家族企業 vs 小外商 的工作選擇 - 工管

相似了話題我在chasedream有發表過個人意見:
http://forum.chasedream.com/North_American_MBA/thread-518677-2-1.html

It depends. If your family business is just one of those unknown small, medium sized ones in China/HK/Taiwan or India, then unfortunately, it will actually hurt your application. Why? Because it's really hard to benchmark you against all the other strong candidates who have impressive blue chip backgrounds (finance, consulting, CPG, etc.) Yes, you can present as much management and entrepreneurial skills as you can in your essays and resume. However, at the end of the day, schools will have to take your
word and make a bet on you. That's a challenging risk that they have to take when there's another proven Fortune 500, Big 4 candidate's application lying beside yours.

If your family business is very well known, like Taiwan's 辜家, 蔡家, HK's 李家 or Donald Trump in the U.S., then you'll have a huge leg up even against the Goldman bankers and McKinsey consultants. Think about it, do business schools want alums who are guaranteed to be the future CEO of a well known family business or someone who probably would only go as far as becoming partner of a bulge bracket finance firm or M/B/B consulting firm. It's all about getting as much potential future leaders as possible
for bragging rights, whether it's a Saudi prince or silver spoon fed legacy kid. If you're self-made, then better off if you're a blue chip applicant or one of those at least moderately successful entrepreneurs or a non-traditional (dancers, athletes, U.S. miltary, etc).

※ 引述《z284184 (期貨高手)》之銘言：
: (代PO)
: 請問各位前輩，就你們所見到、聽到的種種經驗而言，
: 假設有 家族企業 和 外商管顧 這兩種工作可以選的話，
: 請問哪一種對申請top 20比較好呢？
: 我知道這樣問有點籠統，
: 講細緻一點，
: 假設家族企業只是一家沒上市的小公司，內部沒明確的制度，
: 雖是台商，但工作地點是在國外(東南亞)，工作幾年後也算有國際經驗(雖非英語環境)。
: 而外商管顧的話並 不是 頂級一流的公司(麥肯錫之類的太難進了)
: 是比較小一點的，工作地點應也是以台灣為主。
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: 對於進小外商，我想到的分析：
: 1)會不會因為進的不是大外商，所以在未來申請的時候，
: 就被同年度大外商的申請者壓過去了?
: 2)是和國際人士互動，英語工作環境，發展前景很好。
: 家族企業的分析：
: 1)並不有名於國際(甚至國內也不一定有人聽過)，且非英語工作環境
: 未來申請時會不會因為這樣而吃虧?
: 2)優點是人可在東南亞各國工作，背景而言算滿特殊的，
: 也可以比較看到管理高層的層面，有差異性優勢。
: 請問可以選擇的話，不知道前輩會怎麼選呢?
: 哪個對於幾年後搶 top 20 機率比較大?

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