Here is another installment of my notes on your business school application with a brief summary of to topics I cover in the sub posts that follow.
The B School timelines post covers the personal profile and attribute that help you get through the application process. Success or failure of your application is dependent on not [...]
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While the first two sample cover letters (cover letter one, cover letter two) were based on an initial conversation, the third sample cover letter produced here was a cold submission. The sample cover letter reproduced here was written for a position requiring a business-technology-education-training role with a brick and mortar education business in the Middle [...]
Think about the following statements:
Organizations can’t grow unless the people in the organization grow as well.
The learning and knowledge requirements of businesses change as the teams within face broader functional responsibilities, evolving processes, and rapid growth.
As the number of professionals grows, it becomes more difficult to ensure that the firm, as a complete entity, maintains [...]
Here is another one page cover letter that was written as a follow up to an initial phone conversation. Notice that in this note, I jump directly to a requirements fit comparison since I have already had a long chat with the business user recruiting this position. Also that some of the text in the [...]
Here is one of the many one page cover letters I wrote post the 2001 meltdown to go with my resume. While it was tough market then, conditions now are even tougher. For a cover letter to stand out it was important that you had researched your fit with the role and wrote a letter [...]
Here is one of the many one page cover letters I wrote post the 2001 meltdown to go with my resume. While it was tough market then, conditions now are even tougher. For a cover letter to stand out it was important that you had researched your fit with the role and wrote a letter [...]
Only one word, practice! The GMAT is a test and like all tests there is a way to take it. That includes getting comfortable with the exam format, taking sample exam under test taking conditions, brushing up on basic numerical and verbal techniques and concepts that may have turned rusty since your departure from college [...]
This is my third article on the B School admissions, B School applications process. The first one focused on timing your business school admissions decision, the second touched upon writing great b school essays that get you accepted. In my third piece I look at recommendations.
Rather than choosing recommenders who are well known, important, public [...]
I wrote earlier about the attributes of a successful B School applicant and his B School application timelines. Assuming that you fit that profile and are in the process of sending in your application, the common question that gets asked is the approach to your B School application essay.
What do we look for when we [...]
