by Marquis | Dec 20, 2011 | Business School, career, consulting, professional advice
The message below is from a longtime reader of this site who recently graduated with his MBA from London Business School. Also, he scored a post-MBA position with McKinsey’s London office, which is a huge feat given the office’s popularity. Now that...
by Marquis | Dec 10, 2011 | Business, career, Education
Hey, everyone. I can’t remember if I mentioned it earlier, but, back in September, I was invited to give a talk about optimizing one’s career and education at Indiana University. The audience was a group of freshman who were part of a special residential...
by Marquis | Nov 27, 2011 | Business, career, career path, consulting, internship, professional advice
Hi, everyone! For those of you in the United States, I hope you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. 🙂 The email below is from a Junior at Stanford University who is seeking my advice on how to best position himself to get an summer internship offer...
by Marquis | Nov 12, 2011 | Business, Business concepts, career, consulting, entrepreneurship, mba, professional advice
The email below is from an aspiring entrepreneur who found me through my interview on Management Consulted. He’s a former Equity Research Associate who took the entrepreneurial plunge with his father last year. Now, he’s planning to apply to business...
by Marquis | Nov 5, 2011 | Business School, career, Education, mba, pre-MBA grad degrees
The email below is from a reader who is deciding whether to pursue an MBA or a Master of Science in Finance. I get these kidns of questions every now and then and, while I’m not an expert on these other grad degree, I do have opinions on the questions....
by Marquis | Oct 23, 2011 | Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, mba
In the email below, a reader asks for my advice in comparing his 2 job offers coming out of undergrad: an assistant brand management role at Procter & Gamble and a position at a boutique consultancy focused on technology, media, and telecom. I was humbled but a...
