career changer

($) “Is 30 too old…?”

August 9, 2017 by EssaySnark

We came across this awhile back: “Is 30 too old to work in a startup?” Hmmmm. If there’s a bias against “older” in startup recruiting, and “older” is defined as over 30, and there’s already a bias against MBAs in Silicon Valley… Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have all been on the…

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($) “bonkers” Part 2 (can an Engineer really switch over to Finance?)

March 20, 2017 by EssaySnark

This is the second chunk of our recent plea for help and EssaySnark’s reaction to a Brave Supplicant’s worries about trying to transition from engineering to finance: My question is: I really have to get this MBA to enhance my career growth now. With my [specialty deleted] background, what is the most advisable path for…

($) “i’m gonna sound REALLY bonkers at times…” (or, engineering -> finance – help!)

March 14, 2017 by EssaySnark

EssaySnark received a plaintive plea for help many years back, and now here in 2017, we’re reblahgging the post we wrote to that other BSer long ago. We’re not so keen on the request for a profile review submitted through the website anymore, mostly because a) our entire blahg gives you insights and answers to…

($) Pitching the adcom with career goals that work

November 23, 2016 by EssaySnark

That title is a little misleading. It sounds like we’re saying that some goals will work better in your MBA apps than others. And that’s just not the case. An intrepid BSer asked us recently if he should change his career goals to some other idea he had, because the original goal that he had…

($) The MBA and a healthcare career

October 17, 2016 by EssaySnark

We’ve written before about the seemingly ever-increasing need for talent in healthcare in the U.S. and even gone so far as to say that if you want to go where the jobs are, go into healthcare after your MBA — but we recently realized that dang, that post was back in 2013, and that’s a…

($) Are you proposing too big of a change?

August 30, 2016 by EssaySnark

Most applicants to business school want to change careers. Bschool is an ideal vehicle for that. Most bschools want to hear about your plans to change careers in your essays. Crafting a solid set of goals is one of the most important steps you can take in building a strong application. There are many ways…

($) But why do you have these goals? Plus, name-dropping in MBA essays.

August 22, 2016 by EssaySnark

For career-changers, there can be some real complications to pitching a set of goals with credibility. We had a BSer struggling with defining his post-MBA career path last year and after many rounds of review with our Career Goals App Accelerator and lots of follow-up questions, he finally got to this important question: Also, for…