Hello my friend. It sounds as though you have two main questions here. I will answer…both of them. J “If I ask my manager for a letter of recommendation, it would be bad (perhaps) for my career.” Yes, this is a very common challenge that many students face. It isn’t Taiwan-specific—I faced it myself when I applied to HBS, Stanford etc. And…I got in everywhere. J Why? Well schools GET it. They understand that sometimes, it is impossible to ask your direct bosses for recs. All you need to do is mention it—either in the optional essay, or elsewhere in the apps. Explain why you couldn’t get one, and you will be juuust fine. Just be sure to find someone who can write about you, who knows you well. If not your direct boss, then someone else…] “I don’t have any “real” management experience. Is this bad?” This is a question that we get often. And while you do need “some” management experience, remember: schools aren’t looking for 60 year old dudes who manage million dollar companies. They are targeting 25-30 year olds for a reason: they are OKAY with the fact that you guys don’t have a TON of management experience. What they want to see is management POTENTIAL. Making a couple key decisions, having the ability to manage a couple key people—just one or two critical stories that you can bring out. They know of course that you aren’t a CEO of a MNC. J And that is just fine—all they want to see if your potential…. Hope this helps, and good luck! Jon Frank http://cn.precisionessay.com ※ 引述《hemisphere (百色眼镜)》之铭言： : 大家好~~我是之後准备申请MBA的申请人 : 目前自己在半导体公司担任工程师 : 有申请学校相关的问题想请教大家 : 1. : 最近在想如何开口与直属主管说自己打算去申请MBA，并且请他写推荐信的事情 : 毕竟不知道主管目前对於手下的人去再去念书抱持怎麽样的看法? : 毕竟台湾本土公司和外商相对较为开放的风气不太一样 : 很怕自己说了，主管若不赞成、或是知道下面的人要念书、心不在此 : 反而把重要/有价值的事情都交附给别的同事? : 因此想要来请教各位前辈，当初在这一部份是怎麽和主管沟通的? : 2. : 另外，自己是属於工程师类别性质工作 : 在essay上关於leadership的部份，不容易能有所着墨之处 : 到此家半导体公司之前，曾在外商软体公司担任行销相关工作一年 : 最近心中萌生转换职务的想法，在目前公司再做一年後 转回sales/marketing的职务 : 这样是否会造成，五年内换了3家公司，主管对我的认识程度不足 : 反而在推荐信上很难帮我写? 再请大家给予保贵的经验谈与意见了！谢谢 : ※ 我是男生，今年27岁、工作经验三年....希望在30左右可以出去 : 因此有这些考量~ -- HBS 2005 http://www.precisionessay.com/ --

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