This entry is the fourth and final part of my “Strategic approach to the job search” series. The video below lays out my thoughts on how one should manage job offers at the back end of a job search process. When I considered my full-time job offers coming out of Stanford GSB, the process was somewhat straightforward, but that definitely wasn’t the case when I had to weigh my job offers as an experienced professional. Understanding the differences in these
The email below is from a rising college senior who is majoring in Economics and is considering adding Accounting as a second major. He doesn’t know what he wants to do career-wise, but he is interested in Consulting as a possible destination after he graduates. He has asked me to give him advice on which courses he should take during his senior year to prepare him for a gig in Consulting. Instead of answering that question, I decided to break
Recently, I came across a blog produced by a young lady named Karen Flowers, who calls herself “The Resume Chick” and provides resume writing services for clients. After reading some of her entries, I’ve become a big fan of her site. I know that she’s technically a competitor of mine because we both offer resume review and advisory services, but game recognizes game and her resume advice game is strong. She’s providing her readers with some great tips and, as my long-time
What would you do if you were approaching the business school application process and you suddenly received the opportunity to be a part of a prestigious post-graduate program prior to the MBA? Would you delay the application process for business school? Would you wait until the next year to apply to B-school? Would you walk away from the post-graduate program? I can think of many questions that might go through someone’s mind and this is precisely the situation that one
What’s happening, folks. I hope you’re all doing well and ready to start the weekend…I’m counting down the minutes until 5pm as I type this (T-minus 15 minutes and counting). This entry offers up an article that is all about the concept of how to bring in the right people to make up a strong team. The article talks about it in a hiring and HR context, but, given the importance of teams in business and MBA programs, I
The article below is one that I thought would be of interest to my female readers. In it, the author explores the career paths of women who choose to pursue an MBA degree. Among the items covered in the article are the rise in the number of women earning the degree and the large difference in the types of jobs that female MBAs and their male counterparts want. It is the latter point that leads to some of the differences
The message below is from one of my friends (a younger colleague) who is a couple of years out of undergrad. She works in a challenging environment where she often has to participate in meetings with people who are much older and more experienced at the corporate game than her. A few days ago, she asked me for some advice on how to do approach the task of asking good questions in meetings and during interviews of key stakeholders for
Regular visitors to the site may have noticed a few changes over the past two weeks. I’ve been making a few cosmetic tweaks here and there, but one of the changes was pretty big…so much so that it was worth posting an announcement about it. My long-time readers may remember an audio interview that I did back in 2009 with Zeke Lee, the founder of the fast-growing GMAT preparation company GMATPill.com. Zeke, who is also a Stanford
Hey, everyone. My long-time readers know that I’ve recently been trying to pass along job-related resources as I come across them. I’ve come across a new one that was developed my a good friend of mine that I’ve mentioned on this site before, Jullien Gordon. Jullien is one of my peoples from my time at Stanford GSB and, since earning his MBA in 2007, he has created several projects geared toward leading people to finding their life purposes and using
I remember waaaaaaay back in the early 2000′s when the MBA degree was the thing to have. The MBA was supposed to be the ticket to a fantastic job in Finance/Consulting/Management that would be the first step on the road to eternal success in business, lots of money, and a network that most people would kill for. Getting into a top-20 business school was basically like winning one of Willy Wonka‘s golden tickets and being invited to play in his Chocolate Factory, which, in the case of the MBA, was supposed to be the Board rooms of… Read the rest
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