Resume/CL Revisions
Most people realize the value of an eloquent cover letter and a distinct and compelling resume when pursuing their career goals – in your case, breaking into investment banking. While many understand this importance, few can actually articulate a thorough evaluation of their personal and professional accomplishments and responsibilities.
A successful resume will impress the reviewer through a subtle placement of powerful action language, clearly convey your career progression and accomplishments in an organized manner, and depict your ability to excel in and contribute to each position that you have held. A bad resume will all but guarantee that you never get that shot, and, ultimately, never get the job that you really want and deserve. I’m not promising you an offer with every employer to whom you send your resume, but I am offering you a tool to land more interviews and better opportunities, which should result in more job offers (assuming your interview skills are on par, but that’s another topic). Can you really afford to turn your back on job offers, and hundreds of thousands of dollars, yes hundreds of thousands of dollars, in foregone salaries because you chose to settle for your 2nd, or more realistically, 5th or 9th job choice?
[Do the math – assume in an average banking year (think modest bonuses, instead of huge or zero levels), a 1st year will take down $90k, a 2nd year earns $105k and a 3rd year earns $135k, which totals $330k. Now assume you don’t get the IB job and accept a back office style role in a small shop paying $50k per year – after 3 years, that would be $150k. While $50k per year is definitely a solid salary, the difference between the two is $180k – even if you assume worse numbers in banking, you are still looking at a difference, all in, of about $150k over just 3 years.]
Below is a sample resume I received, before and after revision, for your consideration.
Sample Resume Before Revision
Sample Resume After Revision
I know that times are tight right now, and everyone is trying to cut a few corners and save some cash, which is why when I revamp your resume I am including free checks and tweaks. If you don’t like something, or want to add a few stats, a hobby, change some language, adjust an experience or the like, just send it back, let me know what’s bothering you, and I’ll take care of it – no problem. So rather than dance around the specifics, here is the approach and process when revamping your resume/cover letter.
Specific process:
1. You buy the service through the Paypal link below.
2. You send your current resume and/or cover letter, name, email address and receipt number (if you have it) to me at IBanker@BankonBanking.com.
3. You send any additional attributes, work experiences, responsibilities, education credentials, hobbies, skills, etc, that you want to see in your new resume.
4. I will combine everything given to me, reformat the template on which your resume is built, and then revamp the language, sentence structure, descriptions and overall presentation of your resume.
5. I will send it back to you for review, and then the fun begins – we will now go through it together via a short consultation to discuss your thoughts and opinion and where you’d like to see a few more tweaks and edits, if any.
6. Your resume will be sent back to you with the aforementioned changes, and you are ready to send it out to recruiters, staffers and potential employers. If in the future, or even immediately after receiving it, you decide you want to add something else, or change something, you can ask me to review your changes or have me make the changes (although the former will generally be much quicker – as it will not be placed in the queue for resumes and other future products to be completed).
7. Enjoy! Now start sending it out, and realize your full potential; achieve your goals; break into investment banking…and thrive!
For this all-encompassing resume service, I am still only charging $105, but keep in mind, as the service continues to grow, I may have to adjust the price so that the quality of work isn’t lessened due to the increase in quantity of demand. Additionally, I will offer my cover letter service for just $95. As an added bonus, I will revamp your resume and cover letter as a package for just $175 if purchased at the same time. A resume is often your one shot to impress the people responsible for offering you employment. In this market, you cannot afford to leave things to chance and blindly send out an ineffective resume – you just won’t receive the attention that you will need to break into this business. So dust off your resume, send me an email, and get ready to break into investment banking!
Resume Revision – $105
Cover Letter Revision – $95
Resume PLUS Cover Letter Revision – $175
Hi there,
I would love to get my CV and cover letter reviewed ASAP, can you tel me about your background first?
Sure Ryan, but what exactly would you like to know? Most of my background information is in the “About” section. Regarding my background with resume revisions, I have revised, edited, and reformatted a number of resumes for fellow analysts, associates, and even college friends/fellow alumni/and current students in the past with generally very positive feedback. I have often found that the best resumes are still lacking in a few areas, subtle as it may be, and those subtleties often make the difference between a phone call, and a ding – especially when it comes to semi- and non-target students. If your resume looks close enough to spot on that I don’t feel it would be worth it for you to get a resume revision, I would recommend that you pass on the opportunity. That said, out of the few people who have sent their resumes to me that fell into that category, more than half of them have have asked to do a resume revision anyway, realizing that another person’s perspective and eyes can often correct the few missteps and poor phrasing choices within the resume (and that, to them, is worth the cost of the service). If I am rambling, I apologize, but I am not entirely certain what you were specifically asking. If you have any follow up questions, or are still a bit uncertain, please send an email to me at IBanker@BankonBanking.com and I will be happy to clarify any points for you.
IBanker,
Thank you for all of your help. The resume looks great!
I will definitely refer anyone in need of fixing up their IB resume to you. Your responsiveness and service was second to none.
Thanks again, and I do enjoy reading your website.
Best!
Just a quick question. Not trying to imply that you don’t work in IB, but how can an Analyst at an I-bank possibly have the time to run this website?
I would be more than willing to pay you for the resume services, but am kind of skeptical that an Analyst can devote so much time to his own business…
Thanks
I completely understand your skepticism, but I can honestly tell you that it’s not easy. I haven’t had to work really long hours in several months (besides the occasional late night), so I’ve had more opportunities to keep up with articles, questions, emails, etc. Also, I draft articles while at work on downtime – instead of surfing the web, I am working on an article here and there. In terms of resume revision services, I generally work through the weekend on the resumes and always let the person know how many resumes are in line and how many weekends I expect it will take to complete it (generally about 2). I stand behind my work 100% and can point to numerous purchasers who are very satisfied with the end product. Honestly, it is definitely not easy by any means, and requires sacrifices in terms of going out, relaxing, etc, but it’s something that I truly enjoy and plan to pursue on a greater scale in the future (as the site grows and so forth). Feel free to send me an email if you have any other questions.