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13 May 2022, 10:36
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I wanted advice on lor.
I have volunteer experience. My father works for a NGO and i have been an active participant. Its a big org and recently we have adopted a rural village and doing many activities there. Officially i work as a photographer in the media team. But since my father is the regional head I have also done other liaising and managing work. So will it be a good thing to get recommendation from a team member ? (obviously cant ask my father). PS we dont have professional email as such of the NGO, so is it advisable to put down the team members work email.?
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Graduated 2020 and applying for 2023 intake for MiM at HEC, ESSEC, INSEAD, UCD
I have volunteer experience. My father works for a NGO and i have been an active participant. Its a big org and recently we have adopted a rural village and doing many activities there. Officially i work as a photographer in the media team. But since my father is the regional head I have also done other liaising and managing work. So will it be a good thing to get recommendation from a team member ? (obviously cant ask my father). PS we dont have professional email as such of the NGO, so is it advisable to put down the team members work email.?
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Indian male 23,
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Graduated 2020 and applying for 2023 intake for MiM at HEC, ESSEC, INSEAD, UCD
13 May 2022, 21:53
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I don’t know what your choices are but back out who you should have as a recommender based on the content you want to deliver which is to demonstrate (hopefully quantitative) positive impact. Leadership. I’m not I’m not saying photography can’t be about that but I’m saying it probably isn’t unless you are leading a team there. I realize this is for MIM but it’s the best way to think about this. Yes you want for them to put down their work email it is really ill advised to go with a Gmail address for recommendations because there’s really no way for the adcom to substantiate this. In my opinion it would be a wise idea for the NGO to get like professional email addresses through the free plan on Zoho. Think it would probably add a little something if you had this in place.
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I wanted advice on lor.
I have volunteer experience. My father works for a NGO and i have been an active participant. Its a big org and recently we have adopted a rural village and doing many activities there. Officially i work as a photographer in the media team. But since my father is the regional head I have also done other liaising and managing work. So will it be a good thing to get recommendation from a team member ? (obviously cant ask my father). PS we dont have professional email as such of the NGO, so is it advisable to put down the team members work email.?
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Indian male 23,
No work ex but completed multiple internships
Graduated 2020 and applying for 2023 intake for MiM at HEC, ESSEC, INSEAD, UCD
I have volunteer experience. My father works for a NGO and i have been an active participant. Its a big org and recently we have adopted a rural village and doing many activities there. Officially i work as a photographer in the media team. But since my father is the regional head I have also done other liaising and managing work. So will it be a good thing to get recommendation from a team member ? (obviously cant ask my father). PS we dont have professional email as such of the NGO, so is it advisable to put down the team members work email.?
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Indian male 23,
No work ex but completed multiple internships
Graduated 2020 and applying for 2023 intake for MiM at HEC, ESSEC, INSEAD, UCD
Hi raju1212,
Hope this finds you well.
Whether you should go ahead with this recommendation depends on whether you could get better recommendations from those you worked under, as an intern. If we can bring out managerial and leadership skills through this recommendation, along with specific examples that focus on the same, you could go ahead. However, having someone recommend you from a Google id doesn't look very appealing. If it absolutely cannot be avoided, you must write to the Ad Com and seek their consent for the same. You might also need to explain the same in the Optional Essay, if you have a provision for the same.
All the best!
