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Strategic approach to the job search, Part II – Sourcing opportunities

Published on May 30, 2010 by Marquis in career, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice, recruiting

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In this entry, I’ve presented the second part of my “Strategic approach to the job search” series, which I started sharing in the April 4, 2010 entry. Here, I describe a few ideas about methods for sourcing job opportunities, with a eye toward mid- to high-level positions (i.e. not entry-level jobs) in a range of industries.

Because of the amount of content in this portion of the framework, I created two separate videos to allow it to be more easily consumed. The last thing I’d want to do is to bore you all with a 25+ minute video of … Read the rest

Testimonial and advice on approaching the MBA application process from a guest blogger

Published on May 23, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, guest bloggers, mba, my peoples, other blogs, re-applicants, software engineer

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For today’s entry, I’ve asked my friend Deepak Panigrahy to write a guest blog post to share his testimonial about the MBA application process and offer some advice to folks looking toward an MBA in the future.

The story of how I know Deepak is pretty funny…I first connected with him when he emailed me a couple of years ago with questions about getting into business school with a background in Software Engineering. I gave him a response to his email and figured that would be it…until I got another email…and another…and another. At first, I was surprised by the … Read the rest

Information resource to find general info on undergrad and graduate degree programs

Published on May 21, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, Education, Joint degree, mba, other blogs, other sites, pre-MBA grad degrees

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Hey, everyone. As my long-time readers know, I like to inform my readers about resources that might be helpful to them. This entry is a quick one to do just that.

I was recently contacted by the folks at Emagister.net with an introduction to their site, which they thought would be a great tool for the members of my reader community who are interested in graduate degree programs. I just visited their site and found it to be a good collection of general information about degree programs across several disciplines, including Business Administration, so I thought it would be a … Read the rest

Great post-MBA fellowship opportunity working with entrepreneurs in New Orleans

Published on May 20, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, career, mba, notable organizations

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Passing along word of a fantastic two-year post-MBA fellowship working with an organization called The Idea Village. The organization works with entrepreneurs in New Orleans to grow their small businesses into thriving enterprises. Over the past four years, MBA students from many top B-schools have done week-long intensive work sessions with the group and have helped lots of businesses. Now, they’re trying to kick things to the next level with this fellowship opportunity.

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The Idea Village is hiring smart, proactive, roll-up-your-sleeves, can-do-anything entrepreneurial individuals for a 2 year Fellowship opportunity.

The IDEAcorps Fellowship recruits highly motivated individuals to support … Read the rest

Info about the J.P. Morgan MBA Early Advantage program for MBA Class of 2012

Published on May 19, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, career, Investment banking, mba

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If you are beginning your MBA program in Fall 2010 and are interested in investment Banking, this program at J.P. Morgan could offer you a great opportunity to learn about their firm:

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The J.P. Morgan MBA Early Advantage program is open to Black, Hispanic, Native American, and female students from all professional backgrounds who are starting their first semester of business school in Fall 2010.

J.P. Morgan MBA Early Advantage Program

It’s never too soon to start raising your career profile. This summer, we’re offering exceptional Black, Hispanic, Native American, and female students who are about to start their … Read the rest

Question about applying to the Big Three from a non-target European school

Published on May 14, 2010 by Marquis in career, consulting, recruiting

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The email below is a short one from a reader based in France. He’s interested in applying to one of the Big Three consulting firms, but is concerned because his school isn’t a target school for any of those firms. I might be wrong, but I believe he’s asking about whether he has a shot as an applicant from a non-target school. His email was so short that it was easy for me to give a straightforward response and I didn’t include any text comments along with the video. I hope he finds my reply to be helpful.

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25 CEOs You Should Follow On Twitter

Published on May 11, 2010 by Marquis in Business, Corporate executives, guest bloggers, interesting articles, other blogs, other sites

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I don’t know about you guys, but I am SO FAR BEHIND when it comes to fully leveraging the power of social networking tools for establishing a personal brand for business. Sure, I’ve got profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn, but I mainly use those to connect with my friends. I have a Twitter account, but I barely use it for anything other than getting the word out about new entries that I post on my website. And, I’m just now getting turned onto the whole FourSquare craze, which is sad because my man Tristan is their VP of Business Development… Read the rest

Non-profit career advice for a recent MBA grad

Published on May 8, 2010 by Marquis in career, career path, international business, professional advice

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Hey there, folks. The email below demonstrates one of the toughest things about having people send me emails…the fact that I can’t often get to those messages in time to provide advice that will be useful to the person. Y’all might not believe me, but I often feel pretty bad about it.

Take the case of this email below. The writer of the message is a recent MBA grad from a European program who was weighing the decision to accept an unpaid three-month long internship at the United Nations. The position would cost her significant out-of-pocket expenses to complete and … Read the rest

Reader considering pre-MBA offers from Google, McK, and BCG

Published on May 3, 2010 by Marquis in career, career path, consulting, Technology-related

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The email below is from a reader who was weighing job offers from Google, McKinsey, and BCG and was looking for my perspective on his choice. His career plan is to work in the Tech industry or become and entrepreneur and he was wondering which job offer would position him best for the future. Unfortunately, he sent this email several months ago, so my response is likely useless by now. That said, I thought that this might be a situation that others might have to face at some point, so it seemed like a good one to address in a… Read the rest

Applying to jobs via company websites versus internal referrals

Published on May 1, 2010 by Marquis in career, recruiting

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The email below is a quick message from a reader wondering whether companies actually review the resumes that candidates submit through their websites. This is a tough one to answer with a broad generalization because company recruiting policies vary widely. I’ve tried my best to provide a good response to him anyway. This video is far shorter than my usual responses, so I didn’t include any summary key points, as I normally would. Short questions like this are great because they’re pretty easy for me to knock out.

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PK wrote: