by Marquis | Feb 29, 2008 | career, consulting, recruiting, transition
Hey there, peoples. I’ve got a doozie of an email that I’m responding to in this entry and I had to be really careful about how to address it because the reader is in a bind. In short, she started off at a well-known consulting firm and was counselled out...
by Marquis | Feb 17, 2008 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, transition
What’s going on, y’all. The email below is from a very young professional who has hopes of getting a top MBA one day and is deciding between whether to stay at his current job or transition to a gig at a boutique management consulting firm. This is a tough...
by Marquis | Feb 17, 2008 | career, consulting, mba, transition
What’s up, y’all. I’m not sure why, but I’ve been on a tear recently in updating this blog…If I’m remembering correctly, this is my third reader email response in the past week and I can’t remember the last time I did that....
by Marquis | Feb 10, 2008 | Bschool admissions, career, consulting, mba, software engineer, Technology-related, transition
What’s going on, peoples. The message below is from a Java Software Engineer who feels like he’s stuck in that role and is looking for a way to break away from it…sounds familiar, right? It seems like my “hook” is helping out techies, but...
by Marquis | Feb 2, 2008 | career, internship, mba, recruiting, transition
Hello all. The email below is from a young lady who didn’t give me a whole lot of info about herself but is looking for guidance on how to find an internship. Normally, I can come up with some good advice because the writer has given me a lot to go on, but, in...
by Marquis | Dec 24, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, Technology-related, transition
Happy holidays, everyone. The email below is from an engineer at Yahoo who is looking for a way to keep himself from getting pigeonholed as a techie and wants to pursue a Master’s in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford…I guess this has become an...
