by Marquis | Dec 11, 2013 | Business, Education, international business
The message below is an excerpt from an email that was sent to me by a college Sophomore who is hoping to select a country to complete a study abroad program in the coming school year. He’s wondering which location would be most beneficial when it comes to...
by Marquis | Dec 1, 2013 | Business, career, career path, global impact, Non-profit, poverty
The email below came from a college student that I met after a speaking engagement last Fall. He spent this past summer working in South America for a public service organization and developed a passion for that type of work. In his message, he had a few questions for...
by Marquis | Nov 22, 2013 | About Marquis, career, consulting, Education, Education, Technology
The email below came to me from a current Freshman at the University of California at Berkeley who learned about me from an interview that I did a few years ago for ManagementConsulted.com. He had a couple of questions for me about the Computer Science and Education...
by Marquis | Nov 10, 2013 | Business, career, career path, consulting, interview advice, management consulting, Networking, professional advice, recruiting, transition
The email below arrived in my inbox so long ago that it’s just plain embarrassing. The reader emailed me way back in 2011 and, at the time, I had so many emails that I didn’t have a chance to give him a response in a decent amount of time. Recently, I was...
by Marquis | Oct 24, 2013 | Business, career, career path, consulting, management consulting, McKinsey
The email below came from a relatively new reader of my blog who is interested in pursuing a career in management consulting. He recently completed his Freshman year at Georgia Tech, so he’s particularly interested in the Atlanta offices of McKinsey (and its...
by Marquis | Oct 14, 2013 | About Marquis, About this blog, Business, career, career path, career-life balance, mentorship, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
On Oct. 14, 2003, I posted the first entry of this blog back when I was in the early stages of applying to business school. That’s right…this is the 10-year anniversary of my blog. When I started this thing, I never thought that it would still be going...
