by Marquis | Oct 16, 2010 | Business, Business research, career, career path, Corporate executives, organization, Stanford GSB
The article linked below is from the Stanford GSB Monthly Newsletter and describes some really interesting research from Professor Edward Lazear, who is a world renown labor economist and a former Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors under Pres. George Bush....
by Marquis | Sep 22, 2010 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, internship, mba, professional advice
The email below came from a first-year MBA student who is interested in pursuing a summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG) as the start to a career in emerging market consulting. In his email, the student stated that a potential...
by Marquis | Sep 11, 2010 | Bschool experience, Business, Business School, career, career path, interesting articles, mba, professional advice
OK, I know what you might be thinking after seeing the title of this entry…”What the hell is Marquis thinking in saying that an MBA is a waste of time and money”. Before running too hard on that line of thought, let’s slow down and take a step...
by Marquis | Aug 17, 2010 | Business School, career path, diversity, interesting articles, mba
The article below is one that I thought would be of interest to my female readers. In it, the author explores the career paths of women who choose to pursue an MBA degree. Among the items covered in the article are the rise in the number of women earning the degree...
by Marquis | Jul 8, 2010 | career, career path, career-life balance, interesting articles, other blogs, other sites, professional advice
In the past few months, I’ve posted several articles about the iffy job market and, at times like these, we all owe it to ourselves to be as thoughtful as possible about managing our careers. I’ve built my career the hard way by making a lot of mistakes...
by Marquis | May 8, 2010 | career, career path, international business, professional advice
Hey there, folks. The email below demonstrates one of the toughest things about having people send me emails…the fact that I can’t often get to those messages in time to provide advice that will be useful to the person. Y’all might not believe me,...
