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3/23/2011 How to Craft the Perfect Equity Analyst… More FINS JOB SITES: TECHNOLOGY FINANCE SALES & MARKETING RESUME SERVICE EMPLOYERS & RECRUITERS (advanced job search) SEARCH: All | Jobs | Articles | Companies Keyword HOME RESEARCH COMPANIES News & Insights: Bull/Bear Report Get The Job Mar 17 2011 CAREER NEWS & ADVICE Morning Coffee Location FIND A GREAT JOB HR Insider | MY DASHBOARD Career Strategies: Sign up! GO Find the Job Connect Log in to FINS Follow us Get the Job Excel at the Job Like How to Craft the Perfect Equity Analyst Resume By Alina Dizik Morning Coffee Newsletter Sign up for the latest in finance career news Equity analysts hold some of the most visible positions in the finance world, so a standout resume needs to reflect their high-profile role. To impress hiring managers, it's important to link the analyst's deep expertise in financial research to highly polished soft skills, say recruiters. Use your resume to help create your brand, suggests Richard Lipstein, a managing director at Boyden Global Executive Search in New York. "You need to create a persona," he says. "Equity analysts are successful because they market themselves successfully." Related: So You Want to Be an Equity Research Analyst... Print Highlight the Sector and Companies You Cover While disclosing specific company names on a resume is taboo for some in finance, an equity analyst's resume should clearly define the scope of his or her previous experience. "Be sure to include your specific sector, industry and companies [when allowable] that you have covered in your work," says John Crant, a career coach and founder of SelfRecruiter.com. Since many candidates' resumes are sorted by sector experience, have this information visible so it can be quickly gleaned from a resume, he advises. He further suggests that you create a short summary at the top of your resume that includes the range of your experience along with specific industry certifications and securities licenses. Quantify Bullet Points Hiring managers are eager to see proof of how you've been able to come up with successful analysis in the past. Create bullet points that include key metrics of past accomplishments and help to solidify your research expertise. "When you write about your achievements, be sure to include numbers and analysis along with the results of your work," Crant says. "Think back to how your work [resulted] in recommendations to buy, hold or sell." 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For example, notes Lipstein, having access to unpublished industry knowledge or reports can fins.com/…/How-to-Craft-a-Winning-Eq… Featured Jobs Telecommunications Account Manager with an ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph to work near Fair Oaks, 1/4 3/23/2011 How to Craft the Perfect Equity Analyst… be a great way to show you're ahead of the game. VA, CSC Fairfax, VA,US Procurement Cost Analyst 2\3, Boeing Mesa, AZ,US Senior Finance Manager Job, Microsoft Corp. Redmond, WA,US Show Long-Term Networks Your ability to maintain long-term independent relationships with company managers or even suppliers outside of the company you're evaluating is important to companies that seek candidates with these types of relationships. While this type of information is not easily conveyed on a resume, companies are eager to see that you can maintain critical relationships that are required for top-notch analysis, says Jenkins. OTC Derivatives / Interest Rate Swaps, Twenty Recruitment Group Nyc, NY,US Jobs of the Week Finance and accounting jobs featured in Find a Great Job → At the bottom of your resume, list any industry accolades you've received and networks or organizations with which you're involved. Also, stress your ability to maintain long-term relationships in your summary section. Demonstrate Your Communications Skills Knowing how to convert highly technical finance information to language that a wide audience can understand is another important part of the job. Demonstrate this on your resume by really editing your written communication and avoiding any industry jargon. Despite the need for quantitative analysis, soft skills are a large part of the job, and recruiters really pay attention to how a resume is written. Be sure you've reviewed it several times to avoid any misspelled words or grammatical errors. Convey Continuity in Research Equity analysts need to make sure their resumes stress the continuity in their experience without "gaps in [producing] research or analysis," says Jenkins. "The more gaps we see in analysis [the more it] portrays a sense that the analyst has been wrong more than right." Instead, advises Lipstein, highlight achievements and successes in chronological order but keep the resume to no more than two pages, and, ideally, to one page. "This would allow us to inquire as to their thoughts not only when they are correct in their assumptions but also determine their thought process when their call went a different direction," Jenkins points out. --As you write your resume, make sure it's more driven toward accomplishments rather than different responsibilities you've had at your job. Lipstein suggests avoiding any explanations of the actual roles you were in at previous employers. "What one does in equity research is not that much different from" one role to the next, he says. Write to Alina Dizik Related: So You Want to Be an Equity Research Analyst... Article Comments Showing 0 comments Sort by Popular now 6 Subscribe by email Subscribe by RSS Real-time updating is paused. (Resume) Add New Comment fins.com/…/How-to-Craft-a-Winning-Eq… 2/4 3/23/2011 How to Craft the Perfect Equity Analyst… Reactions JobJuice 5 days ago From Twitter How to Craft the Perfect Equity Analyst #Resume via Fins.com http://ow.ly/4gBXO #finance #ibanking #cv Trackback URL http://disqus.com/forums/fins/how_to_craft_the_perfect_equity_analyst_resume_finance_and_accounting_jobs_news_and_advice/trackback/ We welcome your thoughtful comments on our new commenting tool, Disqus. Learn more about how Disqus collects and uses information in connection with the comments tool and about our commenting guidelines. Play the new finance career game from FINS! 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