Investment Banking Resume
Tim Raymond
The Investment Banking Resume is key to getting your foot in the door. Unfortunately, most applicants don’t have the right idea when it comes to writing a good investment banking resume. This document must be tailored specifically for the job. It is a competitive field and in order to succeed you’ll have to do your best to stand out.
To start, try to use terminology that relates well to investment banking. Words such as valuation, accretion/dilution, discounted cash flow and others help you stand out among other applicants. In fact, an easy way to obtain the experience if you haven’t had an internship beforehand is to join an investment banking club. If there is no club, then create one. It’s by far one of the best and easiest ways to get the experience. However, you’ll want to make sure that you actually have the knowledge. I recommend actually doing the valuation and models so you’ll be prepared for an interview.
You’ll also want to organize your resume to take advantage of and emphasize past experience. For instance, if you’ve been out of the university for a few years and have been working you’ll want to emphasize you’re work experience. At the same time, if you have a good GPA/SAT scores you’ll want to make sure that stands out. Overall, the Education section usually starts first, but if you feel that your work experience is your strong suit feel free to move it up.
You’ll want your investment banking resume to be concise. Analysts only have so much time to look at it (about 30 seconds) and you’ll have to make sure to stand out during that time. Avoid using the same Microsoft office template that everybody uses and make sure that you’re being consistent with your formatting. Investment Bankers are notorious for detail and making sure your resume is perfect is part of standing out.
If you’ve done these things you’ll surely stand out among the crowd. You need to get yourself noticed and having a strong resume is part of that, but your now one step closer to becoming an investment banker.
Tim currently works at a bulge bracket firm. He wants others to learn from his steps and missteps to see what it takes to become an investment banker. You can follow Tim on his blog at http://www.investmentbankingcoach.com/2010/11/20/investment-banking-resume/
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