Hello everyone,
I am a PhD in Biomedical engineering graduating next month from a well known university in China. Due to covid travel restrictions imposed by Chinese government, my graduation was postponed because I couldn't go back to my lab for my additional experiments. My first question is how to explain that in my resume? Would that impact the screening process when they see there are two additional semesters?
My second question is about the office, I am mainly targeting mackinsey, and I know that north American offices are opened for advanced professional degrees, but I could not find if the other offices are opened to this program. In fact, I am interested in the chinese offices (because I have studied there) and the Dubai one (cause I can speak Arabic). So if in any case they are not open to freshly phd graduates, and have a rejection before even getting an interview, would that prevent me from applying again in other offices?
And my last question is about cv /resume. I want to section my working experience into research experience, entrepreneurial experience and teaching experience? Will that be okay? Because I feel all of above experiences are relevant yet not in the same time frame. Some blogs explained that we should just put experience relevant to consulting. More, if I add my publications and conferences the resume would go to 2 pages! Another confusing point.
Please I need some guidance as I'm making this transition and I am very new to this filed.
Thank you if you read/ answer my message.
Best regards.
Thank you for answer. please check this link below https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/students/tips-for-advanced-professional-degree-candidates. and when I attended two of their online event, recruiters said the same about the academic CVs, and that I can include my publications. One of them told me that they are not looking for business resume from phd graduates, and I find that hard to believe. Can you check that link please and tell me your opinion please? Thank you again. Regards
Maybe I was too "harsh" in my answer. As someone who has significant academic experience, you obviously cannot disregard that part of your professional experience. You should include everything that underlines you are a top caliber professional and everything that shows you have a business mindset / relevant business skills. My point was to avoid overdoing it or including too many things that are not relevant (I hardly find attending conferences as something relevant, but giving a talk in a conference is definitely positive; publications are fine, as long as you select the most relevant... 2-5 would be the ideal number). In other words, you include these experiences, but in the format one would do in a business CV, and not in the academic CV format, which tends to be exhaustive and value quantity.