工作经历求评估

zhiua

在一不知名香港公司做了6年，职位尚可，直接向老板汇报。该公司在东南亚诸国及国内一线城市均有分公司，在美国及加拿大设有办事处（其实以我的了解每个地方只有两三个人在办公）

1 请问这样的工作背景是否算有”跨国“企业工作经历？  
求解。

bigjoe

算，但在公司牌子方面的得分不高，需要在工作成就上多努力，加油写essay吧！

JonFrank

Hey there—this is a great question.  And the answer is…”it depends.”  J  If you write your essays the right way, you will ARGUE that it is a MNC.  That is, your job will be to CONVINCE the adcom that it is.  If you do your essays right, you will be successful at it.  If you don’t, that is if you do your essays incorrectly, they will not think that your company is one.  It definitely CAN be—you just need to spell the thing out clearly, focusing on the international stuff, working in English, etc.  You can sell it—and MAKE it an MNC.  And that is your challenge my friend!  Hope this helps, and good luck!

Jon Frank

huster

hi frank, thank you for all that you have done.   Could you share some opinions about how important it is to work for a big name multinational company.  I am a newly graduate and work for the biggest media group in south China , Shenzhen press group( business includes almost all the newspapers and metro media in Shenzhen).  I work for the advertising department ( metro advertising) and salary is pretty good. But i guess it is not recognized widely in US though  It is a dominating state owned company.   My English is pretty good and have international exchange experience, so I wonder if  i should transfer to some MNC such as PG to make myself a better applicant for the BIZ  school.  Can you give some advice?  Thank you !!

JonFrank

hi frank, thank you for all that you have done.   Could you share some opinions about how important it is to work for a big name multinational company.  I am a newly graduate and work for the biggest media group in south China , Shenzhen press group( business includes almost all the newspapers and metro media in Shenzhen).  I work for the advertising department ( metro advertising) and salary is pretty good. But i guess it is not recognized widely in US though  It is a dominating state owned company.   My English is pretty good and have international exchange experience, so I wonder if  i should transfer to some MNC such as PG to make myself a better applicant for the BIZ  school.  Can you give some advice?  Thank you !!

-- by 会员 huster (2011/7/1 10:26:43)

Of course my friend, happy to help you.  Yes, it is helpful to work for an MNC. But it isn’t critical.  In fact, we discussed this recently in our presentation in Shanghai and BJ.  If you have MNC experience, schools will know that you speak good English, have good soft skills, and understand American business (and personal) culture.  If you don’t have that MNC experience, you will need to work TWICE as hard to prove that you HAVE that background.  So talk about your ease reaching across international boundaries—that you talk in English every day, etc.  Yes, it would be easier if you DO switch to an MNC.  But if you don’t, you will simply need to explain that you have the skills that others at MNCs are honing.  Make sense my friend?


Jon Frank

huster

Hi frank， thank you for your useful imformation which helped me a lot