The Masters in Management (MiM) degree is fast growing in popularity. The MiM appeals to recent grads looking to launch their career in business as soon as possible. It is a program that demands little to no work experience from its applicants and able to be completed in just under a year. For those who have completed (or are on their way to completing) a Masters in Management degree, the next step is the all important job search—and that raises the following question: How should you signify a Masters in Management degree on your resume?
In this article, we’ve outlined the key MiM skills that you should highlight on your resume. Follow these tips to show your MiM off to employers!
What are Employers Looking For?
The industries that Masters in Management graduates tend to find jobs in are very similar to those for MBA grads—consulting, finance, and technology. Each of these industries prioritize the leadership and strategic thinking abilities, as well as the global outlook, that graduates develop in their MiM programs.
Highlighting these skills on your resume will signify the usefulness of your Master in Management program to new employers. For each skill, remember to reflect on:
- How you learned it;
- How it relates to the job you are applying for;
- How it connects to your wider career goals.
Let’s take a look at why you should spotlight these skills on your resume, and how each of them is fundamental to the Masters in Management program.
Masters in Management Skills to Signify on Your Resume
Leadership
MiM graduates are likely to be entering into business at entry or mid-level positions. From there, many of them will climb through the ranks to senior and management levels. MiMs equip graduates with the leadership skills necessary to make this happen. This might be the theoretical knowledge on how to motivate employees, communicate clearly, and make strategic decisions. Alternatively, it might be the confidence to apply these learnings practically.
The approach to teaching leadership as part of a Masters in Management program varies between business schools. For example, Cornell Johnson introduces its MPS students to leadership via a Career Practicum, This Career Practicum operates as part of the Johnson Profiles in Leadership course, which spotlights speakers in C-suite positions and facilitates discussion between them and MPS students. The course creates a platform for students to interact with and learn from professionals at the top of their game.
Strategic Thinking
In business, strategic thinking is a must. Masters in Management graduates must prove to potential employers their ability to analyze situations, to monitor continuously, to make data-informed decisions, and to prioritize effectively. Master in Management programs teach their students how to think strategically and to manage in a manner that boosts productivity and performance. The programs teach students how to use strategy tools, to coordinate finances, and to study business strategy environments.
For many of the top MiM programs, strategy takes up both core and elective courses. Cornell Johnson, for example, runs a Global Strategy elective alongside its General Strategy and Marketing Strategy core courses, while HEC Paris runs strategy electives that cover topics as diverse as the pharmaceutical industry, asset management, people management, and even inequality. The HEC electives dive into the “concepts, methods and tools” of strategy analysis, identifying the business situations that they may be applied to and evaluating their limitations. HEC also offers practical “challenges,” by which students work as teams to apply the strategic knowledge they have gained to business problems.
Global and International Perspectives
In today’s international business world, a global outlook is highly valued. Graduates who can prove that they come equipped with a broad cultural understanding, firm grasp on global markets, and ability to excel in varied business environments have a competitive edge.
A Masters in Management can equip students with the experience needed to prove that they excel in this area. The MiM program enables students to learn from international faculty, to study within diverse cohorts, and to engage in study-abroad programs. Highlighting these skills on your resume will certainly make you stand out to employers.
INSEAD’s MiM is a great example of a program that highly values global perspectives. The school is renowned for its international focus, emphasis on diversity, and sprawling global emphasis. Teaching takes place across campuses in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and students hail from all over the world. Demonstrating international engagement is integral to securing a place at INSEAD. Graduates should certainly highlight this experience on their resumes.
INSEAD’s MiM is no exception to its larger global outlook, aiming to nurture globally attuned leaders who can transform the fabric of business. The program immerses students in internationality via continent-spanning campuses, field trips that take place in Abu Dhabi, Singapore, China, or USA, and a global network of more than 70,500+ influential alumni across 179 countries and 171 nationalities around the world. Their global focus translates into global jobs: the Class of 2023 received job offers in over 25 countries.
London Business School also proudly proclaims to have a thriving global community and international outlook. It promises its students the opportunity to “challenge – and extend – your cultural boundaries.” The school offers the Global Experience to its students, immersive business opportunities across the world. Alongside its MiM program, the school also offers a two-year Global Masters in Management, jointly delivered by LBS and the Fudan School of Management in Shanghai.
What Should the MiM Look Like on Your Resume?
Your Masters in Management should always be listed under the education section of your resume. It’s worth including alongside it:
- Your major, concentration, or specialization (if applicable);
- The threshold for overall GPA for your program;
- A description of any extracurricular activities you participated in during your Master in Management—for example, INSEAD’s Student Clubs;
- Any awards or distinctions earned during your studies.
The MiM skills which we explored above can be explained through a few bullet points under on your resume. If you wanted to highlight your strategy experience, you might write something along the lines of:
- Completed elective courses in people management and inequality strategy, learning methods and tools to conduct strategy analysis.
- Completed a capstone project on [Topic], working as part of a team to solve real-world business problems.
Or, if you want to amplify the international experience that you gained, you might write something like:
- Participated in a week-long project in New York as part of LBS’s Global Experience.
- Led diverse teammates in addressing X business challenge for Y company as part of Z international experience.
Structuring Your Resume
Even if you’ve clarified the skills you have gained from your Masters in Management degree perfectly, and taken time to signify the ways in which it will lead to great performance at your new role, your resume may still need some tweaks. Great content needs to be well structured for maximum impact.
Clear Admit has put together a guide on how to best structure your resume. The guide focuses on resumes for MBA applications, but our formatting and structural tips very much still apply. Follow our tips and you can ensure that, not only are you clearly spotlighting your MiM skills, you’re putting your best foot forward to get that dream job.
Top Clear Admit tips include:
- Keep it short and simple—don’t put readers off with densely packed text
- Look for examples of skills you demonstrated, even if they happened outside of work
- Don’t skip the interests—this stuff gives you personality. And make sure you get specific, too; if travel is your passion, where do you like to go? If cooking, what do you like to make?
You can read our full advice here.
