尴尬的升职处境，该进该退？真诚求建议！！！

Love_Dream2017

    大家好！

    我至今有2年工作经验， 计划明年申请2017年入学的MBA，这一直是我的梦想，但我现在面临一个职业选择的问题，求大家指导！

   我工作才1年的时候，由于天时地利人和，被大老板提拔到IT项目经理的岗位上（周围同级的都是工作10年左右的）。
   当时以为是好事，结果做了一年了，发现我并不喜欢IT，而且老板对我的over expectation让我不堪重负。（他跟我谈过，他知道挑战很大，但希望我付出比别人双倍的努力去达到他的期望，不要想朝九晚五）。
   当然，如果我一直想在IT和这个公司干下去，老板是在给我机会而我也一定能倾尽全力胜任这个岗位。但现实是，第一我打算MBA转行，第二我计划明年年底辞职。所以我很担心推荐信这个事情。

   2个选择：
    1. 继续待在现有所谓leader的岗位上， 优点：简历好看   缺点：时间精力有限（准备GMAT，essay等），肯定达不到老板的期望值，怕影响推荐信。
    2. 跟老板摊排，因为有MBA的计划，精力有限，希望调到更初级的岗位上。优点：可以降低他的期望，写推荐信时不致于很失望生气；缺点：简历或推荐信中有可能反映出我有这个“升职--〉降职”的过程。

跪求各位兄弟姐妹给我一点建议，看哪一个选择对MBA申请的负面影响最小！！非常感谢！！

kellyyaoMSU

之前跟你的处境差不多，我的做法是都做，主要看怎么manage时间啦，可能我比较贪心，哈哈哈，anyway，坚持过来就好了。

Love_Dream2017

kellyyaoMSU 发表于 2015-12-10 14:16
之前跟你的处境差不多，我的做法是都做，主要看怎么manage时间啦，可能我比较贪心，哈哈哈，anyway，坚持过 ...

其实我也是比较贪心的, 可是第一我对现工作没有热情可能没那么有干劲达到老板期望(本来就打算转行), 第二我真的怕想两手抓,两手都没抓好, 时间精力还是有限的.

kellyyaoMSU

如果这样，建议你安心准备考试吧，人要为自己的追求努力

Love_Dream2017

顶上去! 希望能多得到大家的建议!

JonFrank

Hello there,
So my advice to you is that you stick it out one more year at this leadership position to strengthen your candidacy and that you prepare yourself for a round 1 application next year.

There are three  major reasons why I advise this:
1. Two years experience is usually too low for almost all industries except banking. For IT this is exceptionally true.
2. You haven’t taken your GMAT yet. There is basically now ay for you to properly prepare the best GMAT you can get and do your essays before Round 2 deadlines. And Round 3 is no good for international applicants
3. You may not be happy at your work, but your leadership WILL make your profile stronger.

So I would say not only stick it out, but make sure you perform SUPER well this coming year, and then apply next September.

I hope this makes sense.

Best,
Jon Frank

Love_Dream2017

Love_Dream2017 发表于 2015-12-11 13:25
顶上去! 希望能多得到大家的建议!

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Love_Dream2017

JonFrank 发表于 2015-12-11 22:51
Hello there,
So my advice to you is that you stick it out one more year at this leadership position  ...

Woo! Jon! It's my great pleasure to get your reply!

Yeah, true. I am planing to apply MBA in 2016 round 1 and I will take the GMAT test in Jan 2016.

I totally agree with you that it is the best choice if I can perform super well during 1st half year in 2016 while I can have enough time to prepare GMAT and Essay etc.

However, I am afraid that I may not have the ability to achieve both goals at the same time. If I must abandon one of them, which one you will advise?

In addition, I am working in the IT dept of an IB. Will this background be helpful if I apply the MBA with nearly 3 years W/E in 2016?

Thanks a lot for your help and time.

回忆专用马六甲

你这离明年申请还有9-10个月的时间，即使忙这么多时间还考不好GMAT吗？别给自己找理由推脱了。
另外，降职在申请中是red flag.

JonFrank

Love_Dream2017 发表于 2015-12-13 11:58
Woo! Jon! It's my great pleasure to get your reply!

Yeah, true. I am planing to apply MBA in 2016  ...

Hey there,
What can I say but that you will have a very tough year!!!
Since you have plenty of time you can spread your GMAT study over 4-5 months and as long as you take it by the end of March you should be fine. I know it will be tough, but plenty of other IB people who work 12-14 hour days do it too!!! So one year of tough work and then you can party like crazy in B-school!!! Hahahah.

But whatever you do, don’t lower your boss’ expectations now!!! You want everyone’s strong support for your MBA application and the best results and reviews possible.

I know it’s hard but you can do it!!!
Best,
Jon Frank