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Teacher interested in transitioning to international business

by Marquis | Dec 21, 2007 | Bschool admissions, career, mba, transition

What’s up, everyone. The email below is from a teacher who is interested in applying to International Business programs. This is a totally new area because I didn’t look at any programs that focused on that area, so I hope he still finds my perspective...

Question about moving into Private Equity (what would I know about that, right?) :-)

by Marquis | Dec 2, 2007 | career, consulting, private equity, transition

The email below is from a consultant at a boutique management consulting firm in India who is interested in transitioning to Private Equity in the future. As I may have mentioned on here before, my knowledge on the PE industry is still building, but I’ve tried...

Former Marketing professional looking to transition into Finance or Consulting

by Marquis | Nov 18, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, recruiting, transition

What’s going on, y’all. The message below is from a professional with experience in marketing and non-profit who is interested in getting an MBA and moving into consulting afterward. I’m going to try my best to give him the sort of response...

Question from a PhD in Biotechnology…

by Marquis | Oct 29, 2007 | APD recruiting, career, consulting, recruiting, transition

Hey there, everyone. Today’s entry is in response to an email from a PhD in Biotechnology who is interested in a career change to Consulting. He wants to know how to direct his career to position himself as an APD candidate for a consulting firm and, while I’ve...

Quick advice for a CS undergrad moving toward business

by Marquis | Oct 16, 2007 | career, consulting, transition

The email below came in from an undergraduate who is about to finish up her Computer Science degree but doesn’t really have a passion for programming…familiar story, right? Well, she’s interested in moving toward consulting, so I tried to give her some advice to...

Giving advice on B-school, career guidance, and a perspective on the value of analytics

by Marquis | Aug 26, 2007 | career, consulting, mba, Technology-related, transition

The email responded to in this message is from yet another former engineer who is looking at business school and consulting. You know, there seem to be a lot of techies making this transition and there isn’t a lot of information out there to help them. I hope the...
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