转自Jelly-TOPWAY的blog。更多信息可以点击：http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/2834237717 Almost every MBA application asks for a résumé. Before submission, the questions you need to ask yourself are: who reads the MBA résumé, what should it contain, how long should it be, and how much time will be spent in reading it? Both MBA admissions committee members and interviewers often read your résumé. At the top level, an MBA résumé should contain professional, academic and additional sections that present the different aspects of your candidacy. Remember to keep the MBA evaluation criteria in mind, so you are concisely presenting your accomplishments, leadership, global scope/impact and promotions. Why concisely? First, many schools, like Wharton, want résumés of only one page, though certain schools, like HBS, allow two pages. Second, and here is the shocker, readers might only spend a minute or two skimming the different sections and drilling down in certain places. So, here are 10 tips on how to write a powerful MBA résumé that engages these semi-interested readers wbo, nevertheless, make or influence the admissions decision.
1. Create section headers that best position your content.把重要内容放到显眼的位置。 Dividing experience into professional and entrepreneurial sections if you have significant experience in each area. Creating a separate publications section if you have authored publications. 2. Prioritize your best résumé content first.优化最重要的CV内容。 “Directing a division of 20 people” would usually be prioritized over “training a department”. 3. Use the STAR method (situation, task, action, result) model for bullet items.用“情景，角色，任务，行为，结果”五要素构思你的resume。 The STAR method is a useful tool in crafting your résumé. Having your résumé revolve around your accomplishments gives the admissions committee a clear look into your professional history and career goals. In each position you have held, think of an impactful initiative, deal, transaction, engagement or project that you have led or contributed to meaningfully. Describe the situation, your role(s), your tasks(s), your action(s), and the result(s) (STAR). Example – Led a team of 15 specialists to an on-time product launch with 95% customer satisfaction after last-minute leadership change. STAR is a holistic approach; the situation conveys the context; the role(s), task(s) and action(s) demonstrate your skill sets and individual contribution to the overall outcome; the result(s) show your impact. The STAR method also works well in interviews, allowing you to expound on the examples included on your résumé.
4. Utilize strong verbs to describe the actions, but vary these verbs throughout your résumé to engage the reader.用最强的动词形容“action”，但动词一定要change。
5. Avoid multiple line descriptions. Doing so might mean you break up points into more than one item.避免复杂的描写思路。行文紧凑意味着你将要点拆开，融入各点。 Example from a résumé sent to me – who wants to read this? Take residential mortgage loan applications and offer, or negotiate terms for a home purchase or refinance loan on borrower's behalf with multiple lenders. For example, Fifth Third Bank, Wells Fargo, Pacific Union, and nine other lenders. Supervise all paperwork between lender and borrower for submission and underwriting. Review credit reports, flood and homeowner's insurance binders, income documentation; business, farm, real estate, and income tax returns; appraisals, mortgage notes, and title documents for closing and underwriting. Price out mortgage rates and lock them with lenders. Ensure compliance with federal RESPA requirements as well as Dodd-Frank Act requirements. Ensure secure transmittal and storage of all sensitive documentation. 6. Use multiple levels of hierarchies (bullets and sub-bullets; boldfaced or underlined).层次要分明。 - Direct overall CRM module test strategy.
- Establish scope and nature of testing – including architecture, automation, performance, security and scalability.
- Create project plans to ensure on-time delivery and track progress against milestones.
- Negotiate with internal stakeholders to resolve dependencies.
7. Quantify the result with dollar amounts or percentages wherever possible.注意将“结果”量化，①人文量化，如获得公司的表扬及最佳员工奖 ②数字量化，如增加收入XX美元，或增长XX% “saved company US$2 million” or “increased operating efficiency by 10%”. 8. Write with parallelism to express similar ideas (section headers, job functions, etc.).“平行”安置类似的内容，如工作性质，title Using consistent standards like periods at the end. Having mini-sections of “selected transactions” to describe investment banking positions. 9. Eliminate or reduce résumé content that is redundant, immaterial or overly technical. Use the guideline of whether the résumé content positively differentiates you from your peers.去掉多余的（重复）材料，或者复杂的专业术语。
10. Use whitespace to increase readability. Readers will spend even less time reading a résumé packed with every morsel of content without regard to margins or line spaces.
使用空格增加可读性。简洁的CV，让所有人的内容一目了然，增加分辨率和信息获得量。 | 
