Help me with my resume for analyst job and what is another skill i should add?

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Objective			  

Economics graduate seeking an analyst position to apply strong quantitative skills, econometric techniques, and research experience in market trends and price forecasting to support data-driven trading strategies and market analysis. 

 

Education			 

 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

MSc in Agricultural and Consumer Economics					          	         	      Expected May 2026 

Focus: Applied Time Series Econometrics 

 

B.S. in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics							        May 2024 

Minor in Statistics; GPA: 3.57/4.00 

Coursework: Econometrics (ECON 471), Economic Forecasting (ECON 475), Time Series (ECON 491), Applied Machine Learning (ECON 491), Linear Algebra (MATH 257), Statistics and Probability (STAT 400, 410) 

 

Relevant Experience											 

 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Agricultural & Consumer Economics 

Research Assistant: 										         	         Fall 2024 

Conduct price analysis and study commodity futures markets under Dr. Maria Teresa Serra Devesa. 

Utilize advanced econometric models to analyze market data and forecast price movements. 

 

Quantitative Research Experience										 

 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics 

Research Assistant: Enhancing Counterfactual Analysis with Factor Models	    			    Spring 2024 

Translated complex theories and Matlab code to Python and R based on Fan, Masini, and Medeiros (2021). 

Led a team of 8, managing project timelines, testing methodologies, and comprehensive documentation. 

Research Assistant: Predictive Modeling of Ames Iowa Housing Prices                   			         Fall 2023 

Applied Random Forest and Lasso regression techniques to predict housing prices, achieving an R-Squared of 0.92. 

Won the best model in a class competition and shared findings on Kaggle, garnering feedback from the data science community. 

Research Assistant: Fast Food Sales Predictions                 						         Fall 2023 

Implemented a Random Forest algorithm to address missing data in a simulated fast-food sales dataset, achieving 98% prediction accuracy. 

Developed a robust strategy to train the model and predict missing values, ensuring high accuracy and reliability. 

 

Professional Experience											 

 

Office of Alderperson Maria Hadden 							       	             	      Chicago, IL 
Constituent Services Intern							     		      	     Spring 2022 

Resolved constituent issues related to mail, unemployment, worker’s compensation, and taxes. 

Organized 10 community events, effectively greeting and guiding over 25 constituents daily. 

 

Weiss Hospital									       		     	     Chicago, IL 
Emergency Medical Technician Instructor					       		 Summers 2018 - 2021  

Trained over 300 students in EMT-Basic, emphasizing real-world scenarios and team exercises. 

Developed and implemented training scenarios for classes of 30 students, enhancing training effectiveness. 

 

Skills													 
 

Programing languages: Python, R (Advanced)