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College student seeking advice on positioning for internship recruiting a year early

by Marquis | Sep 20, 2015 | Business, career, career path, internship, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice

The email exchange below happened at the end of 2014 and I just realized that I’d forgotten to create a blog post for it. Better late than never, right? Anyways, the sender is a college student with whom I connected back in Fall 2013 when I had a speaking...

College student with question about handling a post-internship offer

by Marquis | Oct 8, 2014 | career, internship, professional advice, recruiting

The email below is from a college student that I’ve known for a couple of years now. This student emailed me at the end of the summer toward the end of his internship with some questions about how to manage a full-time offer (if one were to come). Check out the...

College Sophomore with questions about securing a summer internship

by Marquis | Jan 24, 2014 | career, internship, professional advice, recruiting

The email below is from a college Sophomore that I met at a talk that I delivered to some undergrad business school students a few months ago. Like most students his age, he has concerns about being able to secure a summer internship, especially given that he is still...

College student wondering whether to hold out for the perfect internship

by Marquis | Dec 27, 2013 | career, career path, Education, internship, professional advice, recruiting

Back in October, I gave a talk to a group of Freshman students in an undergrad business school here in the Midwest. The email below is from one of the students who attended my presentation. Unlike most Freshmen, he was lucky enough to have secured a summer internship...

Advice for an MBA summer intern worried about chances for a full-time offer

by Marquis | Jul 8, 2012 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, internship, mba, professional advice, recruiting

Hey, folks. The email below came to me from a rising second-year MBA student from a top program, who is currently in the middle of a summer Management Consulting internship with one of the MBB firms. He has reached out to me because he recently had his mid-summer...

Questions from a college Freshman interested in Management Consulting

by Marquis | Jun 20, 2012 | Business School, career, consulting, internship, professional advice, recruiting

The message below is from a reader who has just completed her first year in college and is interested in getting a job at a Big 3 Management Consulting firm when she graduates in a few years. She is seeking my advice on some options for college majors that would...
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