简历技巧：3 Ways to Sell Yourself With an MBA Resume

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简历技巧：3 Ways to Sell Yourself With an MBA Resume

By Stacy Blackman

Avoid insider jargon when describing work accomplishments.

By Stacy Blackman Feb. 12, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. 

The MBA resume is a whole other animal from the standard curriculum vitae designed to
land you a job. The resume
you tailor specifically for business schools should offer a quick snapshot
of your significant work experiences and accomplishments in three areas that
showcase your MBA-relevant skills.

• Leadership:

Business schools want to see applicants who already have strong leadership
skills. You'll further groom your management abilities during your MBA program,
but the admissions committee wants to know that the foundation is already there.

Give evidence of when you united people behind a common goal, made use of
other's talents and skills, instilled a vision, challenged the status quo,
identified a new problem or prioritized the needs of the organization above
personal needs.

If you formally manage one or more people, don't leave that information out.
Even if you supervise and mentor someone informally, that should go on the
resume as well. If you have played a role in training peers, subordinates or
even those senior to you (perhaps on a new type of software), include that on
your resume. Anything that shows how you identified an opportunity and took
initiative is a great thing to include.

My client, George, was concerned because he did not have a title change
throughout his four years at a defense contracting company. Because he worked in
an engineering function, increase in responsibility was marked by a raise
instead of a new title. My colleagues and I took a look at what George did
outside of work to see where he could highlight a leadership role.

George had participated in an annual charity bike ride for the past five
years, and we suggested that he volunteer to coordinate the next ride. The event
became this bullet point on his resume: "Led annual bike ride to raise money in
support of autistic children. Recruited volunteers, coordinated vendors and
managed finances. Resulted in 14% increase in revenue over prior
year."

The brief yet compelling example showed the admissions committee not only his
leadership abilities, but also his emotional intelligence and service to the
community – a winning trifecta every time.

• Communication:

With a tech-native generation of applicants as comfortable texting, tweeting
and Snapchatting as they are breathing, recruiters often gripe about mediocre
writing and speaking skills of today's newly minted MBAs.

Your MBA resume is prime real estate for showcasing savvy communication
skills through crisp writing and well-chosen words. You can make even the most
mundane tasks shine as you bullet-point your professional accomplishments.

Here's a real example of a blah bullet point in a client's first draft:
"Helped with new software implementation." 

Now, a brilliant bullet point: "Spearheaded software upgrade in the San
Francisco field office by coordinating with software developer, leading training
sessions and facilitating implementation schedule." The second example
offers a much more comprehensive understanding of the scope of the
accomplishment.

Getting rid of any technical jargon in your MBA resume also demonstrates
effective communication skills. One client listed this bullet point on his
resume: "Created VA1 Business Acquisition." Once we translated that into
something the MBA admissions audience would understand, the resume said:
"Devised and launched outbound communications plan for our premier voice
activated product. Product was well received and became cash flow positive
within 14 months." Much better.

• Innovation:

You need to make it clear that over the course of your career, you have
picked up new skills, assumed new responsibilities, developed as an individual
and that all of this growth has been recognized by others.

You can convince the admissions committee that you have a track record of
moving the needle by showing continual progression on the job, and by giving
examples of when you went above and beyond your expected duties and delivered
quantifiable results.

Some applicants have very traditional pre-MBA jobs. If you have been working
as a staff consultant at Bain & Company, or as an analyst at Goldman Sachs,
chances are the admissions committee will have a pretty good feel for your
overall job description.

But this is also an opportunity to illustrate the things that you have done
that may set you apart from the typical analyst. In addition to outlining some
of your standard activities, you may want to include that you trained a newly
hired analyst, led college recruiting efforts or organized an officewide
volunteer initiative. These activities may have taken less of your time, but
they are a bit outside of traditional responsibilities and give great insight
into how you have made a difference for your firm.

The resume is an important first step in the MBA application process because
it forces applicants to take stock of their progression and think about how to
articulate that in a succinct way. By focusing on these three goals, you'll show
the admissions committee exactly how you will add something new, exciting and
different to their community.

以上内容摘自：

http://www.stacyblackman.com/2016/02/11/interview-tips-from-the-darden-mba-program/

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