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More on the point of numbers. It’s much more believable and tells a story if you have quantitative values for each bullet. For example: “managed a portfolio of over 30 clients totaling $60 million in revenue generation during the first 2 years as AE” sounds way better than managed a portfolio of clients
Capture skills in bullet points that say what their contribution to the job was
If you want something at the bottom go for a “interests” line, which can add some personality
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This person is not qualified for the job, that’s why they are not being hired. They hopped around many lower level retail banking jobs. It seems like they landed something maybe more professional at Morgan Stanley, but they have only been there for 8 months. Plus I didn’t see any education unless I missed something.
They need more professional experience and ideally a degree.
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Maybe it’s the way it reads. It really comes off as someone who has just done a lot of low level retail jobs at a bank.
Simple changes IMO: education up top, as it’s the biggest accomplishment so far from what I’ve seen. Then drastically cut down on the jobs listed. I don’t need to know that you were a teller at a bank. I need to know you were a business analyst at Morgan Stanley. Maybe one other job just to show continuity of experience during school. Slash the summary. This should get you down to one page. If not, then slash the skills section.
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- Make it 1 page (can easily condense the formatting)
- Bullet points should feature impact, not just responsibilities
- Bin the whole ‘skills’ part which displays skills like team player etc. Non-value add that everyone has. If you want a skills section, focus it on eg Agile methodology, SQL, Design Thinking, …
Tbh not the worst CV and Ive seen far worse get in to consulting. Is the person simply not getting interviews?
My view on this is that he doesn't display the necessary skills or experience to be a business analyst. At least not an SDLC BA. If he wants to get into tech, he needs to beef up his understanding and knowledge there. Take a boot camp, do some different LinkedIn learning classes, get some agile certs. That would help boost. But given his experience on here, nothing boosts him into that type of role. He could come on as an entry level role, but that means training and development to just do the basics of the job. It's possible, but honestly, a lot of PMs don't want to waste time on training low level staff to do this type of work. Instead they want already experienced staff to maximize their client value and minimize risk to delivery.
Bullet points should be impact, not a job description
Plz fix
Not a single piece of quantified impact in the whole resume.
100%- find ways to quantify success.
- Too little experience for 2 pages, 1-pager is a must in this case
- The summary has no value here; I'd say neither do the skills. If the rest of the experience section is well written, the skills will be transparent
- Bullet point should reflect impact at his jobs, not mere description of duties. Focus on impact words and numbers/percentages, something objective that easily demonstrates impact
- References available footer is pointless, of course they're available upon request
- Missing education, licenses and certifications altogether. If he has none, he should get started on something (if feasible for him, ofc)
- The job hopping will frankly not help, it's not well regarded in any sector
- Is he looking for something specific? The CV does not seem tailored to any specific job. CV should always match the job the person wants
Honestly, your friend needs proper experience and education in the desired field. Certifications are a great way to go to show interest in a field that are not as time consuming or expensive as higher education. Best of luck!
Job hopping could be alleviated if there was shown to be progression in responsibilities in the same industry scope regardless of switching.
Take out ‘excellence’ and ‘administrative’ from the summary statement to start 👍
How can you read that???
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Make it look like these: https://careerservices.upenn.edu/preparing-effective-resumes/undergraduates-student-resume-samples/
Too much white space
Too many pages
Too job hoppy
No education?
Education got cut off. 4 year bachelors degree
Spacing needs to be fixed - looks like they’re trying to make their resume go onto 2 pages with spacing for no reason
Honestly, they need to stick with banking if they want more useful experience. Unless they have an MBA or CPA, unsure what type of low level consulting gig they are looking for. The experience just isn’t there and they hopped around a lot. Not a fit imo.
Not necessarily. But there isnt anything in there that shows expertise. Fine to switch jobs but as a hiring manager, I wouldn’t invest in them seeing they will bounce vs riding the waves of consulting (busy days vs slow days vs multiple clients). Doesn’t help they are so early in their career and bounced after 1-2 years each job.
Consulting is, above all, a role about communicating important information clearly and succintly.
Your friend has demonstrated by this résumé that he does not yet have this skill, therefore consulting firms are not interviewing him.
Honestly people get hired off LinkedIn more than cold submission of resume. Network !
1. Fix the LinkedIn profile.
2. Also look for existing profiles that moved from banking to consulting . Make your profile look visually more like them with the same keywords etc .
3. Also just reach out to existing consultants on LinkedIn through LinkedIn and ask for referral direct. Best bet would be consultants who made a similar move from JP to firm of choice
JP is short for what Morgan Stanley used to be called J P Morgan . Look for anyone from your current firm or previous firm or university who might feel interested enough to talk to you
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Get an MBA
Bullets are too vague and do not specify results for what was actually accomplished. Needs formatting, should not be two pages. Don't need to know every job if not applicable to the role that is being applied to. More important to show the education and the applicable role and clear, result-focused bullets.
If I have 15 YoE and can fit my resume on one page. Your friend has to streamline this to 1 page and focus on quantifiable outcomes/successes/etc. instead of a list of pure role responsibilities.
Need quantifiable action statements, also the length of time at jobs is a major red flag - they should try sticking it out for a year so it doesn’t seem like they’re an opportunistic job hopper, 5 months at one and they’re already trying to leave within 8 months
Resume should help support why a company should invest in training and building someone up to have a career - cost of recruiting is way higher when it’s clear you have to train someone else
Personally, I don't see this as misrepresentation. I'm a relatively intelligent individual. I can figure out usually from the resume what is contract or not. And if not, then will pull out in interview. I think there is generally a stigma in industry about contract vs perm. But I personally don't care. People contract for tons of reasons and so long as I think there are looking for a permanent place to develop and grow, then I'm good with that.
All that said, he could note that he was a contractor. But the danger in that is that he opens the door for that anti-contractor stigma. So it's a bit of a damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario
Edit: they do have a degree, 4 year bachelors degree in government with a minor in prelaw. Sorry it got cut off.
Definitely improve the summary, only one page, eliminate teller position, reduce bullets of less recent or impactful positions. I agree education in this case should go up top. Focus on action verbs. I recommend looking at Wong Consulting videos on TikTok and Instagram. Lots of great insights for people wanting to be in consulting or starting jobs. I also recommend finding smaller firms (small business set asides and veteran owned) and getting the foot in the door there to get the experience to work in bigger firms. These firms are more willing to take young people wanting to learn. Find ways to engage with actual employees- request informational interviews at these smaller places with existing employees or hiring managers.