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September 18, 2020 5:02pm ET

Applying: ESADE, HEC Paris, IE Business School, IESE, INSEAD

Intake Year: 2020

Pre-MBA Career: 08/20/2020

Post-MBA Target Industry: Technology, Entrepreneurship

GMAT: 750

GPA: 3.9

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: CHicago

Post MBA Location: Spain, France, U.S.

Notes:

Hi Everyone! American here looking to pivot to entrepreneurship to focus on improving hiring practices for entry level positions.

Education: Top 20 UG business program (full tuition at state school) - concentrated in finance and business analytics. Spent a semester in Spain studying business courses in Spanish. Fluent in Spanish (C1) and proficient in Portuguese (B2). Self taught intermediate coding (SQL, VBA, Python).

Work: Experience: 2 YOE at T2 Consulting firm in Analytics role. Promoted in 1.5 years and targeting second promotion to post-MBA level at end of year. Most experience has been focused on building operations strategy and developing logistics optimization and inventory management capabilities. Highly involved in diversity and analytics recruiting.

EC: Started initiative to offer pro-bono recruiting coaching to minorities. Coached 40+ people across 7 countries - students got several offers, including BCG and Kerotin. Virtually mentored Costa Rican education start-up for four months to triple sponsorship and build first international partnerships.

Goals: Plan is to start a job platform that uses analytics and skill assessments to more fairly screen candidates and to provide feedback to those not selected. Over time, candidates will hopefully learn how to improve and hiring conversion / open positions for young people will increase.

Schools: US climate is wearing on me and my dreams are to run my own international business so targeting European schools.

Applying for Fulbright for IE. Targeting INSEAD, IESE, or HEC Paris. Few questions: Any advice or tips? Curious if I should mention intention to learn Catalan or French if admitted? Do I have a chance of getting scholarship money or is my work experience too limited? Thank you for taking the time to read this and any input provided!

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alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Super numbers. Sounds like you’ve achieved a lot in a short time. It’s also good that you have a fairly focused goal that you want to pursue now. You are considering a space that I’m sure LinkedIn is trying to cover, is working for them, or similar, a potential alternative? Where do you want to be located, post MBA re geography? If the US is part of that consideration, I’d include 1-2 US based programs too. I wouldn’t state in apps that you plan to learn the local language. If your interests in language comes up in interviews, you can address it then. (2)

chi_2020_eur_2021 Likes Earned: 8 Thanks Alex! I think what LinkedIn is doing works for them but does not necessarily work for job seekers and companies. What I am looking to create is an alternative where unsuccessful candidates learn from each application (rather than hearing nothing). The idea is that this will lead to developing better entry-level talent for companies and also minimize HR time spent in evaluations, which is worth a premium. I want to be based in the EU - most likely a Mediterranean country. If I am successful with getting my business off the ground, I am sure I would eventually launch it in the U.S. My backup plan is to continue in consulting but transfer to a European based office. (1)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 Great, then you should focus solely on Euro-based programs. Look at their strengths for entrepreneurship. (0)

alexbr4 Verified User. Likes Earned: 1677 More details on this candidacy in this episode of Wire Taps: https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/09/episode-122-wire-taps/ (0)