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Question from a college junior targeting a Management Consulting internship

Published on November 27, 2011 by Marquis in Business, career, career path, consulting, internship, professional advice

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Hi, everyone! For those of you in the United States, I hope you’ve all had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

The email below is from a Junior at Stanford University who is seeking my advice on how to best position himself to get an summer internship offer from a top Management Consulting firm. He emailed me at the end of the summer, but I didn’t have a chance to respond to him until a couple of weeks ago. I’m pretty sure that I got my advice to him in time for it to be useful for the upcoming summer … Read the rest

MBA student targeting Big Three consulting with some challenges

Published on September 22, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, career, career path, consulting, internship, mba, professional advice

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The email below came from a first-year MBA student who is interested in pursuing a summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG) as the start to a career in emerging market consulting. In his email, the student stated that a potential issue for him is his low undergrad grades, which he plans to address either verbally or with a cover letter.

This was a tough email to address because I actually noticed a different big issue than the one that he described in his email. It took me a while to figure out how to … Read the rest

Internship search tips for a soon-to-be MBA1 student

Published on June 10, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, career, internship, mba, professional advice, recruiting

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What’s good, folks. I hope you’re all doing well. The email below is from a soon-to-be first-year MBA student that I met randomly a couple of years ago. At the time, he was just considering applying to business school, so I was pleasantly surprised to see an email from him saying that he had been admitted to school and would be starting soon. He wrote to me seeking advice on how to find an internship and, asmy long-time readers know, I have a LOT to say on that topic.

After watching my video response, I realize that this is one … Read the rest

Useful article: “100 best job sites for B-school students”

Published on January 8, 2010 by Marquis in Business School, career, interesting articles, internship, job search resources, mba, other blogs, other sites, recruiting, U.S. economic crisis

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Given the tough job market, I’ve been posting quite a few job-related articles lately. This entry presents one more to the reader community. It comes to us from the team at OnlineCollege.com and lists the 100 best job sites for business school students. I know it’s a hard battle to find a full-time job or internship at business schools across the world, so this list is VERY useful and VERY timely. I hope this article is helpful to those of you in search of the right employment opportunity.

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“100 Best Job Sites for B-School Students”
Author: OnlineCollege.com Source: http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/01/06/100-best-job-sites-for-b-school-students/ … Read the rest

Some words of advice for an MBA1 student experiencing internship recruiting issues

Published on March 25, 2009 by Marquis in career, case interview resources, consulting, internship

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What’s good, y’all. You know, I just realized that I’ve been making blog postings at a decent rate so far in the month of March. Part of that is because I’ve been posting emails/comments from readers and haven’t had to think through responses for them, but it’s still good to be making regular updates. Plus, I’ve had much more time to just kick back and chill since starting my new job, which makes it a little easier to address reader emails…good thing too because my email backlog is ridiculous right now.

The message below is from a first-year MBA student… Read the rest

Request from a college freshman for advice on moving into Consulting

Published on March 22, 2009 by Marquis in career, consulting, internship

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Hey, people. I’m typing this entry from about 35,000 feet in the air on a flight to Chicago after spending the weekend visiting my family back in the great state of Virginia. It was a really quick trip, but it was nice because I’ve found myself wanting to get back there more as I get older. Plus, it’s nice to just sit around and be a bum for a few days. I did have to grind on stuff for work while I was there, but it’s a heck of a lot quieter doing it waaay out in the country in… Read the rest

Finding an internship with an "empty resume"…and an update

Published on November 26, 2008 by Marquis in career, internship, professional advice, recruiting, U.S. economic crisis

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Hello all, I hope you’re all getting ready to take a few days off for the Thanksgiving holiday and do some serious damage to your diets by overeating all weekend long

I’m always a big fan of Thanksgiving because it is a chance for all of us to gather with our families, friends, and loved ones to reflect on life and the things for which we should all be thankful. It may seem like there’s nothing to be thankful for with the current global economic crisis, but the fact that we’re living and breathing is always a reason to… Read the rest

Question from an undergrad about choosing a management consulting specialty

Published on September 28, 2008 by Marquis in Bschool admissions, career, consulting, internship

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Wow, y’all know I really like getting emails from undergrad kids who are being thoughtful about their road to an MBA while in college. I wish I’d had such forethought back in the day, so I always get an extra kick out of responding to their emails. The reader below seems to be in the process of building a really strong background and is looking for some advice on how to further direct that effort.

One of these days, I’ve got to get a job in a business school’s admissions office because I truly wonder what they think and talk… Read the rest