Work in Japan or Teach English in Japan?
Hi monkeys,
I work in a Japanese bank in NYC. I technically work in IB, but its really corporate banking. I was wondering how admissions offices of top 10 schools view teaching English abroad for a year vs. working abroad at my current company on a corporate 12 month program.
My goal is to become fluent in Japanese (a personal aspiration), while best positioning myself for B-School admissions process.
Side question: I'm trying to move to IB at a US bank and then after a couple years teach for a year then go to B school. Is this a bad look (as in, does it look like I couldn't hack it)?
Context: - GMAT: 710 - Mid tier SEC School: 4.0 - Decent extracurricular and outside of work activities, but not saving orphans. - White guy
Thanks for the help
Working at a Company in Japan >>>>> Teaching English
Source: I worked at a company in China which was >>>>> teaching English for the purposes of going to an MBA which I also did to break into US IB.
I don't really follow your story. You currently work at a Japanese bank in NYC, but they won't let you transfer to Tokyo even after spending a few years there? I think Jbank NYC -> Jbank Tokyo -> business school could be even more interesting / competitive than other options. Of course if you can go to IBD in NYC without business school, why go to business school (corp dev / strategy in your long term plans?) Jbank NYC -> some random IB in US -> business school.
You might be able to leverage Jbank NYC -> a Japanese company in Japan if you get really good. You also could do a Masters degree in Japan to learn the language. Finally if you become fluent in Japanese then the Wharton Lauder program could be interesting
Word. Appreciate the insight.
I can definitely go from Jbank NYC to Jbank Tokyo, maybe I wasn't clear with that. My company runs a 12 month program. I figured becoming fluent while fully involved with work might be much harder than while teaching. Additionally, I don't particularly like the company, and after the 12 months, I think I'd be stuck at there.
IB in US is attractive because I'm not developing the skillset I would like to in Jbank NYC. And, after teaching, I don't think I'd be very marketable to US firms upon return (corp dev route is of high interest).
Appreciate the insight on the lauder program, I was unaware of it before now.
typed in the wrong place...
Go to a large US bank and work in Japan as an expat sounds better to me.
Are you trying to imitate this list?:
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