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Michigan Ross

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India

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Female

Industry Experience

Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Health Services and Health Care, Venture Capital

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Being an international student and a career switcher, it was of paramount importance for me to make a compelling case for an MBA and in US. On my way to come up with a coherent story for my applications, I have learned what works and what doesn't. And I think this learning will be significant value-add to you. I'm passionate about mentoring young and ambitious candidates achieve their dream of admission into a Top B-school. My strengths lie in crafting an overall strategy with all parts of application and at the same time paying attention to minute details in essays and resumes to help you perfect them. All AdComs look for uniqueness expressed genuinely. And I will help you discover the best in you and convey it in the best possible way. Good Luck!

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Tips on Resume writing

Resume is almost always read before the essays and a well written resume creates a strong impression on the AdCom. This impression should make the admissions committee eager to know more about the person behind the achievements listed in the resume. Here come the essays, which depict the details of what you did and how (well) you did them. Both these dimensions provide good insights into what kind of person you are and if you will 'FIT' well with school and do well there. So Resume is your first and very important chance to make a lasting impression.

A well written resume should have the following:

1. Adequate details of what you did, without using much technical jargon. AVOID technical jargon as much as you can. The jargon doesn't make you come across smarter, rather it might hamper your chances of admission, if the person reading your resume can't comprehend your achievements. Keep it simple. If you have been in a business role, you could use management words.

2. Each of the work experience or education part should not have more than 4-5 bullets. If you have had only one job after graduation, see if you got a promotion so that you can write about your work experience under two (or more) roles with 2-3 bullets for each role. Most of the times if you have 3-4 years of work exp, you will have either multiple jobs or multiple roles to talk about. In addition you could write about the part-time work experience, if you had one and if that was really valuable to your growth.

3. Each bullet under the work experience heading should be written in ACR format.
 
ACR:
    Action: What you did? (Analyzed past operating data to statistically determine causal factors)
    Context: What was the context/situation? (…high scrap rate issue during vehicle dashboard manufacturing process…)
    Result: What was the result? (...Findings contributed to actions reducing scrap rate from 50% to 10%.)

So the final bullet would become: Analyzed past operating data to statistically determine causal factors of high scrap rate during vehicle dashboard manufacturing process, contributing to actions reducing scrap rate from 50% to 10%.

So you see, this gives a complete picture of what your role was, what specifically you did in the situation and what was the result.

4. Make sure you format the resume in such a way as to not exceed 1 page limit. Use the entire sentence space if you are making a bullet with 2 sentences, else cut it short and make it one sentence. Always make sure there are no typos. Typos reduce your credibility and make you come across as careless and lazy which you are not. So be careful about them.

5. Additional section: This section serves an important role to provide a "glimpse" of the candidate outside the realm of work and education. But please don't just list your hobbies or interests. Tell the Adcom what specifically you have done with your hobby or interest. ( Instead of writing: Like to play guitar or like acting, say: performed x number of times on stage/parties in last 5 years. This shows your interest, your commitment to it and your potential to carry it forward at Ross and engage with student body here)

Checklist for Ross resume.

1. Header
    - Your name and contact detail. Include phone number, no unnecessary commas or spaces.
2. Education
    - Should not exceed 40% of the overall resume space (optimally 20% to 30%),
    - Include graduation month and year
    - Spell out degrees
3. Work experience
    - Should be 60-70% of the overall resume space
    - Each bullet should be two to three lines in length (avoid one-line bullets)
    - Put experiences in reverse chronological order (most recent to least recent)
    - Put bullets within experiences in order of significance
    - Account for all years after graduation from college (avoid gaps in work history)
4. Additional
    - Should use two to five lines of space for this section
    - Typical bullets are one line in length


Good Luck!


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