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30 September 2009

eFinancialCareers Singapore

You know the drill by now. Read this resume and write your comments at the bottom.

This guy is currently working as an accountant and wants to move back into equity research. Does he stand much of a chance in the current market?

EDUCATION

Major university in California
BS Management Science Concentration: Economics & Finance (2006)

Chartered Financial Analyst examination
Level II Candidate (2008)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Big four accounting firm, Macau (Dec 2008 – present)
Staff Accountant

• Analyze & calculate U.S. tax return for wealthy individuals.
• Write & suggest different approach to minimize clients’ tax liability.
• Analyze & update the team members on new U.S.& Hong Kong tax issues.

Niche asset management firm, Hong Kong (Feb 2008 – June 2008)
Research Assistant

• Wrote & modeled company analysis for investment team, such as mining company in Australia.
• Sourced and analyzed investment opportunities in Asia small cap.
• Attended strategic decision meetings with capital partners’ current/future investment.

Another boutique asset management firm, Hong Kong (May 2007 – Feb 2008)
Research Assistant – green energy

• Built & maintained financial model including forecast for green energy related company, such as wind turbine manufacturer, water & water treatment companies in Asia.
• Conducted both quantitative and qualitative analysis, including statistical interpretation, such as drawdown analysis, portfolio attribution report and pair trade strategy.
• Updated & examined PowerPoint presentation for the marketing team.

Financial planner, California (April 2006 – July 2006)
Equity Research Internship – Technology
• Participated in selection of companies to raise $2-$5 million through private investments & PIPE.
• Analyzed financial models and statistical models, such as DCF, NPV, and IRR analysis.

Comments (10)

Honestly I would not encourage him to go after another role for the next 12 - 18 months.

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Comments (10)

  • yes, i think he does but only when the market is hot again...

    Faranqureshi 30 Sep 2009

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  • No, he keeps on moving jobs every couple of months - why should anybody take the risk to employ him if he leaves shortly after? And with the gaps in time on the CV it looks more like he was fired and had to spend some time looking for a new job rather than having something already lined up! Seems like he doesn't really know what he wants to do...

    A NON 01 Oct 2009

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  • Why not just apply and see what happen?

    SJ 01 Oct 2009

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  • no example. not specific, not measurable, not accurate, not realistic without facts in specific terms, not talking in time-bounded manner.

    roy_siu 01 Oct 2009

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  • seems to do a lot of "analysing", but achieves little in quantifiable terms.  He has never remained in the same job for a whole year....

    George 01 Oct 2009

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  • well to some extent the technical skills doesn't support the current market trend.

    Aasif 01 Oct 2009

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  • Does sounds a bit doubtful....seems to be able to do quite a lot in short tenure. Looks like a job hopper to me. Should just stay on this current job for a yr or 2.

    Contented 01 Oct 2009

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  • 1) job hopper
    2) no indication on reason/s for leaving
    3) no achievement indicated for each job

    YCKOooo 02 Oct 2009

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  • Quite honestly.  Nothing really wrong,  it is just the fact that probably you need to write some personal soft skills that you have compare to others.  Let's not focus on what happened in the past with past jobs.  Every one had bad experiences before.  Try to focus on soft skills.  I would assume, you are trying to get into some large large firms?  Get to know your agent or some ppl already in the firm.  Beef up your CV, make sure they want to inverview with you.  Take notes on your unsucessful attempts on interview.  When the right time comes, you will score a good job.

    MZ 02 Oct 2009

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  • Reviewing the resume I thought the he holds the longest employment with this firm for role that he seem comfortable with.  Honestly I would not encourage him to go after another role for the next 12 - 18 months.  The mentioned of the big 4 in his resume will boost his chance of securing an interview when he reflects longer period of employment.  This will remove the potential employer thought of job hopping.  If this guy is looking to advance his career to pursue a fairly senior role, he needs to elaborate more on his role & achivements to convince employer he is capable of living up to the tasked responsiblities....

    emoke05 02 Oct 2009

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