Hi Everyone,
This is my first post on this website. I have been studying for the GMAT and have found this site to be a great resource.
Here's my dilemma:
I was laid off from my job at a Fortune 500 company back in February. I had been working there for 2 and a half years, since I graduated from college. I graduated with a BS in Business Administration and had always planned to go back to school for an MBA, but never found the time to study because of my job. Being laid off gave me the perfect opportunity. Since then, I have started studying for the GMAT and was planning on taking the test in August, then applying this fall for the 2010 school year. (Do you think not having a job during this period will be looked badly upon by adcoms when I do apply? )
Well, I have been offered a job with a Korean corporation that is huge in Korea, albeit small (they only have 7 employees at the branch where I was offered a job) and unknown in the US. They are hoping to expand in the American market and have offered me a position with their company. I know if I take this job, it will require a lot of time and I will have to put studying for the GMAT on the back burner. I know that B-schools want applicants with solid work experience, but I am not sure this opportunity will be an enhancement to my application. Even if I did take the GMAT and apply this fall, I would have only worked at this new company for 3 or 4 months. If I end up delaying the application process and putting all my energy into this new job, there is no guarantee that this job will be a "significant" work experience since they are relatively small and unknown. Should I forgo this job, continue to study, then look for a job after I have taken the GMAT? (This may be difficult as there are very few jobs out there.)
Now I am faced with a dilemma:
-should I forgo this job opportunity and continue to study, or
-should I take the job and delay applying to B-school?
Thank you!
This is my first post on this website. I have been studying for the GMAT and have found this site to be a great resource.
Here's my dilemma:
I was laid off from my job at a Fortune 500 company back in February. I had been working there for 2 and a half years, since I graduated from college. I graduated with a BS in Business Administration and had always planned to go back to school for an MBA, but never found the time to study because of my job. Being laid off gave me the perfect opportunity. Since then, I have started studying for the GMAT and was planning on taking the test in August, then applying this fall for the 2010 school year. (Do you think not having a job during this period will be looked badly upon by adcoms when I do apply? )
Well, I have been offered a job with a Korean corporation that is huge in Korea, albeit small (they only have 7 employees at the branch where I was offered a job) and unknown in the US. They are hoping to expand in the American market and have offered me a position with their company. I know if I take this job, it will require a lot of time and I will have to put studying for the GMAT on the back burner. I know that B-schools want applicants with solid work experience, but I am not sure this opportunity will be an enhancement to my application. Even if I did take the GMAT and apply this fall, I would have only worked at this new company for 3 or 4 months. If I end up delaying the application process and putting all my energy into this new job, there is no guarantee that this job will be a "significant" work experience since they are relatively small and unknown. Should I forgo this job, continue to study, then look for a job after I have taken the GMAT? (This may be difficult as there are very few jobs out there.)
Now I am faced with a dilemma:
-should I forgo this job opportunity and continue to study, or
-should I take the job and delay applying to B-school?
Thank you!
