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MBA Admission Resume
The requirement of resume varies from one institution to
another, but most of them ask you to provide a list of your previous jobs
(employment history) and/or a copy of your resume. The following paragraph
is not meant to explain how to write your resume – there's no shortage of
good books on that subject. On the other hands, writing the employment
history part of the resume can prove to be a more delicate exercise.
Don't forget the rest of your application! If
you draft your employment history (or even your resume) before the rest of
the application, it will be easy to loose sight of two essential points:
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Adapting to the programs concerned: as with
the essay and the other parts of your application, it's important that the
employment history highlights aspects of your professional background that
are particularly relevant to the subjects taught in the programs. It's a
matter of reinforcing your past experiences in, for example, team
management, or project management for the applications to those programs
especially oriented towards the development of these leadership
characteristics.
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Maintaining
coherence with the rest of your application, especially with the essays
and letters of recommendation. Your employment history should mention
important examples from your professional experience that are mentioned in
your essays. Likewise, it's best for your letters of recommendation,
especially those from your coworkers and supervisors, to be in line with
the descriptions of your professional responsibilities. For that reason,
it might be useful to discuss your employment history with the authors of
your letters of recommendation; you could even give them a copy of your
resume, or better yet, a draft of your employment history. These things
are absolutely essential to bear in mind! Of course, don't forget to
include.
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A succinct descriptive list of your
employers: just like the presentation of your previous studies, don't
hesitate to describe the activities of your employer (sector or industry,
products, location, etc.) You may also include, if need be, some figures
documenting the company's exports and its rankings in lists like the
Fortune Global 500. Doing this can only improve the credibility of your
application.
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A dynamic and original description of your
career: in case you haven't already been explicitly asked to provide this
according to a specific format on the application, it is best to do so in
the resume. A description of your successive jobs should ideally include a
summary of your responsibilities, the results you achieved during the time
you held the position (with figures, if possible), as well as the main
challenges that you faced and were able to overcome.
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Concrete
examples: it is essential to provide concrete evidence of aspects of your
professional experience to ensure the success of your application. Give
examples of results you achieved, such as an increase in sales figures, a
reduction in costs, or a positive procedural change instigated by your
actions, etc. conversely, if you limit yourself to general descriptions of
your jobs, it will be difficult to be original. In being concrete, you
will be able to narrow the gap between yourself and the other candidates,
even if they have held similar jobs with comparable responsibilities. Your
resume will carry weight and credibility such that it will be difficult
for the admission officers to ignore your application.
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