theblueknight wrote:
Hello, I would really appreciate the expert/peer opinion on this:
I am applying to Booth and Wharton in R2 - both require 2 recommendations. I am an entrepreneur in a brick and mortar business with a total 10 years of work experience, the last 5 of which were spent starting and growing my business successfully. Prior to that, I worked as an IT management consultant with a well-known firm.
I have the option of choosing 1) My Auditor/Financial adviser/mentor from my current business, 2) A senior customer representative from my current business or 3) My Practice partner from my previous consulting job as my recommenders. I am planning to choose the first 2, but that makes my application pretty uni-dimensional as my essays also focus on my business venture. My practice partner from consulting can bring a different perspective on my managerial/leadership skills (examples of my leading teams internationally across different countries). On the other hand, if I choose the partner from my previous job, it makes the recommendation content 5 years old. That makes the recommendation's current relevance questionable.
So, I am pondering over whom to choose as my recommenders. Would be grateful for your inputs.
Thanks.
I would choose recommenders based on how well the recommender knows you and the recency of the professional experience. In my view this is more important
than breadth of content, especially if the previous interviewer knew you 5 years ago.
You can balance this in your short-answers, CV and essays by making sure you mention the IT consulting experience in detail.