Guyu (Lucy) Chen
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Tel: +1-647-***-**** E-mail: ********.****@****.********.**
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
• Excellent verbal and written English communicative and interpersonal skills developed by team-based
volunteer at Student Union
• Strong organizational skills cultivated by prioritizing various tasks during an internship at a Shanghai bank
• Strong quantitative skills and critical thinking analysis improved by various academic projects at University
• Computer skills: Microsoft Office (Advanced Excel), R, SAS, ITSM
EDUCATION
Honors Bachelor of Science University of Toronto, St. George Sept. 2009 - Jun. 2013
Mathematical Applications in Economics and Finance Specialist + Psychology Minor
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Bond Prices and Credit Spread Report, Mathematical Theory of Finance Jan.- Apr. 2013
• Followed 5 Canada Bonds with different maturity terms for two consecutive weeks
• Employed Excel to produce yield rates for and up to five years and presented results by graphs
• Generated a credit spread report using credit transition probability for ten years given a company with certain
credit state
“How Persuasive is the Appleʼs Appeal?”, Social Psychology: Attitudes
November 2012
Identified different kinds of persuasive techniques in Appleʼs advertisements on iPad mini
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• Critically analyzed the effectiveness as well as the weaknesses of the advertising strategies
• Proposed original solutions to correct and improve weak techniques, discovering potential and lost target
customers
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summer Intern, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank July 2011
• Performed data management of clients' monthly bank statements
• Investigated characteristics of mutual funds in Chinese financial market with colleagues
• Developed good organizational skills by dealing with various office tasks
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Orientation Volunteer, University of Toronto Student Union September 2012
• Set up 400 tables with team members and guided frosh students on the Club Day
• Served Water Station for the Parade with co-leaders
• Organized a 4-hour outdoor concert for over 2,000 frosh students with team members
Community Volunteer, Learning Enrichment Foundation, Koffler Centre February 2010
• Taught local children (3-5 years old) to read and spent quality time with them
• Developed new and healthy food recipes for the Food Department
• Received recognition certificate from the Learning Enrichment Foundation, Koffler Centre
ADDITIONAL SKILLS & INTERESTS
• Languages: Mandarin Chinese (native), Shanghai Dialect (native), English (fluent), French (beginner)
• Hockey, basketball, badminton, traveling