AccessMBA event online one-to-one event for Tokyo - September 24, 2020

AccessMBA will be holding an online MBA event focused on prospective MBA applicants in Tokyo. For more information please read on below. 

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com
(note: I am in the process of setting up a cross-promotional relationship with AccessMBA)

Go online and meet top MBA programs from around the world

 

Are you looking for the best way to grow your career as a business leader?

This online event gives you the opportunity to explore MBA programs from wherever you are located around the world.

Get ready to meet leading international business schools online and have all your questions about your MBA journey answered on the go. 

What to expect from this online event?

·       Receive a personalized profile evaluation by our expert MBA consultants 

·       Meet with the admissions directors of prestigious business schools in real time

·       Access scholarships from over EUR 3 million in MBA funding opportunities

·       Win a free consultation session by MBA Lounge

·       Win a free admission editing service from Wordvice

·       Receive a 15% discount for admission editing service from Wordvice

·       Receive a free 30-min consultation by Unimy.com

What makes the MBA degree valuable?

The MBA study format is designed for business leaders who are ready to develop their international managerial career or wish to move to a different industry. Employers value the business fundamentals, problem solving mindset, and adaptiveness that MBA participants acquire by the time they graduate.

Take the first step by discussing your preferences for business schools and programs directly with admissions directors. 

The Access MBA online events are free of charge, but meeting slots are limited. 

Get started and sign up here today!

CMU Tepper Webinar for Japanese Applicants

I was asked by a former client to post the information below on an upcoming webinar hosted (in Japanese) by current students of the CMU Tepper MBA program.


John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

https://www.tepper-japan.com/2018-12-08-webinar

Carnegie Mellon Tepper 日本人在校生によるWebinar開催のお知らせ

MBA受験生の皆様

12/8（土） 10:30pm - 12:00am（日本時間）に、Tepper School of Business在校生によるWebinarを開催致します（本WebinarはTepper のAdmissionとは関係ない非公式なものです）。本機会を利用し、Tepperのこと、Pittsburghでの生活、受験のTipsなど、受験に向け気になることを何でもお聞きいただければと思います。

お申し込みは以下リンク先よりお願いいたします↓

https://goo.gl/forms/SK8F0HDxDjrpmGik2

なお、本Webinarは

·  お申込みいただいた方に後ほどWebinarへのアクセス方法を送付しますのでそちらからアクセスください

·  日本語で行います

·  在校生が4名（1年生1名、2年生3名）参加します

·  上記申込フォーム中の質問は英語でも日本語でも構いません

·  1時間で一度終わりますが、質問が多い場合はその後希望者のみで30分程度延長させていただきます

在校生一同、皆様にお会いできるのを楽しみにしております。どうぞお気軽にお申し込み下さい。

その他のお問合せは下記Websiteよりお願い致します。

Carnegie Mellon Tepper

日本人Website: https://www.tepper-japan.com/

Wharton event in Tokyo on August 4, 2018

I received information from a current Wharton student on an upcoming Wharton event in Tokyo. Details in Japanese follow!

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

 Wharton MBA 若手卒業生による非公式説明会

8月4日(土)、コレド日本橋にて、若手卒業生によるWharton MBA説明会を開催します。学校主催の公式説明会(9月予定) に先立ち、ウェブサイトだけでは十分に伝わらないWharton MBAの魅力や特徴を、よりカジュアルな雰囲気の中でご紹介します。Whartonへの出願を検討されている方はもちろん、将来的にMBAに進学したいと考えられている方、MBA受験するか迷っている方もぜひご参加いただければと思っております。

○ イベント概要

１．キーノート対談「Whartonからプロ経営者への道」(裏面にも登壇者のご紹介があります) 

上田浩太郎氏（2003年卒業、マッキンゼーを経て、現在ベネッセコーポレーション取締役）

永見世央氏（2011年卒業、カーライルなどを経て、現在ラクスル株式会社CFO）

２．プレゼンテーション

Whartonのカリキュラム、在学中の多様な機会、卒業後の進路・ネットワークなどご説明します

３．若手卒業生よるパネルディスカッション

Why MBA/Wharton、学校や授業の雰囲気、課外活動、卒業後のキャリアまで幅広いトピックをカバー

４．卒業生とのコーヒーチャット

最近の卒業生（20名以上が参加予定）がご質問にお答えします

５．（オプショナル）「Wharton／MBA初心者向け分科会」

漠然とMBAは気になっているけど、受験に踏み出せない方に向けて分科会を開催します。よくご質問いただく、「費用対効果は？」「私費でもなんとかなる？」「結婚・家族・子育てと両立可能？」「どうスコアを取ればいいの？」といった疑問や悩みに、経験者がお答えします

〇日時・場所

日時：2018 年8 月4 日（土）13:30 開場、14:00 開始、17:00 頃まで（途中退席可）

場所：コレド日本橋5階(〒103-0027 中央区日本橋1-4-1、WASEDA NEO内) 

https://wasedaneo.jp/waseda/asp-webapp/web/WAccess.do 

その他：日本語、無料

〇お申し込み

参加ご希望の方は下記リンクよりご登録ください。参加者多数の場合、先着順とさせて頂きます。

お申し込みリンク：https://goo.gl/forms/1kIUpsLCB9x7vmRo1 

〇お問い合わせ

Wharton Club of Japan : whartonjapan.info@gmail.com 

○登壇者ご紹介

上田浩太郎氏1998 年に東京大学法学部を卒業後、マッキンゼーアンドカンパニーに入社。2003 年Wharton MBA 修了。マッキンゼーに復職後、2010 年より同社パートナーとして、メディア・テクノロジー業界を中心としたクライアントワークに従事。また組織・人材プラクティスを立ち上げ責任者を務める。2015 年に株式会社ベネッセホールディングスに執行役員CSO として参画。2016 年より教育・生活事業会社であるベネッセコーポレーションの取締役(戦略・人事担当)に就任。現在は同取締役（戦略・R&D 担当）、ベネッセi キャリア取締役を務める。

永見世央氏2004 年に慶應義塾大学総合政策学部を卒業後、みずほ証券株式会社にてM&A アドバイザリー業務に従事。2006 年から2013 年まで米カーライル・グループに所属し、バイアウト投資と投資先の経営及び事業運営に関与。その後株式会社ディー・エヌ・エーを経て2014 年4 月にラクスル株式会社にCFO として参画し、同年10 月に取締役就任。ペンシルバニア大学ウォートンスクールにてMBA 取得。

MBA Essay Consulting Event: Sunday, June 3, 2018

I will be co-hosting with admissions consultant Eiki Satori an event at Affinity in Tokyo at 10am on Sunday June 3, 2018. Please register if you are in Tokyo and interested in learning more about the MBA admissions process. I will be discussing the process of brainstorming and writing essays for the Columbia MBA set, but may substitute in other essay questions if new ones are available then. 

Details (in Japanese) can be found here.

John Couke

john.couke@gmail.com

1-page vs 2-page Resumes

Your resume is an important document that requires constant attention and updating, even if you are not looking for a job or applying to grad school.  How long should this document be? My short answer is that the 1-page resume is the only document which should be used in your job or school application (except for those positions that ask for lengthy detail on professional or academic accomplishments, i.e. a CV).  But that doesn't mean there is no use for a longer version.

I recommend regularly updating a 2-4 page resume (a master resume), that includes all of your positions and accomplishments. When you will actually use it, cut it down to a final 1-page focused and strategic version.  There are several benefits to be had from such a system.

Benefit #1: You can keep everything, without having to show everything.

For many, it is hard to cut their 6th consecutive M&A deal from a resume, especially when they all seem to be so interesting!  But the reality is that this level of duplicity is rarely necessary in a finished resume.  So, keep the master resume as a comprehensive list, while the finished resume can be a more focused version that contains just those contents that are most relevant for the job or application.  This is a great way to satisfy both urges people feel when they make a resume: 1) they want it to reflect absolutely everything, and 2) they want to feel that it is focused to the individual reader. It is hard to accomplish both with just one document, so don't even try.

Benefit #2: Content which is cut from the final version doesn't disappear.

I used to keep just a 1-page resume, and so when I decided to add something, invariably something else had to be cut.  This is fine of course, but what if one of those cut accomplishments may have value in a different, future situation? If all you are doing is continually refining and juggling the content in your 1-page resume, then once you cut something you may forget about it - and it may be useful later.

Benefit #3: The master resume can be easily adapted into a finished resume that is targeted for specific situations.

I've mentioned here that the finished resume needs to focus the reader's attention on the details of your background that are most relevant for them. The resume for your application to the MIT Sloan MBA program is not necessarily going to be the same resume you would submit for a job as a domestic sales manager at a fashion retailer. Your finished resume should fit each individual need to which it may be applied and part of that means selecting which accomplishments are most relevant.

Note that as you finalize resumes for different purposes, you are not only cutting the volume of material so that it fits 1 page, but you may also be tweaking the word choice within bullet points to highlight different skills that you may aim to highlight for different purposes.

A final note on length

But why is it so necessary to make all of these painful cuts in order to arrive at my finished 1-page resume? Wouldn't a 2 page version just be easier to make? Why do I have to carefully go over all of my accomplishments in order to find just those key ones that are most representative of my skill-set, and that are most relevant to the reader? In asking these questions, you are giving yourself the answers: you need to make all of these decisions and evaluations of your resume content, so that your reader doesn't have to.  Your 1-page resume is the movie trailer of (the relevant parts of) your life - it is short, to the point, and gets the viewer interested in wanting to learn more.  Can a two-page resume do this? In most cases it can, but a one-page resume does it better, because it is more succinct. There is a reason why movie trailers are only 2-minutes or so - because that is all it takes to get you interested in the story being advertised.

Here's a quick summary of the benefits of having a 1 page resume:

1) A 1-page resume offers the strongest initial impact, and makes it easy for the reader to quickly scan your background and be impressed.

2) A 1-page resume has only the most highly relevant and impressive content, because you have taken the time to select which bullet points to include.

3) A 1-page resume doesn't require the reader to go back and forth between pages or have to hunt for what they are looking for. Everything is laid out clearly.

So, start working on your "master version" resume today, so that you are ready to make a finely-honed 1-page version of it when it's time for that next job opportunity or school application.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

Changes to the GMAT from April 16th 2018

If you are thinking of applying to business school you have likely already heard that as of April 16th 2018, the GMAT will be getting shorter. The verbal section will shrink from 41 to 36 questions and the quantitative section will shrink from 37 to 31. What does this mean?

To me, it means that if in practice tests you tend to consistently run out of energy and/or time towards the last few questions of the verbal or quantitative section, then this new test is going to be better for you.

At the same time however, if you tend to take a few questions to find your feet and get rolling, and may perform better towards the end of the verbal or quantitative section, then the current format might suit you better (although in general you're at a disadvantage as on these kinds of tests doing well at the start and achieving tougher questions faster is generally better).

At the end of the day it's a moot point - from April 16th the new and shorter GMAT will be the only choice for everyone.

To read more on the logistics of the change and how it impacts the number of questions you need to solve as well as the time available per question, read this well-written analysis courtesy of Dan Edmonds at NoodlePros.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

Chicago Booth MBA Coffee Chat in Tokyo - 3/25/2018

A current student at the Chicago Booth MBA program asked me to post the message below regarding an upcoming coffee chat in Tokyo on 3/25/2018. Details follow in Japanese.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

3/25(日) Chicago Booth Coffee Chat 開催のご案内

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth) の在校⽣・卒業⽣によるコーヒーチャットを開催します。

出願に関する経験やアドバイス、授業、課外活動、就職活動、シカゴでの⽣活などについて、お話させて頂ければと思っております。

⽇時: 3⽉25⽇(⽇) 10:00 AM〜12:00 PM

場所: Dimensional Fund Advisors Tokyo Office（東京都千代⽥区丸の内3‐1‐1 国際ビル Suite 808）

ご参加頂ける⽅は下記リンクより事前申込をお願いいたします。

https://goo.gl/forms/vweSMBjNXBggxiUS2

また、在校⽣によるブログを公開しています。情報収集にぜひご活⽤下さい。

https://www.chicago-booth.jp/student

皆様のご参加をお待ちしています！

Yale SOM Hosting a Tokyo Reception on March 1, 2018

Staff of the Yale SOM MBA Program will be hosting a Reception event on Thursday March 1, 2018 in Tokyo. For more information and to register click here. 

John Couke

john.couke@gmail.com

Emory Goizueta MBA Webinar on December 9, 2017

A former client reported to me that the Emory Goizueta MBA program will be hosting a webinar on Saturday December 9, 2017. The click through here leads to Japanese language information on the event.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

London Business School MBA event in Tokyo on October 23, 2017

A former student let me know that there will be an LBS MBA admissions event in Tokyo. For details and registration (which is necessary) please click here.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

Michigan Ross MBA Admissions Event in Tokyo on August 21, 2017

I received the posting below regarding an upcoming Michigan Ross MBA event in Tokyo. Details below!

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com

Michigan Ross 入学審査官による学校説明会　8/21開催

来る8月21日（月）、University of Michigan Ross School of BusinessはAdmissions OfficeによるFull-time MBAの公式説明会を開催いたします。

Rossはリーダーシップやマネジメントに関するプログラムを中心に外部機関から高い評価を得ております。
#1 in Top Leadership Development Programs by Leadership Excellence
#8 in Full-time MBA Ranking by Business Week
#1 in Top Schools for Sustainability by Business Week
#1 in Ranking of Best Graduate Programs for Entrepreneurship　by Princeton Review
#4 for Management, #5 for Marketing, #6 for International Business in US News MBA Rankings
#3 for Corporate Strategy, #5 for CSR / Ethics in Financial Times MBA Rankings

在校生は優秀かつ協力的であり、Globalなネットワークを広げられる素晴らしい環境です。また、Ann Arborは非常に治安のよい街で、パートナーズクラブや教育施設も充実しており、ご家族でいらっしゃる方々も安心して生活することができます。今回の説明会ではAdmission Officerに加え卒業生・在校生も多数参加予定ですので、是非ともこの機会にRossの魅力を感じていただき、ネットワーキングしていただければと思います。

説明会終了後に、Admission Officerと卒業生も参加する懇親会も予定しておりますので、奮ってご参加下さい。

Ross School of Business Tokyo Information Session
日時：2017年8月21日（月）19:00～21:00（受付開始18:30～）
場所：六本木アカデミーヒルズ　スカイスタジオ
東京都港区六本木6丁目10番1号 六本木ヒルズ森タワー49Ｆ
http://forum.academyhills.com/roppongi/index.html

参加ご希望の方はこちらよりご登録ください。
https://michiganross.umich.edu/events/ross-mba-information-session-tokyo-13680713

IESE Events in Tokyo during summer and fall 2017

I was recently informed by a current student of several upcoming events involving the IESE MBA program - a coffee chat, an information session and a counseling day among others. Details in Japanese follow and as well you can click here.

John Couke
john.couke@gmail.com


IESE Business Schoolでは、夏季期間、下記の通り東京/大阪にてアプリカントの皆様向けに各種イベントを実施しますので、ふるってご参加ください。詳細は下記ページをご確認ください。
http://mailings.iese.edu/IESE/newsletter.php?N=6416


1. Meet the IESE Students: コーヒーチャット
日時: 8/6 (日) 10:15-12:30
10:15 受付開始
10:30 在校生によるIESE Business Schoolの紹介
10:50 在校生とのチャット
12:30 閉会
場所: TKP赤坂駅カンファレンスセンター カンファレンスルーム 14A
注記: 夏季休暇で一時帰国中の在校生4-5名により開催されます。


2. MBA Information Session: 学校説明会
日時: 9/1 (金) 18:45-21:00
18:45 受付開始
19:15 Admissions OfficerによるIESE Business Schoolの紹介
19:45 質疑応答
20:00 卒業生によるパネルディスカッション
21:00 閉会
場所: 六本木アカデミーヒルズ
注記: パネルディスカッションには、プロフィール属性の異なる卒業生4-5名が登壇する予定です。


3. MBA Counseling Day
IESE Class of 2016の卒業生でもあるAdmissions Officerが、プログラム、学校生活、キャリア機会、アドミッションプロセス等、幅広く個別の疑問にお応えします(30分、日本語可、参加登録後自動返信されるメールよりスロット予約)。
a. 大阪
日時: 7/23（日）14:00-18:30
場所: ウェスティン大阪ロビーラウンジ
b. 東京
日時: 7/19（水）15:00-21:30、8/22（火）15:00-21:30、9/4（月）15:00-21:30、9/10（日）10:30-19:30
場所: 六本木アカデミーヒルズ IESE東京オフィス