by Marquis | Jan 3, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, mba, Networking, professional advice
Happy new year, everyone! Hopefully, you all had a great holiday season and a safe entry into 2012. Now that I’ve had a couple of days to recover from the holidays, I figured that I should get back to posting truth and wisdom 🙂 The message below is from a reader...
by Marquis | Dec 20, 2011 | Business School, career, consulting, professional advice
The message below is from a longtime reader of this site who recently graduated with his MBA from London Business School. Also, he scored a post-MBA position with McKinsey’s London office, which is a huge feat given the office’s popularity. Now that...
by Marquis | Nov 27, 2011 | Business, career, career path, consulting, internship, professional advice
Hi, everyone! For those of you in the United States, I hope you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. 🙂 The email below is from a Junior at Stanford University who is seeking my advice on how to best position himself to get an summer internship offer...
by Marquis | Nov 12, 2011 | Business, Business concepts, career, consulting, entrepreneurship, mba, professional advice
The email below is from an aspiring entrepreneur who found me through my interview on Management Consulted. He’s a former Equity Research Associate who took the entrepreneurial plunge with his father last year. Now, he’s planning to apply to business...
by Marquis | Oct 23, 2011 | Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, mba
In the email below, a reader asks for my advice in comparing his 2 job offers coming out of undergrad: an assistant brand management role at Procter & Gamble and a position at a boutique consultancy focused on technology, media, and telecom. I was humbled but a...
by Marquis | Oct 9, 2011 | About Marquis, career, career path, career-life balance, consulting, professional advice
Man, I love it when college kids hit me up with questions because I’m often surprised by how insightful those questions are. During my undergrad days, I didn’t have a clue about career issues and didn’t even know to ask about things that kids contact...
