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Your degree is more important than signing up for the CFA. You have to be sponsored by a financial institution or a school to sit for the exam, and the CFA isnt very valuable in investment banking. CFA is more for asset management and trading.
Without the school I cannot give you an accurate measure of your chance of getting an IB job. If your not coming out of a Ivy, top private (Duke), or top public (UVA)...then a 3.0 GPA is an instant pass resume.
Still in school: Expected Completion May 2008
What kind of business? What are your accomplishments here?
Month Year. Should be consistant with above formatting.
These items are a waste of resume real estate. Much better to bring these ups in an interview with an actual practitioner. IB HR people dont care what you read...they care about what school you attended, what GPA you have, and what leadership experience you have.
Any leadership activities?
any awards? scholarships?
Your going to be a recent college grad, so every recruiter knows you know how to use excel and word. The rest of this stuff is not important for IB.
I would suggest a lot of work on this resume. Have you reviewed samples of resumes in your field? Check razume for some well-rated samples or go online. Never use I, me or my in a resume. The reader cant really know what you have to offer them with this resume, as you do not quantify any skills or real accomplishments.Im assuming it is because this is a draft that you have "..." and "etc." listed here? That wouldnt be acceptable for an actual resume.
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Move your education experience first, then Work Experience, then everything else. The lack of previous finance related internships, low GPA (All Bulge Bracket Ibanks require atleast a 3.5 GPA if your from a non-target school), and leadership activities makes it nearly impossible for you. Not to come down hard, but Ibanks have the pick of the liter when it comes to recruiting talent, and a Harvard student with a 3.8 GPA and co-captain of the crew team is what they are looking for. The market for bank jobs is hard given recent events on Wall Street. Best of luck! I would try to seek out a big firm, work in their treasury department (raising capital) for a few years and seek to get an MBA from a top 10 school, if IB is really what you want to do.
I'd advise a total revision. Review some samples and consider your skills and accomplishments. I am happy to help if you'd like assistance.
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would be helpful if i spelled "litter" correctly in my comments.
This needs more details on your professional experience. (What kind of e-business, what your duties were, what you learned, etc.)