by Marquis | Jul 29, 2010 | APD recruiting, career, consulting
This is going to be a really short entry with a really short video in which I answer a short email from a medical student who is interested in a career in Management Consulting. She has been looking into the industry lately and wants to pursue a position as a...
by Marquis | Jul 22, 2010 | application resources, Bschool admissions, mba, other sites, younger applicants
Back on July 5th, I told all of you about a free webinar that was being held on July 8th by TheArtOfApplying.com, my friend Kaneisha Grayson’s new B-school coaching company. The webinar was entitled “B-school Despite the Odds” and, in it, Kaneisha...
by Marquis | Jul 18, 2010 | career, interesting articles, job search resources, mba, recruiting
As many of you have likely read, the job market was incredibly tough for MBAs from the Class of 2009. In fact, I know of several MBA2009 graduates who are still searching for their first post-MBA job. In some cases, those graduates are being incredibly picky and are...
by Marquis | Jul 16, 2010 | career, interesting articles, Networking, other blogs, other sites
When a friend of mine posted the article below on Facebook, I was about to ignore it, but the title caught my eye and I’m glad that I took the time to read it. As my longtime readers know, networking is sort of my “thing” and I spend a lot of time...
by Marquis | Jul 11, 2010 | career, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice
In this entry, I present the third part of my “Strategic approach to the job search” series, which with the April 4, 2010 entry. In this installment, I offer a few tips on what to think about when entering the interview process with a prospective employer....
by Marquis | Jul 8, 2010 | career, career path, career-life balance, interesting articles, other blogs, other sites, professional advice
In the past few months, I’ve posted several articles about the iffy job market and, at times like these, we all owe it to ourselves to be as thoughtful as possible about managing our careers. I’ve built my career the hard way by making a lot of mistakes...
