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20 essential Six Sigma blogs

Published on August 29, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business concepts, interesting articles, operations, other blogs, other sites

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A few months back, I received an email from Rose King, who manages content for Bschool.com, to pass along a link to one of their articles listing the top 20 blogs with information about Six Sigma.

For those of you who have never heard of the Six Sigma concept, here’s a definition from Wikipedia:

Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods, including statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of

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Active duty military soldier with future interest in Consulting

Published on August 22, 2011 by Marquis in career, career path, consulting, management consulting, mba, professional advice, recruiting, transition

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The email below came in from an active duty soldier in the U.S. Air Force who is interested in pursuing a career in Consulting after his time in the service ends next year. He’s close to completing his MBA at a non-top-tier MBA program (he has done his coursework while in the military) and he’s wondering if that would hinder him from having a shot at a big-name firm.

I might have mentioned this before, but I’ve got a soft spot for folks in the military because several of my family members have served. I hope that my advice is … Read the rest

Considering a large vs. a boutique consulting firm to start a career

Published on August 14, 2011 by Marquis in career, career path, consulting

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The message below comes from a recent college graduate in Turkey who has a bit of Consulting experience under his belt as a summer intern for Accenture. Now that he’s graduated, he’s considering 2 options to start his full-time career: Accenture and a new boutique firm that is focused on the Middle East. As my longtime readers will remember, I posted a pretty long entry a while back to describe the differences between large firms and boutiques and have also covered this topic in different forms over the years. Since I’ve written in depth about this before, my response to… Read the rest

Soon-to-be MBA1 student seeking advice on prepping for Consulting internship interviews

Published on August 2, 2011 by Marquis in Business School, career, consulting, Industries, management consulting, mba

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Hey, folks. Wow, it feels like it’s been forever since I’ve posted an entry. I have to apologize for that and say that it wasn’t because I didn’t have anything to write about. The past couple of months have been crazy with me moving into a new role at my day job (which included a bump-up to VP), so I’ve spent most of my time with my head down to make a good starting impression. That said, I’ve still been responding to some emails in my Inbox, but I just hadn’t taken the time to post them up here. This… Read the rest