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11 Jan 2009, 13:40
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I need some advice. I have been at my current job for one year. This February I will have fulfilled the 2 years of work experience. I was at a previous employer for a year in the same career field, homeowner's insurance. I feel that insurance is not something I want to pursue and that the work experience I do have at my company is irrelevant to what I plan on doing, Business Analysis. I am studying for the GMAT, I want to take it in June or July. Then, depending on my score, I plan on going abroad, to China, for one year to experience the culture and pick up my native tongue (reading and writing it, etc.) When I come back, I plan on going straight into whichever is the best Business school that will accept me. MY PROBLEM is... I really HATE my current employer and feel that I'd be better off trying to find a 6 month INTERNSHIP in the Business Analyst field and getting the WORK EXPERIENCE from them prior to applying for Business school. I feel wasted and unappreciated at my current job for various reasons. Would doing the internship make my resume/application for Business school look bad because I've "bounced around" with different employers? In my defense and reasoning, I have finally REALIZED that insurance is not for me and neither is the experience (or lack of it) and I'd be better off pursuing experience in my intended career path, BUSINESS ANALYST. Please let me know what you think concerning how a Business school would judge me on this. If it just looks bad and if I do need to "stick it out" with INSURANCE. Thank you very much!
Sincerely,
Lucy Wong
Sincerely,
Lucy Wong
27 Apr 2010, 12:05
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Bump.
Lucy,
I am currently in the same position as you were, so I'm curious to see what you decided to do and how everything worked out? Anyone else who has any advice is helpful as well.
Thanks!
Lucy,
I am currently in the same position as you were, so I'm curious to see what you decided to do and how everything worked out? Anyone else who has any advice is helpful as well.
Thanks!
30 Apr 2010, 03:06
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Would doing the internship make my resume/application for Business school look bad because I've "bounced around" with different employers?
No it wont, it is +ve if you get an internship as a business analyst, but seriously as an intern BA you wont get to get that much experience, even a real time BA who works along with me, although i had my fair share of BA, isnt really busy all day even if its a F500 company.
The point is you dont have to hate your previous experience, just because you dont like your employer, there are many different fields in Insurance just as in Banking Hedge Funds, International Finance and many more. The point is if you dont like one field you can go into a sub field, you dont have to make it irrelevant.
But if you feel that you want to be an BA then pursue it by all means.
No it wont, it is +ve if you get an internship as a business analyst, but seriously as an intern BA you wont get to get that much experience, even a real time BA who works along with me, although i had my fair share of BA, isnt really busy all day even if its a F500 company.
The point is you dont have to hate your previous experience, just because you dont like your employer, there are many different fields in Insurance just as in Banking Hedge Funds, International Finance and many more. The point is if you dont like one field you can go into a sub field, you dont have to make it irrelevant.
But if you feel that you want to be an BA then pursue it by all means.
