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Preparing for consulting firm interactions at conferences in the Fall

Published on August 21, 2007 by Marquis in Bschool experience, career, mba, recruiting

The email below is from a young lady that I met at the 2007 MBA Jumpstart event that I attended last month. During the dinner, I spoke to several of the candidates about a variety of topics, including working in consulting, my employer, and a quick exercise referred to as the “Six Degrees of Marquis” where I tried to find mutual connections between each of the students and me. She’s just started her first year of business school and is wondering how to best position herself early on for a summer internship in consulting.

The first question in her email… Read the rest

Making a career switch to an unfamiliar industry

Published on August 21, 2007 by Marquis in consulting, mba, Technology-related

What’s going on, folks. I’ve got another request from an IT guy trying to make the transition over to business school and consulting. When I started writing this blog, I had no idea that there were so many people out there who felt similarly stuck in IT like I did. I hope folks are finding these entries useful as guidance for moving out of that trap.

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HK wrote:

“Hey Marquis,

I have been your read for about a year now. You’ve created a fantastic blog! Why don’t you include a counter? I am sure it will show a nice… Read the rest