by Marquis | Jun 6, 2012 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, entrepreneurship, management consulting, mba, recruiting, Stanford GSB
The email below came to me from one of my classmates from Stanford GSB, who was seeking my advice regarding a potential job search. Following our MBA graduation, he launched a start-up and has been grinding on it full-time since then. Recently, he’s been...
by Marquis | Apr 20, 2012 | application process, application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, other blogs, other sites
As my long-time readers know, I’m all about passing along opportunities for free help with products and services related to the MBA application process. In this entry, I’ve got a really good one for you guys.
by Marquis | Apr 11, 2012 | Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, Education, mba, Stanford GSB
The email below is from an Analyst in Accenture’s Management Consulting group, who I met through a program where I serve as a coach to consultants in the first couple of years in their careers. During a recent in-person seminar for participants in this program,...
by Marquis | Mar 27, 2012 | Business School, Education, Financing the MBA, mba
The email below came in from one of my readers, who is also a friend of one of my friends from Stanford GSB. He is an African-American applicant targeting next year’s application cycle and is wondering whether I had any advice for him about fellowships that...
by Marquis | Feb 25, 2012 | career, career path, consulting, Financing the MBA, management consulting, mba, professional advice, transition
The email below is from one of my visitors who was seeking advice on how to transition to a Big 3 Consulting firm (i.e., McKinsey, Bain, and BCG) in an Analyst role as an experienced hire. Consulting firms usually hire Analyst-level talent directly after school, so...
by Marquis | Jan 3, 2012 | Business, career, consulting, management consulting, mba, Networking, professional advice
Happy new year, everyone! Hopefully, you all had a great holiday season and a safe entry into 2012. Now that I’ve had a couple of days to recover from the holidays, I figured that I should get back to posting truth and wisdom 🙂 The message below is from a reader...
