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cd86
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Hi all,
I am going to apply the coming year (fall 2014).
I have 4 years of experience, 2 years in a market research and consulting firm and 2 years in another firm in the corp strategy team (solid work with a lot of impact and results)
Till now I have made all my job moves strictly keeping MBA in mind, and have not made any erratic moves.However, I am currently really saturated with my current job in the corp strategy team.
One main reason thats adding to my irritation is the fact that I have been working on certain cosmetic formulations over the years and recently I could actually gather all the supplies needed to start up a small online cosmetic brand of my own.
Now I have two choices :
Option 1.Switch to a better job, probably a better brand. This would mean burning the midnight oil in the new organization, developing a good enough relationship with the new team/boss to be able to extract recommendations (all this in 6 months)
Pro : Getting rid of the frustrating current job and looking forward to something new.
Con : this would be the third organization I would be working for in the span of 5 years and Ive heard this might not reflect well during admissions.
Option 2.Starting up my cosmetic business.
Pro : I would actually be doing what I REALLY WANT in my life and not making all decisions based on MBA alone
Con : Though starting up something has been glamorized to look like bschool guys love the idea, I really doubt whether they appreciate it as much. More so, starting up a "cosmetics" company after 4 years of dabbling around in consulting, I wonder whether this looks like I lack focus.
Of corse there is a third option : sticking to the current job. But, I am simply done here and see no value addition in my career other than showing "consistency" for the sake of the bschool apps.
Please help!
cd
I am going to apply the coming year (fall 2014).
I have 4 years of experience, 2 years in a market research and consulting firm and 2 years in another firm in the corp strategy team (solid work with a lot of impact and results)
Till now I have made all my job moves strictly keeping MBA in mind, and have not made any erratic moves.However, I am currently really saturated with my current job in the corp strategy team.
One main reason thats adding to my irritation is the fact that I have been working on certain cosmetic formulations over the years and recently I could actually gather all the supplies needed to start up a small online cosmetic brand of my own.
Now I have two choices :
Option 1.Switch to a better job, probably a better brand. This would mean burning the midnight oil in the new organization, developing a good enough relationship with the new team/boss to be able to extract recommendations (all this in 6 months)
Pro : Getting rid of the frustrating current job and looking forward to something new.
Con : this would be the third organization I would be working for in the span of 5 years and Ive heard this might not reflect well during admissions.
Option 2.Starting up my cosmetic business.
Pro : I would actually be doing what I REALLY WANT in my life and not making all decisions based on MBA alone
Con : Though starting up something has been glamorized to look like bschool guys love the idea, I really doubt whether they appreciate it as much. More so, starting up a "cosmetics" company after 4 years of dabbling around in consulting, I wonder whether this looks like I lack focus.
Of corse there is a third option : sticking to the current job. But, I am simply done here and see no value addition in my career other than showing "consistency" for the sake of the bschool apps.
Please help!
cd
