who walks into my office talking about "efficient frontier analysis" isn't coming back. Consulting firms are so full of nonsense.

These,

Thanks for taking the time and especially for addressing this issue with me.

"What I don't love are generic resume claims about reducing costs or increasing efficiency."

I did not say what metrics Fast may use [you picked metrics that are commonly used while I had left the door open as to how metrics might show up in Fast's case] and in fact, the Deloitte article refers to metrics of another nature. While you are throwing dirt on one or two examples of metrics, you then suggest metrics of another nature that do work for you:

"But if you tell me that you increased IRR on capital projects by 5%, that's better, because it's more specific."


So you have given us one example of metrics that do work for you. If you have any others, that would be most helpful to Fast, I'm sure.




Thanks again, I do appreciate your taking the time.


Paul.......

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[Shaolin Shadowboxing]

Originally Posted by TheseGoTo11

Re: the OP's resume, the top part has promise, but I'd get rid of the part about using MS office tools. More detail about tasks regarding to trading processes would really help. I'm trying to figure out - do you want to make traders more efficient, or do more financial analysis? Can't tell from the resume as written.

now we're getting the ball rolling (both you and paul, thank you).

so, what i do now has MUCH more to do with trading efficiency, trading error resolution, helping money managers trade/navigate our systems, etc.

what i WANT to do is financial analysis on the corporate side (or even real estate development but that seems to be an even longer shot).

so i am kind of stuck. do i want to play up what little analysis i do now to appeal to the new industry i'm targeting or do i really want to get in-depth on what i am more well-versed in that may matter very little to a F500 finance manager?

catch 22 here.