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11 Jul 2012, 20:01

Hi,

My name is Lucas and I'm a 28yo brazilian engineer. I started working in a Steel industry (~USD10Bi marcap) in Brazil in 2009 through an Mckinsey Fellowship special program (I've always been the Steel company employee but at the first year i worked as an Mckinsey consultant). After the first year with Mickinsey I was placed at Corporative Planning Department at the steel company and have been there ever since.

This year the company was sold and the department lost a lot of prestige and I got 2 job propositions:

I could move to the Strategic Planning Department inside the same group at a subsidiary mining company with one degree promotion to senior analyst (I would continue with Similar assignments)

or

I could move to FIAT/Chrylser working as an Financial Specialist (2 degree promotion and a huge raise in salary) for the Product Development Department (I would be responsible for the financial studies for new car projects in brazil)

I'm planning on applying this year for the top schools in USA. Do you think changing companies would compromise my application or going to an international company with a bigger promotion would sound more interesting?

I really appreciate any comments, this doubt has been killing me now.

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12 Jul 2012, 04:26

To be honest I think that the best career choice you will make is because the job is better for you. You don't need to worry about what the Adcom thinks at this point because BOTH options are good. I would try and take the direction you want to (and a better salary always feels good too!) But since BOTH options are excellent, and both can be written well into the application, I think you can make your choice based on whats better for your life and career NOW, and not worry about the AdCom at this point.
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