REVIEW MY CV: I've spent two months as a prop trader and two months at a hedge fund and really want a long term job

21 March 2011

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REVIEW MY CV: I've spent two months as a prop trader and two months at a hedge fund and really want a long term job

I am applying for sales trading and broking roles for hedge

funds/stockbrokers and banks. I managed to get my first job in finance this May, and am now looking for something a little more permanent. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Personal Statement

I am a bright, young, eager, quick problem solver and analytical individual

with a lot to offer. Sales and Finance drives the world and the global

economy, which encourages my enthusiasm in Sales and Trading.

I have previous experience in Trading Fixed Income, Interest Rates,

Currencies, Commodities and Equity markets, which allow me risk manage and

maintain company and client accounts. I am currently involved in analysing

private business ventures and liaising with very high net worth clients.

Skills

· Risk management through trading company and client accounts.

· Pricing and market making futures, options and other derivatives through

Black Scholes pricing, calendar, butterfly and box spread hedging techniques

on FICC and Equity markets

· Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and other Microsoft endorsed

products.

· Able to write basic MS Excel VBA macros for trading purposes.

· Fluent in Gujarati and Hindi and able to recognise Urdu

· Able to touch type at approximately 70 words per minute.

· Knowledge of MATLab

· Advanced knowledge of Excel VBA and able to create macros and apply

algorithms.

· Quick learner. Required to learn trading theory quickly in order to

successful in a fast paced environment.

· Excellent communication skills after dealing with high net worth clients

and many presentations.

· Able to work under extreme pressure whilst achieving targets.

Work Experience

2 Aug 2010- Hedge fund, Analyst/Trader

Present

· Intern Analyst/Trader for a Hedge Fund in London City

· Initial training on cold calling high net worth clients, closing deals,

market analysis and real time effects on commodity prices.

· Ensuring morning analysis meetings are quick and efficient through

designated research areas per trader.

· Gained knowledge on how commodity prices relating to precious metals and

other commodities are affected through fundamental analysis.

· Market making for clients and ensuring trades are placed at the correct

prices.

· Placing trades on commodities market for company accounts.

· Meeting private venture clients providing investment/capital-raising ideas

for a specific asset class. Involved in presentations and business sales

pitches.

3 May 2010- Prop trading house, Trainee Trader

30 July 2010

· Initial four week training on Financial markets before proceeding onto the

Live Trading floor. Trading with company funds in the fourth week.

· Achieved a 500 profit Trading on European Government Bond Markets in the

last week of training/first week of Trading live funds.

· Studying outright, spread, butterfly and box trading methods with daily

progression examinations.

· Currently trading on European Debt Market, STIR futures and Forex, hedging

trades through calendar, butterfly and box spread techniques.

· Profitable within the first week of Live Trading, which resulted in my

Trading account being upgraded.

· Multitasking on various projects at a time. Concentrating on five computer

screens, listening to Bloomberg, CNBC, Squawk and communicating with other

Traders and clients while Trading.

· Market making for clients through Black Scholes pricing, calendar,

butterfly and box spreads as well as quoting outright markets.

· Creating Excel VBA macros to trade efficiently.

01 March 2008- Construction company, Land Broker

30 April 2010

· Arranging meetings with clients around Britain in order to maintain sales

targets.

· Cold Calling potential clients to sell Land and/or planning permission

applications for existing land owners. Monthly sales targets had to be met.

· Meeting with clients to discuss opportunities about buying and selling

land. Required extensive knowledge of my field in order to tackle questions

from the client. Learnt how to effectively communicate with clients from

different backgrounds and cultures.

· Required to maintain and complete paper work and numerous financial

documents of a sensitive nature. Ensuring the strictest confidence while in

public and ensuring sales targets are met.

· Involved in applying for planning permission on behalf of our customers

and hence working with the council to ensure client is happy with the sale

· Appointed Assistant Site Manager for Construction projects which involved

liaising with Architects, Engineers, Contractors and the Client.

· Won 750k project for Company during the recessionary climate.

Educational Details

University Birmingham, BEng (Hons) in Civil Engineering

2006-2009

Educational Details

A Levels A2 Maths-B, A2 Physics-C, A2 Business Studies-B, AS ICT- C

GCSE 10 GCSE's, including, Mathematics, Sciences, English,

Business Studies, ICT and French (3A's, 6 B's and 1 C)

Referees

Available on request

AUTHORAnonymous

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em
28 March 2011
Forget finance... Its on its last legs, refocus on your degree discipline , much more of a future in that.
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Mario
23 March 2011
..change your CV, totally. personal statement - one sentence in brief what do you want to do and what's your expertise. don't repeat yourself in different paragraphs. get rid of skills, all of them. when you describe work experience, make four points at most for each!! and each point max 2-3 lines, here you can reveal your skills. also, i don't really see what you actually know. i picked up that you can do some macros with excel, and know something about trading. think of what you have, that might benefit employer, find out the position you want, know everything of it.. good luck
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anon
22 March 2011
Insert your comment here (under 1200 characters)...don't put A level results and gcses and not your degree grade.
particularly since your school results aren't impressive.
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mspgrandi
22 March 2011
Love the fact how so many people here like to deride someone else CV for personal satisfaction...
having said that, ur naivety offer them so much opportunity to take the piss of you
First - You are not a trader, yet you can still get into a graduate position in trading at a good investment Bank (know several people that after working for 2-3 years after graduation re-start again as a graduates)
Second - Similarly you can get into a graduate position for a Fund manager as long as you completely review your CV (who cares you talk four indian languages unless you specifically apply for the EM Desk based in Chennai)
Third - Working in an Essex boy sweatshop can still make you decently wealthy, and if as you said, you have turned the corner and have now started making money for the firm and the clients stay put and build on that for at least a year.
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Commissioner
22 March 2011
Have to agree with many comments made above, there is zero chance of you stepping into a decent bank or hedge fund in any role outside the canteen.
For starters, I believe you have a mistaken view of the "markets" side of the industry like 99.99% of folk. Trading is generally less about backing the right horse and more about taking commission on moving stuff around, praying the market doesn't turn against you while youre long on inventory. The Hedge Fund industry is also less about backing the right horse and more about taking commission while you ride a wave that will eventually, inevitably come crashing down, praying that that point is not imminent. There are exceptions to the rule naturally (think Buffett) but my guess is that you, sunshine, ain't one.
You too can get into a commission game, but I fear the less-unethical end of the financial services spectrum is out of the question since you prostituted yourself over the last few years, dreaming of Ferraris.
Try second hand car dealing / estate agency in some horribly part of London. The financial returns are there. Can you imagine Buffett in either role? My guess is he'd have still made billions. Ecclestone did.
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