The next half of the essay provides details of the skills that the candidate has acquired in the industry and plans to develop through the LBS MBA core curriculum, the Global Experiential learning modules, and the Summer Consulting program.
The first paragraph captures the trend in the hospitality industry that has kept them behind by over two decades. The candidate then describes the numerous strategies the team has adopted to improve the value offered to the guests, from monitoring the spending pattern to notifying the various department on the guest presence, in such a way that the responsibility is clearly defined.
The candidate then cites an MBA information session held in London where her role was to offer an excellent user experience for the admission and marketing team. The talk on London and the Future of Financing are pointed out as the triggering event for her interest in pursuing a post-graduate degree.
At the end of the essay, the candidate mentions the short-term and long-term goals, giving the MBA Admission team enough context on whether the targets are achievable based on previous successes. The need to embrace consulting for a non-profit is not an additional experience but a crucial differentiator to serve Generation Z, the socially conscious and connected generation of our time. The candidate offers a recent scandal and share price trends, to make the point.
Eager to contribute and answer the most frequent question that Humanities major receive, ‘what use will the degree have, ‘I joined Z – the world’s largest hotel chain as an Experience Manager. The industry is a couple of decades behind in practices as close to 25% of the hotel staff still use pen and paper to note down requests. With an attrition rate of over 70% in the industry, the notes fail to pass on. We began parallelly designing the user experience for the employees as unhappy servers/cleaning staff, and the concierge can negatively impact the guest experience.
At a strategic level, we analyzed the spending patterns and ....
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Question 1 (500 words): What are your post-MBA goals and how will your prior experience and the London Business School program contribute towards these?
Question 2. (200 words): What makes you unique?
Question 3 (500 words): (This question is optional) Is there any other information you believe the Admissions Committee should know about you and your application to London Business School?
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