Are you someone who is interested in a career upgrade from banking to fintech? Or a fresh graduate or associate that may want a career path change? Don’t worry we got you covered! Fintech is an absolute job-in-demand for now and in the future. As one of the fastest-growing industries, the fintech industry is for tech savvy and finance enthusiasts who want to work with newer technologies.
Why consider a job in Fintech?
Fintech hires people with a wide range of expertise, from institutional bankers to creative marketers. The fact that you’re a problem-solver is crucial. If you are, a job in fintech can provide you with limitless challenges. While the financial services industry has made significant progress in remoulding the world’s financial infrastructure, empowering consumers, and allowing businesses to thrive, there is still much more to be done. Our imagination is the only limit. To help you on your job search, Below are 3 top tips to write an awesome fintech resume:
3 Top Tips to Write an Awesome Fintech Resume
1. Be Specific in your dream job
It is best to write an introductory summary of your career motivation on the top of your resume to tell the employer why you want this position. As you know, fintech jobs are broad and it is best to narrow it down to your passion and advantageous skills to set your professional qualities apart from the competition. The job areas are divided into two: Finance and technology. Having any work or project experience that may support your job position decision is vital. In the finance industry, we have: business and financial analyst, compliance expert, account executive and financial manager. In the technology industry, we have: quality assurance and control, product/project manager, data scientist/analyst, blockchain/web/app developer and fintech analysts.
2. Skills that organizations are looking for
It is utmost important to write down your hard and soft skills on the top or side of your resume. Fintech jobs are all about finding people with an Intrepreneurship mindset. Hard skills such as Financial Fundamentals and Programming, Machine Learning, CryptoCurrency and BlockChain are various skills and qualities that can help you set yourself apart from the competition. Then soft skills, such as good team communication and collaboration, leadership, adaptability, consistency and curiosity are vital in teamwork to achieve the organisational goals.
3. List down only the relevant project and work roles
One thing a recruiter dislikes, is a long written resume with general information about your past work background. If you have loads of finance projects and work experience, keep it a 2-page resume (not 1.5 page). For fresh graduates, keep it only a page for the recruiter to read easily. Your education background is better if it is a degree related to the finance or technology industry (importantly STEM). Just list down all your course finance projects and case studies and extracurricular clubs that you may be the treasurer or director of. Overall, it depends on how many years of experience you’ve got. You can check out these CV Samples to gain inspiration and an overall view of how it might look.
Conclusion
Fintech jobs can be fulfilling as it involves more exciting programming languages and remote working. Even Though you may have years of finance/tech experience or are just getting started in the field, a Certified Fintech Course is a great way to accelerate your fintech learning. CFTE learners gain insights on the latest financial technology news and exchange ideas and experiences with professional fintech experts that provides them with the skills they need to bring value to a potential employer and this fast emerging industry as a whole. You can chat with CFTE’s customer service to guide you on which fintech path is best suited for you. You can check out the CFTE page to find out more about their self-paced flexible courses from Digital Payments to Open Banking and Conversational Artificial Intelligence in Finance. For Singaporean PR and residents, there are loads of subsidies and discounts up to 90% for you to gain, so just reach out to learning@cfte.education to find out more!
