#ResumeReview #QuantFinance #ProAthlete
Hey there, fellow professionals! 🌟
Have you ever transitioned from being a pro athlete to diving into the world of quant finance? It’s quite the journey, right? 🏆💼
If you’re in the same boat as me, I’d really appreciate it if you could take a look at my resume and provide some feedback. I’ve attached it here for you to review. 📝
I was an athlete in university and decided to pursue a professional career in sports before making the shift into quant finance. It’s been a challenging yet rewarding experience, but now I need some help fine-tuning my resume for the finance world.
So, what do you think? Any tips or advice on how I can optimize my resume for a career in quant research? I’m all ears for any suggestions you may have!
Thanks in advance for your help, and I’m looking forward to learning from your expertise. Let’s support and uplift each other in this exciting journey! 💪📈
[Resume Attached]
Cheers,
[Your Name]
Well that’s pretty cool. Can’t give any advice from across the pond really but GL.
Looks sick!
What sport & team did you play for?
Am not a quant but have worked with many and also US based. Most quants I know have PhDs and are research paper authors. Honestly seems like a pretty good resume but might take some time getting to specifically quant research.
On a side note, would continue to stay with water polo. Super strong way to network in the US at least. Look for clubs with a bit of prestige (similar to the Olympic club and NYAC club here). Played 2MD in university. Goalies always scared the hell outta me 🫡
Do you have some quant related projects or a github?
beautiful, thank you, can we get more samples please
not sure how relevant is including your sport achievements into a CV which is targeted to Quantitative Trading.
Hello fellow water polo player, never went pro but I salute you. I miss playing
This is the resume of a mechanical engineer not a quant. If applying for a quant then, you’d need to demonstrate that you know lots of math and stats, including ODEs/PDEs, stochastic calculus, numerical methods, probability theory, and more. Also, your resume needs to show some interest in finance at the least.
Don’t put, in your resume, stuff that is not relevant to the job you’re applying for (eg. hobbies or spoken languages).
“With Tensorflow, OpenCV, and python” capitalize Python
Even though I’m a fellow French, I’ll continue in english.
I would recommend removing the “classe prépa” line from your resume, as it may not be meaningful to your future employer. Instead, you can use that space to make your resume easier to read. Initially, no one will read your resume line by line, so clarity is crucial to encourage the reader to delve deeper.
I’ll offer just one piece of advice, because you seem to know how to be clear and concise (and you’re using LaTeX!): don’t hesitate to tailor your resume to the specific job you’re applying for. I’ve seen many resumes that fail to convey why a candidate would be a good fit for a particular role.
For example, you mentioned using Monte Carlo methods for valuing complex derivatives. If you’re aiming to work in interest rates (IR), specify which IR complex derivatives you’ve worked on. Did you handle Bermudan Swaptions using the Longstaff-Schwartz method? Which adjoints did you use for computing sensitivities, or did you employ plain bump and revaluation?
Good luck with your job search, and don’t hesitate to leverage your school network; it’s very powerful in France.
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