HELP: Resume correction/problem help *CONDUNDRUM*

[yankeesfan]

I interned at a bank last summer and I would like to do the same this year. They asked for a updated resume and I provided one. However, I realized just this minute, after looking online, that there is a slight difference between "summer analyst" (for undergrads like me) and "summer associate" (for mbas, post grads). The entry level full time position is analyst and the next position up is associate. It should have been obvious to me that there is a difference. I put the wrong title on my position on the resume that I sent out to them. They may also be under the impression that I am distributing this resume out to other firms.

So, while this firm knows that I did not serve in the capacity of summer associate, they may think that I am misrepresenting myself.

What do I do? (I have a decent relationship with the guys at this firm)

 

[Matthiasa]

Contact them so that they can fix it?

 

[masterxfob]

Contact them so that they can fix it?

that's too straight forward and easy. he wants a much more difficult solution to his problem.

 

[yankeesfan]

that's too straight forward and easy. he wants a much more difficult solution to his problem.

I just email them and tell them I made a mistake?

 

[Leros]

Willing to admit you screwed up and taking the effort to rectify the situation is a positive trait which employers should appreciate. Sure beats an employee who just ignores his mistakes and hopes nothing bad happens.

 

[Matthiasa]

I just email them and tell them I made a mistake?

Yes, just make sure it gets to the right person.

 

[yankeesfan]

Yes, just make sure it gets to the right person.

Do I send a new resume or just tell them about the mistake?

 

[Leros]

Do I send a new resume or just tell them about the mistake?

I would say just tell them you have an updated/corrected resume and would appreciate that it replaces the old version you sent in.

 

[pyonir]

CONDUNDRUM

Hope you used spell check on the resume before you sent it in...

 

[yankeesfan]

Do I acknowledge what the error was in the email?

 

[yankeesfan]

Hope you used spell check on the resume before you sent it in...

It is spell checked.

 

[yankeesfan]

I would say just tell them you have an updated/corrected resume and would appreciate that it replaces the old version you sent in.

I did this. I attached the revised resume and wrote the above, basically.

 

[masterxfob]

my god! just contact the hr dept and explain your situation. better yet, point them in the direction of this thread so they can see how poor your decision making skills are...

 

[yankeesfan]

my god! just contact the hr dept and explain your situation. better yet, point them in the direction of this thread so they can see how poor your decision making skills are...

My decision making skills are fine. I would have done what this thread told me to do if left to my own devises. I just got a little nervous after I realized I made this mistake about 15 minutes ago.

 

[JS80]

That's a pretty damn noob thing to do for a banking position...

 

[Leros]

That's a pretty damn noob thing to do for a banking position...

Next thing you'll know he'll add a few extra 0's to something and destroy the bank.

 

[JS80]

Next thing you'll know he'll add a few extra 0's to something and destroy the bank.

lol...

OP contact them ASAP and have it changed before they distribute it around. A-hole bankers will catch it for sure.

 

[yankeesfan]

That's a pretty damn noob thing to do for a banking position...

It's a boutique and I knew all the analysts and associates decently well after last summer. So I'm hoping it's not that big of a mistake.

In my performance review last summer they said that they'd like to have me back. So I'm hoping that this resume is just for their records, anyway.

 

[Leros]

It's a boutique and I knew all the analysts and associates decently well after last summer. So I'm hoping it's not that big of a mistake.

In my performance review last summer they said that they'd like to have me back. So I'm hoping that this resume is just for their records, anyway.

You probably have to go through all the HR bureaucracy for hiring again.

 

[yankeesfan]

You probably have to go through all the HR bureaucracy for hiring again.

You mean like due diligence? To make sure that they cover their liability?

 

[Leros]

You mean like due diligence? To make sure that they cover their liability?

Nah, that's how big companies work. They can't properly rehire you without going through certain processes.

I had to actually fill out another job application and get an offer letter before being rehired to an internship. They even had to do another background check.

Pro-tip: HR people are actually robots incapable of doing things out of the "standard procedure". Its not in their programming.

 

[AreaCode707]

Pro-tip: HR people are actually robots incapable of doing things out of the "standard procedure". Its not in their programming.

Not always true. Often HR people can see the same common sense solutions you can, but they are constrained by legal risk. If they don't follow the letter of the procedure then they can be accused of treating people differently for reason x and open the company up to lawsuits. Blame the lawyers and sue-happy candidates/employees for that one.

 

[Leros]

Not always true. Often HR people can see the same common sense solutions you can, but they are constrained by legal risk. If they don't follow the letter of the procedure then they can be accused of treating people differently for reason x and open the company up to lawsuits. Blame the lawyers and sue-happy candidates/employees for that one.

From my point of view its the same thing. I totally respect the HR people, but gosh it can be annoying sometimes to go through the bureaucracy.

 

[JS80]

From my point of view its the same thing. I totally respect the HR people, but gosh it can be annoying sometimes to go through the bureaucracy.

And in general smaller company HR people are generally more flexible, as you get to bigger companies, they get more bureaucratic.

 

[DaveSimmons]

From watching TV sitcoms I know the only reasonable action is to break into the company late at night, sneak into HR, swap resumes then check the HR computers for an online version.

Hilarity ensues when the panicked night watchman shoots you in the head!

-or-

Hilarity ensues when you knock over a coffee pot and burn the company to the ground!