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Former Marketing professional looking to transition into Finance or Consulting

by Marquis | Nov 18, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, transition

What’s going on, y’all. The message below is from a professional with experience in marketing and non-profit who is interested in getting an MBA and moving into consulting afterward. I’m going to try my best to give him the sort of response...

Question about Pre-MBA consultants in B-school

by Marquis | Nov 11, 2007 | Bschool experience, consulting

The email below actually asks be a B-school-related question, which is something I haven’t had in a while. It seems that most of the emails I get nowadays are about consulting. But, this one has a tie to consulting, so I guess it isn’t totally away from this...

Question about technology consulting

by Marquis | Nov 2, 2007 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, Technology-related

What’s good, y’all. The email below is from a software engineer who is planning on applying to business school and wants to pursue technology consulting as a career. He asks several questions that I’ve answered on here before (so I refer him to those...

Question from a PhD in Biotechnology…

by Marquis | Oct 29, 2007 | APD recruiting, career, consulting, recruiting, transition

Hey there, everyone. Today’s entry is in response to an email from a PhD in Biotechnology who is interested in a career change to Consulting. He wants to know how to direct his career to position himself as an APD candidate for a consulting firm and, while I’ve...

Quick advice for a CS undergrad moving toward business

by Marquis | Oct 16, 2007 | career, consulting, transition

The email below came in from an undergraduate who is about to finish up her Computer Science degree but doesn’t really have a passion for programming…familiar story, right? Well, she’s interested in moving toward consulting, so I tried to give her some advice to...

Seeking info on how Bschool can prepare one for consulting and then moving toward entrepreneurship

by Marquis | Sep 19, 2007 | Bschool admissions, consulting, mba

What’s going on, y’all. The email below is from “a Physicist turned Economist” who is interested in getting an MBA from Columbia and then moving on into Consulting. As I’ve said on here before, I have never worked in an admissions office before, so, when I...
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