A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
Pointers on asking questions (in a business environment)
The message below is from one of my friends (a younger colleague) who is a couple of years out of undergrad. She works in a challenging environment where she often has to participate in meetings with people who are much older and more experienced at the corporate game...
Announcing a new GMAT prep resource via partnership with GMATPill.com
Regular visitors to the site may have noticed a few changes over the past two weeks. I've been making a few cosmetic tweaks here and there, but one of the changes was pretty big...so much so that it was worth posting an announcement about it. My long-time readers may...
The Career Change Challenge – a new career search resource from Jullien Gordon
Hey, everyone. My long-time readers know that I've recently been trying to pass along job-related resources as I come across them. I've come across a new one that was developed my a good friend of mine that I've mentioned on this site before, Jullien Gordon. Jullien...
The MBA Marketing Machine
I remember waaaaaaay back in the early 2000's when the MBA degree was the thing to have. The MBA was supposed to be the ticket to a fantastic job in Finance/Consulting/Management that would be the first step on the road to eternal success in business, lots of money,...
Advice for a medical student applying for consulting
This is going to be a really short entry with a really short video in which I answer a short email from a medical student who is interested in a career in Management Consulting. She has been looking into the industry lately and wants to pursue a position as a...
Recap of TheArtOfApplying.com’s recent “B-school Despite the Odds” webinar
Back on July 5th, I told all of you about a free webinar that was being held on July 8th by TheArtOfApplying.com, my friend Kaneisha Grayson's new B-school coaching company. The webinar was entitled "B-school Despite the Odds" and, in it, Kaneisha gave an overview of...
USNews.com: More MBA Graduates Will Get Jobs in 2010
As many of you have likely read, the job market was incredibly tough for MBAs from the Class of 2009. In fact, I know of several MBA2009 graduates who are still searching for their first post-MBA job. In some cases, those graduates are being incredibly picky and are...
Job-Seekers: Grab the Middle Seat on an Airplane
When a friend of mine posted the article below on Facebook, I was about to ignore it, but the title caught my eye and I'm glad that I took the time to read it. As my longtime readers know, networking is sort of my "thing" and I spend a lot of time building and...
Strategic approach to the job search, Part III – Interviewing
In this entry, I present the third part of my "Strategic approach to the job search" series, which with the April 4, 2010 entry. In this installment, I offer a few tips on what to think about when entering the interview process with a prospective employer. I realize...
101 Tips for Becoming Your Own Career Coach
In the past few months, I've posted several articles about the iffy job market and, at times like these, we all owe it to ourselves to be as thoughtful as possible about managing our careers. I've built my career the hard way by making a lot of mistakes and learning...