????亞歷克斯?楊

????跳國家：從新加坡跳至加拿大

????跳行業：從零售業跳至咨詢業

????跳職能：從運營經理跳至管理顧問

????邁入羅特曼管理學院之際，現年36歲的亞歷克斯?楊擁有一個明確的目標：畢業后從事一份最有利于太太和還在襁褓中的兒子的工作。他當時還沒有想清楚通過什么渠道抵達這個目標。他有幾個選項——重返麥當勞中國公司(McDonald's China )做他的餐廳解決方案副總裁；前往另一個國家，繼續從事零售業；抑或，跳躍至管理咨詢領域。

????與校友和業內人士的交談，以及在一家咨詢公司的暑期實習經歷，幫助他下定了決心。他說：“如果我想的話，我隨時可以重返零售業，繼續從事零售運用和戰略業務。而進入咨詢行業可以為我的后MBA職業生涯開辟更多的選項。”

????為了熟悉咨詢業的詳細情況，楊去了一趟羅特曼管理學院就業指導中心，還參加了該校管理咨詢協會組織的面試和簡歷準備研討會。在他看來，從事三個層面的職業生涯轉變就像是一位業余運動員參加鐵人三項訓練。他說：“這跟你不具備任何技能那種情形還不一樣。你擁有一些基礎技能，但這完全是另一個級別的競賽。”

????于楊而言，這種策略產生了效果。等到2014年5月畢業后，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：“這項選擇確實讓我付出了大量艱辛的努力，但因為這是一項正確的選擇，所有一切付出都是值得的。”

????他忠告那些打算嘗試三級跳的MBA學生，“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，需要彌補哪些差距，”他說。“這的確是一段漫長的旅程。獲得MBA學位后，你不一定非得完成所有這些跳躍；你的MBA學位讓你擁有了改變職業生涯的機會，但這其實只是萬里長征的第一步。”（財富中文網）

????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."???