by Marquis | Oct 24, 2010 | Business, Business concepts, career, Communication, Networking, other blogs, professional advice
I’ve devoted several posts to important business topics over the past few years, but one topic that I don’t think I’ve covered is the “elevator pitch”. For those who don’t know, an elevator pitch is a short (usually 30-120 seconds...
by Marquis | Oct 19, 2010 | admissions consulting, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, career, Conversations, Education, entrepreneurship, mba
Recently, I realized that I could provide an additional service to my site visitors by presenting other people’s paths into the business world. With this in mind, I’m kicking off a new addition to MarquisParker.com, “Conversations”, an...
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 | Oct 10, 2010 | career, consulting, interview advice, job search resources, mba, professional advice, recruiting, Uncategorized
The email below comes from a reader who has been following my blog for a couple of years now. She reached out to me a few months back to let me know that she’d been admitted to Stanford GSB and we’ve exchanged a few emails since then. Now, she’s in...
by Marquis | Oct 3, 2010 | Business, career, Corporate executives, interesting articles, organization, other blogs, other sites
Back when I was applying to business school, I thought that I didn’t have a legitimate shot because I had no background in business. Until then, my professional career had consisted of several years’ worth of plugging away at Java code and an academic...
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...
