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Hello, all. I sure have been on a tear in terms of posting new entries in the past week, haven’t I? I guess that’s what happens when the weather takes a turn for the worse and I end up not wanting to go out. Maybe I’ll finally be able to get back to some of the readers who’ve been waiting for responses from me for 6+ months. We’ll see…

The email below is from a prospective MBA applicants with a Technology background who wonders whether B-school is the right move for him based on what’s happened in the economy since… Read the rest

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What’s good, peoples. With the start of the new school year, many new first-year business school students have started their two-year journey toward the MBA…and many of started their own blogs to share their stories like I did waaaay back in the day. As I find out about new ones that interest me, I try to share them with you and this entry is to share one more of them with you.

This entry is to tell you all about a blog by a new first-year student at Wharton named Muoyo that reminds me a lot of myself…and I’m not… Read the rest

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Hey there, everyone. It’s a rainy night here in Chicago, so, instead of heading out and hitting the town, I’ve decided to stay in and put a dent in my Inbox. With the busy summer I’ve had, my Inbox backlog has gotten pretty bad and, with the inevitable flow of emails that’ll come with the new application season, I’m pretty far behind. Hope I can get caught up soon.

The email below is from a reader who found me through the interview I did for ManagementConsulted.com. She’s currently working in Europe, but wants to come back to the US for… Read the rest

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What’s good, folk. To start off this entry, I’d like to send a huge shout out to one of my Stanford GSB roommates, Rashad B., who recently launched his new company, Power Learning (Link to the site… Read the rest). Power Learning is basically an online community for teachers that provides value-added tools for lesson and curriculum development. At Stanford, Rashad completed the same MBA/MA.Ed joint degree program as me and he and I spent countless hours talking about his vision for the company. I’m so proud to see that he has finally reached his launch date. He’s going to do

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I know the job market is a killer right now and many of you might be in search of a new job. Well, I recently came across a good article written by an executive search professional about making one’s resume and overall profile “pop” to a hiring manager. It’s a pretty concise article and might be worth reading, whether you’re in job search mode or not, because you never know what could happen in the current economic environment…

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“Why should I interview you?”
Author: Denise Palmieri
Source: PEHub.com (LINK… Read the rest)
Date: August 5, 2009

Intro text from article:

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What’s going on, peoples. I hope you all had a nice weekend and took the time to enjoy the quickly passing summer. The gorgeous days in Chicago over the weekend were nice, but they also had me thinking a lot about the impending winter. I spent my first 5-6 months here being told that the Chicago summers make dealing with the winters worth it and I ALMOST agree with that…but those winters are a BEAST!!! Be prepared to read a LOT of stuff about how those sub-zero months are hitting me in a few months.

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What’s good, folk. Looks like I’m mkaing up for lost time by making lots of posts in the month of August. I’m in the process of thinking through responses to some reader emails, but this entry isn’t one of those. Instead, it’s an entry to help a fantastic organization with some of its recruiting efforts. They’re looking for Consulting types and I guess I’ve got a good reader following among their target group, so they reached out to me

A couple of days ago, I received the following email from the Director of Talent Recruitment for Teach for America,… Read the rest

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What’s going on, y’all. I hope you’ve all had a nice week and are ready to enjoy the weekend. With only a month left in the summer, I’m starting to see visions of the Chicago cold returning and I don’t know if I’m ready for that to happen. I guess all I can do until then is make the most out of the remaining warm times in 2009 and then get ready to hibernate along with the rest of the city. Whew, this is a great summer city, but the Winter wonderland that’s coming sure isn’t exciting to think about…… Read the rest

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