The degree is described as follows:
Candidate for Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA),
200_.
Candidate for Master of Business Administration (MBA), 200_.
"Focus in" is the term to express your area(s) of
academic study. Both First Year and Second Year Students may use this
term.
For example: Focus in Finance and Strategy.
*Do not use the word "concentration".
Latin phrases are italicized e.g. pro bono, summa cum laude,
but “frat-type” organization are not italicized because
only the names are Greek, the letters are not e.g. Phi Beta Kappa.
Journal titles are italicized: The Wall Street Journal,
American Journal of Economics.
Book titles are underlined: The Wind in the Willows, Jaws.
Bullet points, text sentences and degrees are followed by a
period.
Example 1:
- l Analyzed legal and financial information regarding expansion
of rail service for municipal government.
Example 2:
Candidate for Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2000.
No period for locations and job descriptions.
Example 1:
Yale School of Management New Haven, Connecticut
Example 2:
GE Investments Stamford, Connecticut
Associate, Real Estate Investments
| Number |
Example |
Abbreviation |
| Thousand |
$500,000 |
$500K |
| Million |
$1,000,000 |
$1M |
| Millions |
$1,100,000 |
$1.1MM |
| Millions |
$8,000,000 |
$8MM |
| Billion |
$5,000,000,000 |
$5B |
| There is no space after $,
number or letter. |
MBA students are expected to be somewhat proficient with
the Microsoft Office suite of software (or comparable software)
so there is no need to list proficiency with these basic programs
on your resume.
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mba.yale.edu
