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...
by Marquis | Jul 1, 2012 | application resources, Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, other sites
Recently, I was contacted by the team at FindTheBest.com, which offers a collection of comparison tools related to MBA programs. Its site allows visitors to compare general info about academic programs, GMAT prep programs, and even GMAT tutors, all of which could be...
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...
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 | May 14, 2012 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, professional advice
The email below came in from a reader who is currently in medical school and is considering joining McKinsey & Company after graduation. His question is about job security as a Consultant and whether he’d be making a risky move by passing up a surefire...
by Marquis | Apr 26, 2012 | Business, entrepreneurship, other sites
Recently, I was contacted by the founder of a pre-launch start-up called Flevy, which will be a marketplace for selling formats for business documents. Basically, these formats will be templates that folks can use as a starting point to create their own deliverables...
