by Marquis | Sep 26, 2011 | Bschool admissions, Business School, career, consulting, management consulting, mba
Last week, I posted my response to a reader who was interested in pursuing a career in Consulting but didn’t know whether the lifestyle sacrifices would be too much. After my response, he sent me another email with a couple of follow-up questions. The...
by Marquis | Sep 19, 2011 | career, career-life balance, consulting, management consulting, professional advice
This post is all about a topic that concerns a lot of folks who are targeting positions in Management Consulting, the lifestyle…Or, more specifically, the sacrifices in lifestyle that can come as a Consultant. The email below came to me from a reader who is...
by Marquis | Aug 22, 2011 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, mba, professional advice, recruiting, transition
The email below came in from an active duty soldier in the U.S. Air Force who is interested in pursuing a career in Consulting after his time in the service ends next year. He’s close to completing his MBA at a non-top-tier MBA program (he has done his...
by Marquis | Aug 2, 2011 | Business School, career, consulting, Industries, management consulting, mba
Hey, folks. Wow, it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve posted an entry. I have to apologize for that and say that it wasn’t because I didn’t have anything to write about. The past couple of months have been crazy with me moving into a new...
by Marquis | Jul 15, 2011 | Business, Business School, career, consulting, management consulting, mba, Networking, professional advice, recruiting
In this entry, I’m fielding a question from an MBA student from a business school in India. He’s interested in Consulting, but, while his school has great placements in several industries, it doesn’t have a reputation of placing people into the...
by Marquis | Feb 13, 2011 | career, consulting, management consulting, professional advice
The email below came in from a reader who is currently in her senior year at Princeton, my alma mater (GO TIGERS!!! B-)). She was fortunate enough to make it to the closed list for interviews for Analyst positions with McKinsey and Bain. Her interviews are coming up...
