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Once
Upon a Time…
Once upon a time there was
a wedding. The father of the bride wanted to give a speech. His wife
(me) worried that he would bore the guests. Mildly insulted and not
wanting to forgo an opportunity to praise the bride, his new
son-in-law, and his son-in-law’s parents, as well as share a few words
of wisdom, the proud papa insisted on going ahead with his speech.
However, he also decided to use stories to illustrate his points. He
kept his guests’ attention during his 15-minute discourse. When he
returned to the table, he triumphantly said to his wife, “See. I told
you I wouldn’t talk too long.” He came about as close to “I told you
so” as he could.
Once upon another time, there was an elite business school by the name of “Harvard.”
(Its friends called it “HBS.”) HBS had a professor named John Kotter,
who became an internationally famous “leadership and change guru.” When
he wanted to spread his gospel of change to the widest possible
audience, he didn’t publish a thick tome full of facts; he didn’t write
a philosophical treatise on the truth about change and leadership.
(Been there; done that.) He wrote a fable. Why? In Kotter’s words,
fables “take serious, confusing and threatening subjects and make them
clear and approachable. Fables can be memorable…They can stimulate
thought, teach important lessons, and motivate anyone…” His book has
become the best-seller: Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding
Under Any Conditions.
In fact stories are so important that another top business school (Michigan’s Ross School of Business)
has an award-winning screen writer, Robert McGee, come to its
orientation “to teach business leaders how to tell a riveting story.”
McGee wants to challenge the new MBA students to “take a case study and
create a story that will persuade. He wants them to answer the question
… What is the inciting incident that upsets the balance of forces in
this company’s life? What is the object of desire?”
Ross gets it. Harvard gets it. Even my husband gets its. The engaging and persuasive power of a compelling, succinct story.
Do
you get it? Considering that you want your essays to engage and
persuade, can you afford not to use one of the oldest and most
successful techniques of communication known to man? You really can’t.
Embrace stories. Show what you want to communicate. When you sit down to write your AMCAS essay, application essays, or
personal statement,
which succinct anecdotes illustrate your point? What were the turning
points in your life? In your dreams? What motivated you to change?
Keep it real. Keep it memorable. Just tell a story.
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Addressing Trouble Spots in a Resume
You want
the reader to notice your accomplishments immediately as she reviews
your resume. But that six-month gap between jobs is just bound to jump
off the page and catch her attention first.
A job gap is a
common problem for people who are preparing a resume. Here are some
others: frequent job changes, lack of advancement in a company or from
job to job, positions that fail to reflect your abilities.
One
way to address these problems is by using a functional resume, which
differs from the traditional resume in structure. Instead of a
chronological listing of positions with accomplishments and
responsibilities, it is organized by skill groupings, under which you
present relevant accomplishments. For example, under "Team
Development," you would identify accomplishments related to your team
experience in various positions; then you could have a "Marketing"
category to spotlight marketing-specific accomplishments. Below these
skill groupings and above the education section, put an "Employment"
section, simply listing your employment in reverse chronological order
(similar to the way education is presented).
Some research
shows that employers prefer traditional over functional resumes, so if
you use the latter, make it as specific as possible to neutralize this
drawback by noting where each accomplishment occurred (you can add this
in parentheses).
You also may be able to deal with the common
problems within the traditional resume format. Here are some pointers
for doing so – be aware, though, as they don't all work in every case.
- Using years instead of months/years can eliminate an apparent gap between jobs if your overall work history is five-plus years.
- The
understanding of "frequent job changes" depends somewhat on the
business climate and the industry; research a bit before determining if
this really is a problem.
- In an "Additional Information" section, identify a gap if you have a
"valid" reason such as caring for a family member or moving. Or note
volunteer work done during the gap.
- Vivid accomplishments that illustrate your positive impact can
overshadow lack of advancement within a company or underutilized
education/skills.
Cindy
Tokumitsu
Senior Editor, Accepted.com
Member, Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants
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