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Hello everyone!
I'm stuck with an issue with work experience while updating my resume and I'm hoping someone could maybe shed some light on my issue.
For several years I worked in private equity as a senior associate, I was in charge of managing several projects and helping the businesses grow. After a few years, I decided that I wanted to leave the company to pursue other potential career opportunities. It wasn't long until I decided that I wanted to return to business school to pursue an MS or MBA.
In the meantime, I wanted to stay productive and have some sort of income while preparing to go back to school. So for about 10 months I've been working at a local retail store as a salesfloor stocker. My question is how do I go about showing my experience from being a senior associate to a part-time stocker? I hope that admissions won't see this as some sort of lack of progression, because even in that part-time position I still continue my strong work ethic and always try to make the store better in any way that I can. Do I keep that part-time work experience on my resume?
Thank you all so much!
I'm stuck with an issue with work experience while updating my resume and I'm hoping someone could maybe shed some light on my issue.
For several years I worked in private equity as a senior associate, I was in charge of managing several projects and helping the businesses grow. After a few years, I decided that I wanted to leave the company to pursue other potential career opportunities. It wasn't long until I decided that I wanted to return to business school to pursue an MS or MBA.
In the meantime, I wanted to stay productive and have some sort of income while preparing to go back to school. So for about 10 months I've been working at a local retail store as a salesfloor stocker. My question is how do I go about showing my experience from being a senior associate to a part-time stocker? I hope that admissions won't see this as some sort of lack of progression, because even in that part-time position I still continue my strong work ethic and always try to make the store better in any way that I can. Do I keep that part-time work experience on my resume?
Thank you all so much!
10 Apr 2020, 09:56
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Why was this the opportunity you chose to pursue after private equity?
I know you are planning to go back to business school and maybe you needed something to fill the time. However, there would have been other more "enriching" experiences you could have volunteered for or you could have chosen to engage that would have been much more consistent with the story you want to tell an admissions committee.
Unfortunately, this whole 10-month experience is going to be a big question mark in the eyes of the admissions committee. They will think along the lines of the question I posed to you above - "why on Earth did he choose this opportunity?" In my opinion, it won't show a lot of initiative to the admissions committee. In fact, it shows the opposite. They may question your judgement.
The only potential spin you could put on this, and it would definitely be a big spin, would be that it was some sort of operations play. After working in private equity, you wanted to get a Hands-On feel for operations ... But even this wouldn't be very realistic. It's too far of a stretch IMO.
Which would have been better, as far as weaving a consistent story that shows progression to the adcom, would have been if you worked in ops for a startup in the industry or sector where you truly have an interest.
I know you are planning to go back to business school and maybe you needed something to fill the time. However, there would have been other more "enriching" experiences you could have volunteered for or you could have chosen to engage that would have been much more consistent with the story you want to tell an admissions committee.
Unfortunately, this whole 10-month experience is going to be a big question mark in the eyes of the admissions committee. They will think along the lines of the question I posed to you above - "why on Earth did he choose this opportunity?" In my opinion, it won't show a lot of initiative to the admissions committee. In fact, it shows the opposite. They may question your judgement.
The only potential spin you could put on this, and it would definitely be a big spin, would be that it was some sort of operations play. After working in private equity, you wanted to get a Hands-On feel for operations ... But even this wouldn't be very realistic. It's too far of a stretch IMO.
Which would have been better, as far as weaving a consistent story that shows progression to the adcom, would have been if you worked in ops for a startup in the industry or sector where you truly have an interest.
