想請教申請MBA, 推薦信及工作經驗的事 - 工管

Hello my friend. It sounds as though you have two main questions here. I
will answer…both of them. J

“If I ask my manager for a letter of recommendation, it would be bad
(perhaps) for my career.” Yes, this is a very common challenge that many
students face. It isn’t Taiwan-specific—I faced it myself when I applied
to HBS, Stanford etc. And…I got in everywhere. J Why? Well schools GET
it. They understand that sometimes, it is impossible to ask your direct
bosses for recs. All you need to do is mention it—either in the optional
essay, or elsewhere in the apps. Explain why you couldn’t get one, and you
will be juuust fine. Just be sure to find someone who can write about you,
who knows you well. If not your direct boss, then someone else…]
“I don’t have any “real” management experience. Is this bad?” This is
a question that we get often. And while you do need “some” management
experience, remember: schools aren’t looking for 60 year old dudes who
manage million dollar companies. They are targeting 25-30 year olds for a
reason: they are OKAY with the fact that you guys don’t have a TON of
management experience. What they want to see is management POTENTIAL.
Making a couple key decisions, having the ability to manage a couple key
people—just one or two critical stories that you can bring out. They know
of course that you aren’t a CEO of a MNC. J And that is just fine—all
they want to see if your potential….
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Jon Frank
http://cn.precisionessay.com
※ 引述《hemisphere (百色眼鏡)》之銘言：
: 大家好~~我是之後準備申請MBA的申請人
: 目前自己在半導體公司擔任工程師
: 有申請學校相關的問題想請教大家
: 1.
: 最近在想如何開口與直屬主管說自己打算去申請MBA，並且請他寫推薦信的事情
: 畢竟不知道主管目前對於手下的人去再去念書抱持怎麼樣的看法?
: 畢竟台灣本土公司和外商相對較為開放的風氣不太一樣
: 很怕自己說了，主管若不贊成、或是知道下面的人要念書、心不在此
: 反而把重要/有價值的事情都交附給別的同事?
: 因此想要來請教各位前輩，當初在這一部份是怎麼和主管溝通的?
: 2.
: 另外，自己是屬於工程師類別性質工作
: 在essay上關於leadership的部份，不容易能有所著墨之處
: 到此家半導體公司之前，曾在外商軟體公司擔任行銷相關工作一年
: 最近心中萌生轉換職務的想法，在目前公司再做一年後 轉回sales/marketing的職務
: 這樣是否會造成，五年內換了3家公司，主管對我的認識程度不足
: 反而在推薦信上很難幫我寫? 再請大家給予保貴的經驗談與意見了！謝謝
: ※ 我是男生，今年27歲、工作經驗三年....希望在30左右可以出去
: 因此有這些考量~

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