Dear everyoneI am trying to change career path from Bio-tech engineering to pure finance--investment//asset management. I have been applying for last 3 months and no luck yet. I had interview with UBS for a financial advisor but it didn' t work out. This is just a sales job and the turnover rate is 85%. I want to get something like financial analyst and work my way up to asset portfolio manager. Is that a right path?

However, I am having a lot of hard time switching from Engineering to finance since I really don' t have the background. I am not  yet giving up. I am trying to get a certificate in finance with UC Berkeley as my short term plan since MBA in finance takes longer to finish. I graduated from UC Davis last year with a bio-chemical engineering degree but it only turned out that I don' t like it.

I have another short term plan which it is transforming my engineering background resume into a business looking resume. I think it really depends on how I write but I haven' t done a good job obviously. That is why I don' t get many replies.

Do you guys recommend the resume writing service with Monster? It is about 200 bucks a piece and I think it is a little pricey. Don' t you think?

Let me expose my resume and see what do you guys think?

Dear HR   I am a hard working,responsible, innovative and well-rounded person. I have worked in BeckmanCoulter as tech support engineer for a year and gained great analytical,customer experience and marketing skills. I' m very interested in changing careerinto finance as I’m seeing more potential in finance. I will try to get a MBAin finance by taking night/weekend classes. I am always opened to be trainedfor new things and willing to work hard and long hours. Moreover, I' m businessfluent in English and Chinese, Mandarin and Cantonese. I am citizen of the United States. Thank you.

This is my cover letter but it needs more work to state why I want to change career from engineering to finance now. Moreover, I need to state how passionate I am about finance--investment mainly. I hope you guys can throw me a few lines to make a remarkable changes to my cover letter.

OBJECTIVES : To acquire a financial analyst positionin which will enable me to utilize a full spectrum of my skills, a wide varietyof analytical skills, customer services, sales and languages, as well as toallow me to grow more professionally in the financial industry.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Bio-Chemical Engineering, University of California Davis 2006.

EXPERIENCE: Technical Support Engineer (2006 to present) ************* Inc. - Palo Alto, CA

• Prepare financial analysis report/chart of after-sales-cost-analysis for parts usage and instrument replacements.
• Prepare Excel presentation charts on top technical issues by searching multiple databases tracing back 5 to 10 years.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentation for instruments' training classes.
• Organizes and monitor field evaluations of current and new products for customer acceptance and validation; team with engineering and other departments to troubleshoot instrument problems.
• Determine the need for product design improvements and methods to implement; assesses the impact of projects on after-sale costs in order to compete with competitors' products.
• Successfully identified the cause of leak problems along the refrigeration line and implemented changes on the designs of the refrigeration line in order to save company' s money.
• Provided instant translation for tele-conference with China and provide training classes in Chinese(as well as English in Palo Alto) to field service engineer in China(as well as Palo Alto).
• Initiates, designs, develops and implements complex product improvements and changes where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors.
• Participates in product definition and specification development; and develops and monitors test protocols to access feasibility of product modifications; and prepares service documents.
• Demonstrate excellent team work, organizing and leadership experiences/skills on solving technical issues. Interact with different departments in order to solve technical problems.

Accounting Assistant (1999 to 2000) Housing development Inc.San Francisco, CA

• Making Payroll datasheet by using Excel.
• Data entry into the tenants' database.