resumes

($) Goldplating

December 19, 2019 by EssaySnark

This is a tricky thing to critique, because the type of MBA applicant who does this actually has a lot to offer. And by calling this out, it can make it seem like we’re critiquing the person, or saying that this applicant is not going to make it in to a top school. Not at...

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($) Resume dead weight, aka, easy things you can cut

December 13, 2019 by EssaySnark

This first went up on the blahg almost 10 years ago 😯 – and we’re putting it front-and-center for you today because, well, there’s some goodness here! For, you know, Round 2 apps and stuff. Point 1: You should not simply take your existing resume (that you have not updated in two years)...

($) “I’m interviewing! Can I update my resume?”

October 24, 2019 by EssaySnark

We’re getting news right and left these days about interview invites from Brave Supplicants and it’s an exciting time indeed! Some of you intrepid types may even be looking at ways to optimize the process by using a new-and-improved resume for the interview. What, it didn’t occur to you to update the resume for the...

($) “What projects do I include on my resume for my MBA application?”

August 22, 2019 by EssaySnark

“EssaySnark! I’ve done so much stuff!” The worst thing in the world with an MBA app is a datadump instead of a resume. When BSers hear that their resume can be only one page long, there is often a) panic, b) resolve to include everything anyway. If you’re tweaking your font size down in an...

($) Putting your resume into the school’s format

August 21, 2019 by EssaySnark

[This post is part of Resume Week — which started here!] Some schools publish a resume format or template as part of their MBA application instructions or they give a sample as reference. By doing this they either imply or even in some cases state outright that you should be using this format....

($) Resume content <-> essays

August 20, 2019 by EssaySnark

It’s Resume Week! Every day this week, we’ll be discussing MBA application strategies around the resume as a key component within your overall presentation. Today is a Q&A from different BSers trying to figure out how to optimize the info that they should be sharing, and where. These all came in at various times from...

It’s Resume Week!

August 19, 2019 by EssaySnark

It’s so weird. When we decided to do this, we were all excited about the alliteration. RESUME WEEK! It just sounds like it’s meant to be, right? And then when we started writing the posts, we’re like, “Hmmm, but it’s not actually alliterative.” That may mirror your experience of creating your resume. You THINK you’re...

($) Maximizing your opportunities on the app dataset

August 15, 2019 by EssaySnark

First tip: You should definitely be filling out your app dataset if you haven’t started that already! Second tip: Only do that for your FIRST SCHOOL — not all of them — else you’re likely going to set yourself up for a very muddy process. Why? Because you don’t currently know what your full strategy...

What is an “MBA resume”?

July 25, 2019 by EssaySnark

Reblahgging for you current crop of BSers…. because important! The adcoms say they do a “holistic” review, and we sometimes advise that you, too, need a “holistic” strategy — as we did here, in response to the BSer complaint, “Why do I have to say that in the essay when I’m already telling them that...

($) “My job title doesn’t reflect my actual job.”

December 31, 2018 by EssaySnark

We frequently mention how underappreciated the resume is as part of an MBA application (really, truly, the resume you have on hand from the last time you were job-hunting is not optimized for this process). How much does job title matter in MBA apps? Do the adcoms care about how much you’ve been promoted? What...