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What's New at Accepted
Advance Notice to O&E Subscribers Only: Birthday Sale!
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New
Chat Transcripts
04.12.2007:
MIT Sloan Waitlist Chat with Jen Burke
Upcoming Chats
05.10.2007:
IMD with Janet Shaner
06.07.2007:
Michigan
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Blog Posts of Interest
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6 Steps to a Remarkable ReapplicationOK, so you didn't get
accepted anywhere. What should you do now?
Deal. Get over it. And consider what you're going to do next year. If
you decide to reapply, you must assess what went wrong and resolve to
improve it.
- Determine what you need to change. You definitely need to
do something different, because your previous approach didn't work.
Don't turn in the same essays.
- Analyze your qualifications versus your target schools'
average stats and requirements. If you are applying with below average
stats at more than two schools and are not from an under-represented
minority, you're relying on miracles, not applying effectively. You
either need to improve your profile or apply to less-competitive
schools.
- Seek feedback. Some programs, particularly business and
medical schools, give constructive feedback to re-applicants. If your
school provides that service, take advantage of it ASAP. You want to
hear the criticism early to give you as much time as possible to deal
with any defects or weaknesses. Furthermore, some schools only provide
a small window of time for feedback, so don't delay.
- Evaluate your application. Do your essays and letters of
rec (if you have access to them) add to the reader's knowledge of you?
What could you do to improve them? Consider using Accepted.com's
application
evaluation service to help you with this step. This service can be
particularly valuable if your target schools don't provide feedback or
it is very limited.
- Work on weaknesses. For example, if you applied to medical
school with limited or no clinical experience, start volunteering at a
local free clinic or hospital. If you applied to business school with
a low GMAT, study for and retake the test.
- Prepare to highlight valuable recent experiences. When you
reapply, you want to show that you are better than before. For
instance, if you are pre-law and worked for the last six months at the
DA's office, highlight that experience, related achievements, and the
lessons learned in your resume and/or essay when you reapply. Show
them you are "new and improved!"
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Starting Your Resume with a Professional Profile A potential
employer scans your resume, frowning. He just wants a quick impression
before reading further. Why make him work to see your qualifications -
and risk losing his attention - when you can convey this information
swiftly and succinctly in a "Professional Profile" (or "Summary of
Qualifications")?
A Professional Profile right after the contact information attracts the
reader's eye immediately and summarizes your potential value to an
organization. It whets the reader's appetite. It should be the length of
a short to medium paragraph, in bullet form, and contain the following:
- Key professional accomplishments, quantified if possible, but cast
in a wider context than a specific position (see item #1 below).
Select those most meaningful to your target audience.
- Required or helpful qualifications, such as specialized degrees,
certifications, and licenses.
- Optional: statements that reflect your personal strengths, e.g.,
"Completed part-time MBA in 3.5 years, earning 3.8 GPA while working
approximately 60 hours per week and gaining 2 promotions." Through
plain facts, this sentence shows your focus, time management, capacity
for hard work, and ability to thrive under pressure.
The Professional Profile must be set apart graphically from the rest
of the resume. For more conservative resumes, placing a simple rule
around it works well. For more creative resumes, shading the box or
using a more decorative rule are options. This graphic device draws the
reader's eye to that section first.
You may have two concerns:
- Won't the content be redundant of the resume? Yes, but
minimally. You can note an accomplishment within a broader context,
such as "Consistently exceed sales targets: Brought in 10 new $100K
clients in 6 months, doubling previous company record," and then,
when discussing this accomplishment later, mention how you did it
without repeating that you "consistently exceed sales targets."
- Shouldn't the statement of objective come first? No. This
section replaces a statement of objective. The objective statement
tells the reader what you want for yourself. The point of the resume
is to enthuse the reader about what you can do for her and her
company.
Cindy Tokumitsu, Senior Editor, Accepted.com
Member, Professional Association of Resume Writers
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