Comments on: How To Write An Investment Banking Resume http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/ Career advice for ambitious college students and recent graduates: how to get a job in finance and how to maintain your sanity. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1510 Inquisitor Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:56:35 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1510 Her advice is mostly geared toward senior-level hires. Sure, if you have 20-30 years of experience it's not realistic to list every single little detail on your resume. Most of my advice is geared toward people with less experience who are breaking into the industry, either from undergrad or MBA programs or from other fields. She has some good articles but keep in mind she's a recruiter for senior-level hires so our advice is inevitably going to differ. Her advice is mostly geared toward senior-level hires. Sure, if you have 20-30 years of experience it’s not realistic to list every single little detail on your resume.

Most of my advice is geared toward people with less experience who are breaking into the industry, either from undergrad or MBA programs or from other fields.

She has some good articles but keep in mind she’s a recruiter for senior-level hires so our advice is inevitably going to differ.

]]> By: graduate http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1508 graduate Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:46:25 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1508 Hi, I find this article a little confusing given what Anna Maria D'Souza advises on her investment banking resume blog, particularly this article: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5361687071199346525&postID=9077473639833061196&pli=1 The takeaway I get from your article is to be detailed while the takeaway from her article is to not be so detailed as to not have a reason for the recruiter to see you. Appreciate the help you guys provide but I'm just a little confused atm!! Hi,

I find this article a little confusing given what Anna Maria D’Souza advises on her investment banking resume blog, particularly this article:

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5361687071199346525&postID=9077473639833061196&pli=1

The takeaway I get from your article is to be detailed while the takeaway from her article is to not be so detailed as to not have a reason for the recruiter to see you.

Appreciate the help you guys provide but I’m just a little confused atm!!

]]> By: Advice on Getting to Wall Street « Zeal and Activity http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1064 Advice on Getting to Wall Street « Zeal and Activity Fri, 23 May 2008 09:35:15 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-1064 [...] An IB analyst blog: Mergers and Inquisitions - see How to Write an Investment Banking Resume and How Investment Bankers Read Your Resume. Also this entertaining but entirely plausible day in [...] [...] An IB analyst blog: Mergers and Inquisitions - see How to Write an Investment Banking Resume and How Investment Bankers Read Your Resume. Also this entertaining but entirely plausible day in [...]

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-109 Inquisitor Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:37:15 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-109 Hi Martin - just sent you some feedback. Hi Martin - just sent you some feedback.

]]> By: Martin Petela http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-108 Martin Petela Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:39:37 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-108 Hi I sent you a resume to critique a few weeks ago and never received a response. Should I re-send it? Hi I sent you a resume to critique a few weeks ago and never received a response. Should I re-send it?

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-94 Inquisitor Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:56:58 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-94 Thanks - checked out your blog too. Great material! Included a link on my blogroll now as well. Thanks - checked out your blog too. Great material! Included a link on my blogroll now as well.

]]> By: Living Off Dividends http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-89 Living Off Dividends Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:17:51 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-89 I'm a little bit aways from applying for IB jobs but thanks for the info! I’m a little bit aways from applying for IB jobs but thanks for the info!

]]> By: Inquisitor http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-82 Inquisitor Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:56:20 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-82 Martin: Sure - please send it to inquisitor@mergersandinquisitions.com Martin: Sure - please send it to inquisitor@mergersandinquisitions.com

]]> By: Martin Petela http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-81 Martin Petela Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:51:14 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/2008/01/08/investment-banking-resumes/#comment-81 Could you please critique my resume? If so, where should I send it? Could you please critique my resume? If so, where should I send it?

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