????亞歷克斯?楊

????跳國家：從新加坡跳至加拿大

????跳行業(yè)：從零售業(yè)跳至咨詢業(yè)

????跳職能：從運(yùn)營經(jīng)理跳至管理顧問

????邁入羅特曼管理學(xué)院之際,，現(xiàn)年36歲的亞歷克斯?楊擁有一個(gè)明確的目標(biāo)：畢業(yè)后從事一份最有利于太太和還在襁褓中的兒子的工作,。他當(dāng)時(shí)還沒有想清楚通過什么渠道抵達(dá)這個(gè)目標(biāo)。他有幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)——重返麥當(dāng)勞中國公司(McDonald's China )做他的餐廳解決方案副總裁,；前往另一個(gè)國家,，繼續(xù)從事零售業(yè)；抑或，跳躍至管理咨詢領(lǐng)域,。

????與校友和業(yè)內(nèi)人士的交談,，以及在一家咨詢公司的暑期實(shí)習(xí)經(jīng)歷，幫助他下定了決心,。他說：“如果我想的話,，我隨時(shí)可以重返零售業(yè)，繼續(xù)從事零售運(yùn)用和戰(zhàn)略業(yè)務(wù),。而進(jìn)入咨詢行業(yè)可以為我的后MBA職業(yè)生涯開辟更多的選項(xiàng),。”

????為了熟悉咨詢業(yè)的詳細(xì)情況,，楊去了一趟羅特曼管理學(xué)院就業(yè)指導(dǎo)中心,，還參加了該校管理咨詢協(xié)會組織的面試和簡歷準(zhǔn)備研討會。在他看來,，從事三個(gè)層面的職業(yè)生涯轉(zhuǎn)變就像是一位業(yè)余運(yùn)動員參加鐵人三項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練,。他說：“這跟你不具備任何技能那種情形還不一樣。你擁有一些基礎(chǔ)技能,，但這完全是另一個(gè)級別的競賽,。”

????于楊而言,，這種策略產(chǎn)生了效果,。等到2014年5月畢業(yè)后，他將加入麥肯錫公司(McKinsey & Co.)多倫多分公司從事管理咨詢工作,。他說：“這項(xiàng)選擇確實(shí)讓我付出了大量艱辛的努力,，但因?yàn)檫@是一項(xiàng)正確的選擇，所有一切付出都是值得的,?！?/p>

????他忠告那些打算嘗試三級跳的MBA學(xué)生，“要搞清楚你想從事何種工作,，這種工作是否真的適合你,。還要明白你或許需要克服哪些障礙，需要彌補(bǔ)哪些差距,，”他說?！斑@的確是一段漫長的旅程,。獲得MBA學(xué)位后，你不一定非得完成所有這些跳躍,；你的MBA學(xué)位讓你擁有了改變職業(yè)生涯的機(jī)會,，但這其實(shí)只是萬里長征的第一步?！保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：葉寒???

????Alex Yeo

????Country jump: Singapore to Canada

????Industry jump: Retail to consulting

????Function jump: Operations to management consulting

????When Alex Yeo, 36, entered Rotman, he had a clear goal: to do what was best for his husband and their infant son. He was less clear on how to get there. He had several options -- he could return to McDonald's (MCD) China where he'd been the vice president of restaurant solutions, move to another company within the retail industry, or make a leap to management consulting.

????Conversations with alumni and industry professionals along with a summer internship in consulting helped him make up his mind. "I could always go back to retail and retail operations and strategy if I wanted to, whereas going to consulting opened up more post-MBA options for me," he points out.

????Yeo visited Rotman's career center and attended interview and resume prep sessions hosted by the school's Management Consulting Association to get up to speed. He compares the process of making the three-way switch to training for a triathlon as a causal athlete. "It's not like you don't have the skills. You have the base skills, but it's a different order of competition," he says.

????For Yeo, the gambit worked. After graduation in May 2014, he'll join McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant in Toronto. "That choice for me was definitely a lot of hard work, but because it's the right choice, it made the hard work worth it," he says.

????His advice for MBAs attempting a triple jump? "Be clear about what you want in terms of is this really the right fit for you. Be clear about the obstacles and gaps you might need to overcome," he says. "It's really a journey.... You don't have to make all of that jump after your MBA; your MBA gets you there, but it's really the first step."???