by Marquis | Jul 18, 2010 | career, interesting articles, job search resources, mba, recruiting
As many of you have likely read, the job market was incredibly tough for MBAs from the Class of 2009. In fact, I know of several MBA2009 graduates who are still searching for their first post-MBA job. In some cases, those graduates are being incredibly picky and are...
by Marquis | Jun 10, 2010 | Business School, career, internship, mba, professional advice, recruiting
What’s good, folks. I hope you’re all doing well. The email below is from a soon-to-be first-year MBA student that I met randomly a couple of years ago. At the time, he was just considering applying to business school, so I was pleasantly surprised to see...
by Marquis | May 30, 2010 | career, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice, recruiting
In this entry, I’ve presented the second part of my “Strategic approach to the job search” series, which I started sharing in the April 4, 2010 entry. Here, I describe a few ideas about methods for sourcing job opportunities, with a eye toward mid-...
by Marquis | May 14, 2010 | career, consulting, recruiting
The email below is a short one from a reader based in France. He’s interested in applying to one of the Big Three consulting firms, but is concerned because his school isn’t a target school for any of those firms. I might be wrong, but I believe he’s...
by Marquis | May 1, 2010 | career, recruiting
The email below is a quick message from a reader wondering whether companies actually review the resumes that candidates submit through their websites. This is a tough one to answer with a broad generalization because company recruiting policies vary widely....
by Marquis | Feb 7, 2010 | Business School, career, interesting articles, mba, recruiting, U.S. economic crisis
We all know that it has been an incredibly tough year or two on the job front for MBA students in terms of both summer internship and full-time recruiting. I’ve posted a few entries with some tips and techniques for winning in the job search game in the past few...
