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Question from a medical student considering Consulting as a career

by Marquis | May 14, 2012 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, professional advice

The email below came in from a reader who is currently in medical school and is considering joining McKinsey & Company after graduation. His question is about job security as a Consultant and whether he’d be making a risky move by passing up a surefire...

Work-life balance advice for a soon-to-be McKinsey intern

by Marquis | Mar 19, 2012 | career, career-life balance, consulting, management consulting, professional advice

The email below came to me from a college junior who has scored a unique opportunity for a summer internship at McKinsey that is unlike any other that I’ve ever heard of. He found out about me through the interview I did for ManagementConsulted.com a couple of...

Question about transitioning to a “Big 3” Consulting firm as an experienced hire

by Marquis | Feb 25, 2012 | career, career path, consulting, Financing the MBA, management consulting, mba, professional advice, transition

The email below is from one of my visitors who was seeking advice on how to transition to a Big 3 Consulting firm (i.e., McKinsey, Bain, and BCG) in an Analyst role as an experienced hire. Consulting firms usually hire Analyst-level talent directly after school, so...

High-level overview of the Management Consulting industry

by Marquis | Feb 8, 2012 | consulting, management consulting, strategy

Recently, I’ve received several emails asking me to provide an overview of the Management Consulting industry and, in those cases, I’ve referred people to my archived blog entries, where Consulting is discussed at length. Given the interest in this topic,...

Reader wondering how to get into McKinsey from a school with less brand name

by Marquis | Jan 18, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, professional advice

Long-time visitors to this site are probably used to seeing folks ask me questions about how to get into McK (or one of its peer firms). In this case, the author of the email below was seeking advice on how he could position himself to get into McK’s Philippines...

Moving from government work to Management Consulting

by Marquis | Jan 3, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, mba, Networking, professional advice

Happy new year, everyone! Hopefully, you all had a great holiday season and a safe entry into 2012. Now that I’ve had a couple of days to recover from the holidays, I figured that I should get back to posting truth and wisdom 🙂 The message below is from a reader...
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