by Marquis | Jul 16, 2013 | career, consulting, Education, entrepreneurship, IT consulting, management consulting, professional advice, Small business
The email below was sent by an IT professional who is considering quitting his full-time position to launch his own IT consulting business. He’s based in Indianapolis and plans to serve local businesses using the skills that he’s developed in his career....
by Marquis | Jul 7, 2013 | APD recruiting, career, case interview resources, consulting, interview advice, management consulting, McKinsey
The email below came to me from a reader who is currently a medical school student at the University of Chicago. She has realized that she doesn’t want to go into residency after graduation and has locked into management consulting as a desired career path....
by Marquis | Jun 28, 2013 | Business, career, career path, consulting, international business, management consulting, professional advice, recruiting
The email below came to me from a reader who currently works as an attorney and wants to transition into the management consulting industry. As opposed to attempting an immediate “seismic shift” in his career path, he’s decided to take a more...
by Marquis | Jun 19, 2013 | career, case interview resources, consulting, management consulting, recruiting
Over the years, I’ve had MANY people reach out to me for advice on how to make it through the interview process at management consulting firms [In fact, I used to have a side hustle providing services to folks to help them do just that]. It definitely...
by Marquis | Jun 9, 2013 | Business, career, guest bloggers, professional advice
Over the years, I’ve been asked many time about how I structure the task of setting goals for myself. To be honest, I haven’t been very structured about it all…rather, I just set the goal and then run like hell to achieve it. It has worked out well...
by Marquis | May 19, 2013 | Business, operations, organization, Small business
Despite the down economy of the past few years, the war for talent is real and, for companies that may not have the name recognition or reputation of a large company, it can be very difficult to identify and bring in the best of the best. In the guest article below, a...