Posting on the resume

CFA General
#1

I’ve used the search function, but couldn’t find what I was looking for. Do you think it is okay to have the following on your resume: 2007-2008 Chartered Financial Analyst Institute - Level II Candidate (June 2008), awaiting results - Completed Level I (June 2007) Thank you in advance for any assistance

#2

Do you really need to indicate you completed Level 1? Sorta implied by your L2 candidacy (and most employers assume you finished L1 within the past 1-2 years).

#3
  • CFA Level II Candidate (June 2008), awaiting results Unless you are trying to fill space, but that’s just silly.
#4

I have never heard of anyone calling the CFA Institute the “Chartered Financial Analyst Institute,” including the CFAI themselves.

#5

this is trivial stuff.

#6

I hear you Farley. I was unsure of that too. The thing is I don’t think anyone would know what the CFAI is if I used that as a heading. I guess CFA Institute would work. I agree this is trivial stuff, but so is 90% of the ethics that make me ask this question in the first place… Thanks for the input.

#7

Why is Steve Yzerman doing the CFA program? What are you, Happy Gilmore? “I’m a hockey player but I’ll be taking the CFA today”…

#8

bored in retirement

#9

Do you put it in the education section? or something else like extracurricular activities? Im not really looking for any jobs now (not like i would get one in this market) but i would be interested in knowing where i would place candidacy on a resume.

#10

break it out into a Certifications section

#11

agree with XSellSide

#12

Yeah, but its not a certification. and im with you jimjohn, xsellside is right, but i just wanted to know where i would put it. In the education section? Thats the one thing that to this day still has me puzzled. I can say im attempting to obtain the charter through the CFA Institute, but the CFAI isnt a school. BUT there are MBA programs that incorporate the CFA Material onto their curriculum which leads me to believe that CFA>MBA. Im so confused =(

#13

Do you need to waste 3~5 lines for something as simple as “Chartered Financial Analyst Program Level 2 candidate”? If so, you need to write more about your working experience.