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Conversation with Tanisha Drummer, Strategy Professional and Former Management Consultant

Published on March 26, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business School, career, career-life balance, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, Leaving job for Bschool, mba, my peoples, professional advice, Stanford GSB, strategy, transition

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In this entry, you’ll be introduced to Tanisha Drummer, a Strategy professional and former Management Consultant. Tanisha is a friend of mine from my years at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has done some really interesting things in her career. Tanisha is a former Management Consultant in Accenture’s Strategy Practice, where she focused on Marketing strategy for 4 years before business school and 1.5 years afterward. She’s been in her current Corporate Strategy role at US Cellular for over a year now and has been having tremendous impact.

I’m tempted to give you more background on her … Read the rest

GSB courses that have had the most impact on my career

Published on March 20, 2011 by Marquis in About Marquis, career, mba, Stanford GSB

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Hey, everyone. I know that I haven’t been responding to many visitor emails as of late and I apologize for that. I’ve been working on a couple of projects on the side, including one that I hope to announce to all of you soon, so, as a result, I’ve been slacking on addressing the emails that have been sent to me. I’ll get better with that going forward.

The email below is from one of my Platinum members who is planning to apply to business school this coming Fall. He met one of my classmates from Stanford GSB a few … Read the rest

The Ultimate Guide to a Rockstar MBA Application

Published on March 13, 2011 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, Business School, mba, younger applicants

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Recently, I was approached by the team at Campus Splash and asked to write an article targeted at college students to offer some tips on how they could prepare to create a great MBA application. As all of you know, this is a topic that I’m pretty passionate about, so I jumped at the opportunity. In particular, I’m a strong believer that one’s college years are the perfect time to do this prep, so I consider Campus Splash’s audience to be at the sweet spot for this sort of thing.

I have included a link to the article below along … Read the rest

Starter tips for developing your personal brand

Published on March 5, 2011 by Marquis in career, professional advice, real life stuff, recruiting

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Recently, I had a great email exchange with one of my college classmates about the role that personal branding can play in one’s career search. She is starting up her own job search and is deciding on how to best present her experiences, qualifications, and interests to new contacts and/or potential employers. This is something about which I’ve thought a lot, so it was like the words just flew through my fingers on this one. I tend to blend the ideas of personal branding, professional branding, networking, and career positioning, which comes out when I give advice on these topics.… Read the rest