The reason why you shouldn’t just say you are “passionate” is:
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Every clueless zero experience kid says it, and it is a huge cliche.
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You don’t know what you are talking about, since you have never actually worked in those finance jobs you talked about.
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You have little to nothing to show for it. Have you spent every waking moment learning about markets? No - otherwise you would know more. Have you worked harder than anyone else for years to realize your career dream? No - your grades are bad and you have no real accomplishments.
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It’s perceived as a filler when you have nothing substantive to say.
So, it is not really my intention to be mean or anything like that. It’s just that the one word just kicked your resume into the garbage.
My suggestion that I tell all ops people who want to break out: before you even think of moving, you have to be the best ops person in the company. People do move to front office roles, but everyone wants those jobs and only a few will ever be chosen. The ones who get chosen are usually just the most hardworking, smartest, and best people who have impressed the people they work for. If every single person you work with says, “you know, this guy is the best guy I have worked with and he really could be doing something else”, THEN you have a chance. Otherwise, no amount of coffee meetings or resume spamming is likely to work. It takes a long time to build this reputation, but there is really no easy way here. Other people are simply years ahead of you in work and knowledge.
