<p>I'm a first year Finance major at UT Austin, and I'm looking to find an internship. While you may say that it is a bit early, I absolutely would like an opportunity to at least get my foot in the door earlier than my competitors. Anyway, while it may be a bit shallow, can anyone critique my resume (I have already distributed it to around 10 individuals from their respective comapnies). </p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I don't think your "current GPA of 4.0" for fall 2006 means anything at all. Grades haven't even been finalized, so who cares?</p>
<p>You don't have a 4.0 on your transcript...</p>
<p>I don't like the travel and hobbies sections either. Get rid of them.</p>
<p>I actually have a gpa of 4.0 because of summer classes i took before school started. And as of right now I have an A in all classes as well. As for travel and hobbies, I'll get rid of them as well. Thanks for the advice though.</p>
<p>Maybe just clean it up with GPA: 4.0</p>
<p>instead of what you have. </p>
<p>overall, you have a lot of good things going for you, I would just look at ways to make it look a little more professional.</p>
<p>I just got a great book for resume help.</p>
<p>It's called "resumes that knocke 'em dead" - it's written by Martin Yate.</p>
<p>He also has one for cover letters. There is a lot of good information in them.</p>
<p>I'll definitely look into that. Thanks for the suggestion.</p>
<p>McCombs... very good. This is one of the schools that The Lehmans/Merrills will actually go to for recruiting. Some suggestions: Fix the layout--the headings bunched up at the left limits what you can put on one page and gives the illusion that you don't have much content, which you do. Also, about the webdesign part, you can leave out "HTML." I am a professional webdesigner, and when I put that on my résumé, I leave out PHP or HTML page. Someone in HR or Product Development or IT at the firm may glance at it and say, well "everyone" knows html. Just leave that out. </p>
<p>If you are a freshman right now in college, then at this point, before sophomore year, it is safe to put high school achievements at the bottom like a scholarship, NHS, National Merit, Presidential Scholarships, school prizes, et cetera.</p>
<p>Major in Finance can be more specific. Banks want to know, that you know where you are headed. So, Concentration in Finance: (subcategory). As of Fall 2006 can be "Fall 2006 Transcript.")</p>
<p>I would also convert this word document into Adobe PDF to smooth out the edges and make it more professional (aesthetics wise).</p>
<p>Good luck, and just remember to save the real estate (space) to tack on your achievements.</p>
<p>Format is good, though many of the comments on format sound good to me. Try and get a good open format and then dont fret.</p>
<p>One comment I would make is to add more about your specific classes etc at UT, the experience stuff is good, . BUt my general view would be --nice- but your 'real job' is school classes, etc.</p>
<p>pretty good resume man. Especially since you don't have much experience, its good that you highlighted your skills/stuff you did in school. You should add in your SAT score on your education in highschool if you did well (some investment banks want that)</p>
<p>also, i think that hobbies portion is not wasted space. it only takes up one line and can strike up a topic with your interviewer. For example, i listed paintball as a hobby and it turns out that my interviewer played, we spent about 10 mniutes shooting the shizz about paintball.</p>
<p>disagreed about hobbies. not professional at all.</p>
<p>That's a grey area.. interests wise. If you played varsity football, you may spend an hour with the recruiter talking about college ball. Same thing with basketball. Interests.. well, that should be covered in the interview. They are a minute portion of the interview anyway. I know it's hard to delete things, but interests unless traveling, finance... should be left out, if not altogether.</p>
<p>actually i have this huge pdf file with 300 wharton resumes and most of them have a one line hobby/interest section...</p>
<p>I see, I've seen those lines in Kelley resumes and some Johnson ones. Hmm, I guess 1 line is okay if it's not "basket weaving."</p>