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The email below is from another techie who is interested in business school and his story is surprisingly similar to mine. He’s a Computer Science major who wasn’t exactly a math whiz, got a good programming job, and went back to school to get a grad degree before B-school to prove his ability at the grad level. It may seem like a long path to take toward B-school, but it worked for me, so it definitely can happen. Hopefully, my perspective on his situation can be helpful to him.

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“Hi Marquis :
I found your blog while… Read the rest

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What’s going on. This entry is going to be a short one, but it seems necessary to post. As you know, I’ve been doing this blog for a while to help people and, to be honest, it makes me feel good to be helping folks. Unfortunately, requests for help can sometimes go too far and a recent email from a reader motivated me write this post. Rather than going into details, I will just state that I am not willing to answer questions from business school applications. Business school applications are supposed to represent the applicants own perspective on a… Read the rest

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What’s going on, y’all. The email below is from “a Physicist turned Economist” who is interested in getting an MBA from Columbia and then moving on into Consulting. As I’ve said on here before, I have never worked in an admissions office before, so, when I answer questions about one’s chances, I’m not saying that my words are the gospel-truth. But, with that said, I did my best to give him advice about what Columbia might be looking for based on what I’ve heard about the school and my general knowledge about the Bschool application game.

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The following email is from a Software Engineer who is interested in moving into product management at a Tech company after getting an MBA. His email showed me the power that available information about business schools can have in guiding people in their post-MBA plans. I’m hoping that my response helped to clear things up a little for this reader.

One big piece of advice for everyone reading this is that your post-MBA plans should be based on what you really want to do, not what you think a particular business school will set you up for. The last thing… Read the rest

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I just found the following article on CNN.com and thought it would be useful to some of you who are ready to start the recruiting process in the near future. You’d be shocked at the number of candidates who go against the basic best practices in their resumes and then wonder why they never get a call-back from an employer. For example, if the email address listed on your resume is “TooCoolForSchool@hotmail.com”, don’t expect for an employer to take you too seriously.

This article is SO REAL:

“Why your resume annoys employers” –
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/08/29/cb.resume.irks/index.html

(I was going to copy over… Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. This is post #300 and I’m using it to post this job opportunity that came my way. I hope it might be a fit for some of you. Take care.

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SVC Consulting (http://www.strategicvisionconsulting.com) has several openings for IT consultants and Project Managers interested in working with clients in the entertainment field (WB, Disney, FOX, etc are some of its clients) and specifically digital asset management. If anyone is interested in working as a consultant for SVC, please contact April McClain at amcclain-AT-strategicvisionconsulting.com (HR contact). A job description for the IT consultant role … Read the rest

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What’s up, y’all. The email responded to in this entry is from a college senior who is asking about how his background fits for an MBA/MPP degree. As I’ve said on here before, I’ve never worked for an Admissions office at a business school, so my read on his candidacy is just that…my own read on his case. I’m not saying that I’m 100% correct on this stuff, but I think I’m pretty good at it

One more thing…in my response below, I gave this reader some advice on making his resume tighter because it seemed relevant to his… Read the rest

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