by Marquis | Feb 9, 2014 | Business, career, career path, IT consulting, software engineer, Technology, Technology management, Technology-related
Back in October, I did my annual visit to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business to present to a group of its undergrad business school students. The primary purpose for the visit is to deliver a keynote speech to Freshman in the Kelley Living Learning...
by Marquis | Jan 5, 2014 | Business, career, career path, professional advice, recruiting, Technology, Technology management, Technology-related
The email below is from a college Sophomore that I met a few months back while giving a talk to a group of university students. He’s focusing his studies on topics at the intersection of technology and business and has a few questions for me about how to...
by Marquis | Dec 27, 2013 | career, career path, Education, internship, professional advice, recruiting
Back in October, I gave a talk to a group of Freshman students in an undergrad business school here in the Midwest. The email below is from one of the students who attended my presentation. Unlike most Freshmen, he was lucky enough to have secured a summer internship...
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 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...
