{"id":34476,"date":"2016-07-28T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/7-mba-resume-mistakes-to-avoid-at-all-costs\/"},"modified":"2016-07-28T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T17:38:40","slug":"7-mba-resume-mistakes-to-avoid-at-all-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/7-mba-resume-mistakes-to-avoid-at-all-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"7 MBA Resume Mistakes to Avoid At All Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Stepping<\/a><\/figure>\n

What\u2019s the most important component of your MBA application? <\/span><\/p>\n

Some argue it\u2019s the essays; they’re your opportunity to show MBA admissions committees at the business schools you\u2019re applying to who you are. Others say it\u2019s your GMAT score, it being the most universal gauge of your abilities. And then there\u2019s the interview, your one time to have a real interaction with the person who may decide your fate…<\/span><\/p>\n

But what about your resume?<\/span><\/p>\n

You know, the place where you list\u2026.uh\u2026. Well, everything you\u2019ve ever done? That single piece of paper that sums up your entire professional history? That document that you\u2019ll use again and again, (obviously repurposed and tweaked depending on the program) for every single application you submit? <\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, that one seems pretty important to us\u2026 and oftentimes people just sort of slap that thing together after they\u2019ve used up all their time and patience getting the rest of the application absolutely perfect. Or just as bad, they just submit the last resume they made a few years ago the last time they looked for a job.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad move, friends.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your resume is just as integral to your application as everything else, and it deserves just as much attention. It is the one place where the admissions committee can look at one single page and see everything about you. Maybe even more. Think about it \u2013 do you really want some shoddy formatting or lack of pertinent details to keep you from the B-School of your dreams?<\/span><\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t think so\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

So give that resume the TLC it deserves and make sure you\u2019re not falling prey to one of these common MBA resume mishaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

1) \u201cThis isn\u2019t really an MBA resume\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n

Look folks, it\u2019s amazing that you have mastered six different programming languages, and can debug faster than Google\u2019s AI. And it\u2019s also fantastic that you can calculate the right amount of weight a bridge needs before it buckles, but all that stuff just isn\u2019t that useful for your <\/span>B-School resume<\/span><\/i>. Why? Well, because it\u2019s just that…a B-School resume, not a regular old professional work resume!<\/span><\/p>\n

You know what\u2019s great about MBA admissions committees? They are going to assume that you do your job well, technically. But what they want to know are things like this:<\/p>\n