Employed full-time, but..

[thelullaby99]

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So I am ready to re-apply. I applied to one school only last year, in Singapore, for the reason that I am not a US citizen nor a green card holder. I can get neither unless one of you handsome guy wanna marry me right now (but that's not the point of this thread, but PM me.....LOL just kidding.)

Anyway I have a new activity to add to my resume. I am employed, full-time. The money is sweet. But the CEO is none other than my mom. I have work hours, lunch time, no preferential treatment. I get yelled at sometimes. My job is to keep track of the money owed to the company. I keep records. I also keep an eye for the company's financial asset. I have my own office.

Obviously I won't attempt to squeeze a letter out of this. But how do I explain that I work for my mother full-time without it sounding like I just sit around all day not actually doing real work?

*Yes I'm typing this during lunch hour*

 

[rfvbnmju]

I don't think you have to mention that you work for your mom. Just state which company you work for and your responsibility.

You could also list a manager above you but below your mom so it doesn't appear as if you work for her.

 

[thelullaby99]

I don't think you have to mention that you work for your mom. Just state which company you work for and your responsibility.

You could also list a manager above you but below your mom so it doesn't appear as if you work for her.

What if the school ask about the lack of a letter? I will list the name of the company itself.

 

[cheerful85]

What if the school ask about the lack of a letter? I will list the name of the company itself.

I doubt they will ask about the lack of a letter. You don't need a letter from every significant experience especially if you're already submitting an interesting range of LOR.

Also, it's worth noting that quite a few people in the world had their first significant employment experience either working for a family business or getting a job through family/connections. I don't think you need to be too worried about going to great lengths to conceal that you work for your mother as long as your position seems obviously like a real job with real responsibilities. That said, unless there was some compelling reason to mention that you work for your mother in your primary/secondary applications, I wouldn't really draw attention to it since since who you work for or how you got hired aren't relevant to the standard sections of applications like Work/Activitiesas what you were doing on the job and what you learned from the experience.