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Hey BFC. I'm having a rough time. I graduated with an MBA from a no-name school in December and have had exactly one interview (as an entry-level sales rep) since then. My goal in entering the MBA program was to get hired as a consultant for Accenture or Deloitte, and I've been damping down my expectations for the last eighteen months. I have two strong employee references at Dell here in Austin, and have put in several dozen applications there with no leads; my latest set of ten or so applications were all rejected within 72 hours and I pretty much have no self-esteem left. I didn't even get a job as a server at the Mexican restaurant across the street, and I need to pay rent. Was this degree a total mistake? I've never had student loans or debt before, and now I'm 32 and in the hole $50,000. I have no idea what I'm qualified for anymore. I feel like I'm mediocre at everything and not specialized enough for anything. I'd like to be a project manager someday, but can't justify the expense at the moment. I need help. I'm the only one of my friends with an advanced degree (most are GED's working in IT), and also the only one that makes less than a hundred grand a year. I'm pretty austere, and can pay down student loans and save for retirement at roughly $3,000 a month, which I think is a ridiculously reasonable expectation for an MBA. But I'm totally lost, and I don't know why this is happening. I've been looking for a position since last August, and I have no ideas, no leads, nothing left. I've gone from working for the president of Nigeria to stealing groceries in just three years. I don't even think I have the self-confidence to present myself well in an interview anymore, but that's too far off for me to worry about. Being that the country in general and Austin specifically has a pretty good economic situation, there's clearly something wrong with me. Here's my resume and a couple cover letter samples from Dell positions I didn't even get a phone call about. Don't mind the formatting; they look better in pdf. Resume Cover Letter 1 Cover Letter 2
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this but jobs https://twitter.com/BUSSCRO/status/866996101236305920
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May 24, 2017 23:58
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pig slut lisa posted:-You mention several friends making good salaries, albeit with very different qualification and occupational profiles than you. Have you tried leveraging their networks at all? quote:-What does your MBA program have in the way of career services and alumni networking? quote:-I wonder if your cover letters would benefit from trading some breadth for depth. You introduce a bunch of different skills and experiences, but only spend a sentence on each one. It might come across to hiring managers as "here are all the bullet points on my resume, now in exciting new cover letter format!" Maybe try rewriting your cover letter to tell fewer, better stories about experiences you've had and skills you've developed? Discouragement really is a trap.
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May 25, 2017 17:29
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:edit: I would be more likely to hire you (boutique strategy consulting shop) with only your BA from UT. I think a lousy MBA is worse than no MBA at all, but you can't go back now. Why? It's not like I didn't learn anything; I'm way more knowledgeable now with accounting, finance, econ, statistics, corporate structure and analyzing business proposals than I was writing about Sparta and Persia in college. General question: do mid-career job titles mean anything specific? At Dell, I'm coming across analyst, associate and specialist titles and the job descriptions are identical to others in the field (i.e. finance analyst and finance specialist) with similar glassdoor ranges. edit new try on the internship, thanks for telling me to be more specific. 
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May 25, 2017 20:20
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My resume is extremely one page. Please read the last sentence of the OP, last two posters. Other advice understood. Taking my master's off. edit contacted friends at Apple again, they suggested i finance a car through uber i say swears online fucked around with this message at 17:47 on May 26, 2017 |
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May 26, 2017 17:44
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Ride-sharing transportation associate, MBA
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May 26, 2017 19:53
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rejected from my college job at a hotel. i want to kill myself
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May 28, 2017 08:20
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i have no marketable skills and crippling depression, i definitely don't provide value. thanks mba for telling me what i cannot do
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May 28, 2017 08:23
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Pryor on Fire posted:Literally the best time to be looking for a job since the 70s. Deep breaths you're gonna be fine. Yeah, that's what's got me spooked. I have zero excuses, and I have no idea why interviews aren't materializing. If I were getting interviews but not getting jobs, at least I'd have something to work on.
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May 30, 2017 18:08
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Yeah, I've been getting more specific. I don't like cover letter templates either; most all have been from scratch especially if the jobs are different. I used similar cover letters for two recent City of Austin jobs, Business Development I and Business Development II but I think that's okay as there wasn't a difference in the job descriptions. Here's another try on the recent international experience, using specific things I did. I'm getting to a point where my one-page-resume is full, so now it's deleting stuff and replacing it with better specifics. I dunno if "brand consultant" is a good phrase; a lot of this work was informal but nobody else has to know that.
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May 30, 2017 21:01
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I'd like to, but can't find a way that keeps the resume to one page. I guess if I really expand on that section, two pages is okay.
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May 30, 2017 23:09
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Just trying to keep it simple and specific. It's already at like 10.5 font and no lines available to add.
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May 31, 2017 02:35
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Thanks, I'll revise and have something in the morning. And I did fail out of OCS, but I felt the work I did during that time was still worth mentioning. It's probably a turn-off for anyone that's fully served (I don't claim to be a veteran or anything). I dunno if I should take that out completely.
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May 31, 2017 04:12
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I'm happy with the way this is turning out. Please take another look at the stuff I changed, including the way I divided up duties by subject in the consultant section. Unresolved issues: skills -> mission statement, too many Nigerian bullet points. I took off the extracurricular line, but added two (minister of education and event planning). I feel it's all important, how should I cut it more? With the mission statement, I'm having trouble getting it tight and clear instead of it either looking unappealing for local jobs or full of corporate jargon. Other stuff, like education placement and inclusion of hotel job, iunno. One job I'm applying for is a local suburb's Tourism Manager; they use the hotel occupancy tax for funding and so the hotel job may be an individual application decision.
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May 31, 2017 18:32
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Was out on my bike all day. Found another hotel that runs the same software I used and they were interested in me, so that's a good rent-paying job. Lots more "we're hiring" banners up than my last trip down that stretch of highway a month ago. I agree with the new suggestions, I'll take out or pare down the skills, take out Peru (wasn't online, but was meaningless). The school in Nigeria was owned by Goodluck Jonathan's wife, and their only school-age kid was in the class I spent most of my time in. I would see him maybe once a week for a meeting, going over her progress, etc. He was really interested. It was neat, but not necessarily translatable to other businesses. But drat, did I meet a lot of important people in that sphere. I regret not networking more while I was over there. Edit: I sometimes use a case study in cover letters; I hooked up a small mescal distillery in Oaxaca with a few bars downtown and helped them with regulatory info. I guess that should go on the resume as an example. i say swears online fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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