From broad business roles to procurement
Lina completed an MSc in management in Munich and had sent 34 applications across marketing, consulting, operations and procurement. Her CV treated a procurement thesis and a student role with a supplier as minor details.
In the Market Entry Intensive, we compared four vacancy families and found that procurement roles consistently matched her strongest evidence. Lina rewrote the top half of her CV around supplier analysis, Excel modelling and her thesis findings, then prepared German and English search terms for Junior Einkäuferin and procurement analyst positions.
“The session was more direct than I expected. Some roles I liked were simply not credible yet, which was hard to hear. But narrowing the search stopped me rewriting everything every day. Three weeks later I had two first interviews for procurement roles.”
— Lina, MSc Management, Munich
Making research experience understandable outside university
Ahmed was finishing a materials science doctorate and applying to industrial R&D roles. His eight-page academic CV documented publications thoroughly but left employers to infer his project ownership and laboratory coordination.
The application review separated the publication record from a two-page industry CV. Together we turned one research project into concise evidence about experimental design, equipment responsibility, a delayed supplier, and coordination with an external laboratory.
“I did not need to hide the academic part. I needed to explain what I was responsible for. The annotated document showed where I assumed the reader knew too much.”
— Ahmed, PhD candidate, Aachen
Rehearsing without memorising
“My first answers sounded polished but too long. We repeated the introduction twice and cut it to the decisions that mattered for the quality-engineer role. I still felt nervous in the real interview, just no longer lost when they interrupted with follow-up questions.”
— Sofía, Mechanical Engineering graduate, Stuttgart
“Useful and very specific on the German CV. I would have preferred more time on salary wording, but the written checklist helped me prepare that part afterwards.”
— Daniel, MA graduate, Berlin
Names and identifying details are published with permission; selected details are shortened to protect client privacy. Outcomes describe individual experiences and are not guarantees of interviews or employment.