Many finance resumes still list "Refinitiv Eikon" in the tools section. The problem: that product no longer exists under that name. LSEG withdrew it from its range at the end of June 2025 and replaced it with LSEG Workspace. A recruiter in a trading room, an asset manager or a research team knows this, and the wording you choose already shows whether you have really used the platform. Here is how to present this skill accurately, where to place it and how to defend it in an interview.
Why Refinitiv Eikon matters to finance recruiters
Refinitiv is the former name of the market data provider now part of the LSEG group (London Stock Exchange Group). Its platform, Eikon, was used to look up prices, news, financial data, analyst estimates and company information, with an Excel add-in widely used to pull that data into models. On its product page, LSEG states that Eikon was withdrawn from its product line on 30 June 2025 🔗 and that its next-generation workflow solution is Workspace, launched in 2020.
In practice, what should a candidate keep in mind?
- The name to write on a resume in 2026 is "LSEG Workspace", optionally followed by "(formerly Refinitiv Eikon)" if you used the earlier version. Writing only "Eikon" suggests an outdated skill, or a line copied from an old resume template.
- The uses remain the same: searching market and fundamental data, following news, comparable companies, price histories, exports to Excel.
- The weight depends on the job. The tool matters mostly in asset management, financial analysis, research, trading rooms, investor relations and some risk or treasury teams. In audit, accounting or management control it carries very little weight: insist on Excel instead (see our essential Excel skills for finance).
For a recruiter, the line answers a practical question: "Will we need to train this person on the data tool in their first week?" A candidate who already knows how to retrieve an adjusted price history, a consensus or a list of comparable companies saves the team time.
📊 Good to know: Eikon and Bloomberg meet the same need, with different working habits. If you master one, you can say so without claiming to know the other. Our article on Bloomberg on a finance resume follows the same logic of levels.
Telling the levels apart: awareness, practice, expertise
Precision beats inflation. A recruiter who reads the name of a data terminal will almost always ask a verification question. Here is a simple grid to place your level honestly.
| Level | What you can do | How to write it | |---|---|---| | Awareness | You attended a training or a demonstration: searching for a company, reading a profile page, viewing a chart | "LSEG Workspace: awareness (university training)" | | Practice | You use it regularly to extract prices, financial statements and estimates and feed an Excel model | "LSEG Workspace (formerly Eikon): extraction of market data and comparables into Excel" | | Expertise | You build screening lists and dashboards, automate extractions and train others | "LSEG Workspace: design of screens and automated reports for [scope]" |
The access trap
These platforms are paid licences. Many students only access them through their school's library or trading room, and many schools moved from Eikon to Workspace in 2025. If you worked on the old version during a course or an internship, write it as it was: "formerly Eikon" is accurate, and it shows that you follow how tools evolve. If you only saw a demonstration, stay at the "awareness" level.
Where to place it on the resume
In the skills or tools section: a short line with the current name, the level and the context of use.
Tools: Advanced Excel (pivot tables, Power Query), LSEG Workspace (formerly Eikon), Bloomberg (awareness)
In an experience: this is where you are believed. A listed skill is declared; an achievement is proven. Mention the tool inside an achievement line, not only in the list.
In your education: if your master's includes a trading room module, mention it in the programme description. It is a good way to show supervised practice.
In a project: a research paper, a valuation or a mock portfolio follow-up can legitimately name the data tool you used.
Avoid putting it in your summary, unless the job posting is explicitly oriented to markets or research (see our guide to the finance resume summary).
Example wording with measurable results
The models below must be adapted with your real facts. Do not invent any figure: if you cannot defend it in an interview, do not write it. A measurable result is not necessarily a percentage: a deadline, a scope or a volume is enough.
Asset management
- Before: "Used Eikon for research."
- After: "Extracted financial statements and consensus estimates for a universe of listed companies through LSEG Workspace (formerly Eikon) to feed the team's weekly tracking grid."
Financial analysis and valuation
- Before: "Knowledge of Refinitiv."
- After: "Built a sample of comparable companies by sector and size in LSEG Workspace, then imported the multiples into an Excel valuation model for the investment committee."
Trading room
- Before: "Followed markets on Eikon."
- After: "Daily monitoring of prices, news and yield curves in LSEG Workspace to prepare the morning market note."
Student without an internship
- Before: "Proficient in Eikon."
- After: "Master's project: compared the performance of three funds using price histories extracted from LSEG Workspace on the school's library terminal, presented in an Excel file."
⚠️ Warning: if the old "Eikon" wording appears in a job posting, you can reuse the term as is in your resume to match the vocabulary of the ad, provided you stay accurate about what you used. Screening software looks for keywords: "LSEG Workspace (formerly Eikon)" covers both.
How to prove it in an interview
Possible questions:
- "How did you retrieve the adjusted price of a company over several years?"
- "Where do consensus estimates come from and how did you use them?"
- "How did you import this data into Excel, and what did you do when a formula returned an error?"
- "What is the difference between raw data and adjusted data?"
- "What do you know about the move from Eikon to Workspace?"
On that last question, do not try to impress: simply say that the old platform was replaced and that you had to adapt, if that is the case. In its documentation for developers, LSEG explains that some programming interfaces for Microsoft Office are not shipped with Workspace and are replaced 🔗 by a dedicated library. For an Excel user, this means older formulas or macros may have to be reviewed. If you have already run into the problem, it is an excellent example to tell.
How to prepare:
- Prepare a three-minute story about a real task: the need, the data source, the method, the result.
- Review the basic vocabulary: adjusted price, market capitalisation, enterprise value, consensus, data frequency.
- Be able to say where a figure comes from. A market data point with no source or date cannot be defended.
- Acknowledge your limits. "I only used the search and export functions, but I understand the logic of screens" is an honest answer and a welcome one.
For the Excel side of the demonstration, the logic of proof is the same as for SQL on a finance resume: one precise example is worth more than a list of tools.
Mistakes to avoid
The outdated name. "Eikon" alone, with no mention of Workspace, looks like a copied resume. Write the current name, and the old one in brackets if it helps.
The inflated level. "Refinitiv expert" on a student resume convinces no one. Choose the level you can defend.
The tool without context. A platform name alone in a list looks like keyword stuffing. Tie it to a task or a deliverable.
The tool instead of the analysis. A finance resume must first show that you understand financial issues. The terminal is only a means of reaching data.
Brand confusion. Refinitiv, Eikon, Datastream and Workspace do not mean the same thing. Cite only what you actually used, and check the spelling.
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For other classic pitfalls, our article on mistakes to avoid on a finance resume is a useful complement. And if you are aiming at asset management, look at an asset management resume example to see where to place your data tools.
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Sources
- LSEG, Eikon Withdrawal and Transition to Workspace 🔗: Eikon withdrawn from the product line on 30 June 2025, Workspace as the replacement.
- LSEG Developer Community, Upgrading to Workspace 🔗: Eikon sunset planned for June 2025, Office interfaces replaced by a dedicated library.