by Marquis | Dec 18, 2010 | Business, career, consulting, Conversations, Corporate executives, entrepreneurship, job opportunities, job search resources, other sites, professional advice
In today’s entry, I’m presenting another edition of the “Conversations” interview series with Iain Lopata as our featured businessperson. Iain is a former Partner at Accenture who left Consulting a few years ago and moved on to launch a couple...
by Marquis | Dec 13, 2010 | Business, guest bloggers, interesting articles, other sites, professional advice, Uncategorized
A couple of months ago, I started to become interested in the wide range of journeys that people had taken in their careers, particularly in the business world. I’m sure that we’ve all heard that there is a “right way” to be successful in...
by Marquis | Dec 6, 2010 | career, career path, consulting, investment banking, professional advice
The message below comes from a reader who is considering job offers in management consulting and investment banking, which is a common dilemma for candidates coming out of business school. Unfortunately, the reader didn’t give me several pieces of key...
by Marquis | Dec 1, 2010 | admissions consulting, application process, Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, career, Conversations, entrepreneurship, mba, notable organizations, other sites, professional advice
In this edition of the “Conversations” interview series, I’ll be speaking with Jesse A. Mejia, Founder and President of MBA Catalyst, an MBA admissions consultancy based in the Washington DC area. I’ve known Jesse for a couple of years through...
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 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...
