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As a MBA applicant, I am currently in a tricky dilemma which I would like to seek advice here. I have 4-year marketing experience in real estate industry. Last October, I joined the current company (a top architecture design firm) with key responsibility in marketing research yet with little leadership opportunity. At my current job, I have to work till midnight on daily basis, with occasional days into 2/3:00AM, and arrive at the office by 9:30 AM in the morning. As far as I can remember, the earliest time I got off work is 10:00PM and got home exhausted around 11:00PM. There's about 1/3 weekends I have to come to work. What's the worse, I feel hard to manage the pressure coming from my boss who is easy to get mad and frequently uses dirty words to the team.
On one hand, given MBA application is my priority, I am afraid I will not be able to prepare well for the application with such long working hours. One the other hand, I worry the career gap, if I quit, will harm the application.
I am deliberating whether it's better for me to quit to focus on preparation, and at the meantime, to find career-goal related part-time or volunteer to practice leadership skills?
Thank you for any advice or comments!
On one hand, given MBA application is my priority, I am afraid I will not be able to prepare well for the application with such long working hours. One the other hand, I worry the career gap, if I quit, will harm the application.
I am deliberating whether it's better for me to quit to focus on preparation, and at the meantime, to find career-goal related part-time or volunteer to practice leadership skills?
Thank you for any advice or comments!
09 Jun 2014, 09:43
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Hello Siennasun,
You are definitely in a difficult position and there are a few different things you might want to consider before making any major decisions:
Supervisor recommendation - If you quit your job to focus on your application you will still need a recommendation from a current supervisor or a good reason for not having one. If you quit it may impact your recommendation from your current boss but, on the other hand, the explanation you gave above may not be the most compelling reason for not having a current supervisor recommendation. Switching to a part-time position now would also put you in the position of getting a recommendation from a supervisor who only supervises you part-time and only has a very small set of experiences to measure you against.
Employment gap - There are a lot of applicants who work long hours (investment bankers, consultants, etc.) that manage to balance demand careers with the substantial work required to apply for business school. You will need to come up with a good sales pitch as to why they can balance both but you could not.
Quality of application - Realistically, how much better will your application be after all of the pro's and con's are factored in? Will the additional time spent on the applications make up for any blemishes that arise from leaving your current position.
What if you don't get in? - It is also worth thinking about where you will be if you are not able to get into any of the schools you are targeting. Will you be putting yourself in a significantly inferior position?
Ultimately you are the only one who can say how big the benefit to your application would be by taking additional time and how significant the risks are to your long term career if you don't get in. Best of luck, it isn't an easy decision before you.
09 Jun 2014, 13:32
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You do not want to apply to business school with an employment gap. Maybe switching to an easier job would work best for you.
