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Books are the perfect way to gain additional insight into a career path. The world of marketing has such a large range that sometimes being able to pick up a book and give it a quick read about marketing career tips is exactly what you need to help your career path. Here are a list of books focused on marketing that will surely add value to your career:
Permission Marketing
Selling the Invisible
Driving Demand: Transforming B2B Marketing to Meet …
If you have landed a job or are going to graduate school, please be sure to let your career advisor know.
If you are still looking for a job, please know your senior advisor, Colleen Murphy, for the Spring into Action program is here to help you! In order to launch a career, you may need to work on some of your materials (resume, cover letter, interviewing, or figuring out what industry interests you!).
The Career Services Office is excited …
FAME is a selective portfolio program for FindSpark members from diverse backgrounds who are creative, hard-working, ambitious, and proactive, but haven’t had the opportunity to attend a formal advertising portfolio school.
Students will learn fundamentals of the advertising business in an intimate, inclusive setting and leave with work for their portfolios, new connections, and mentors.
Course takes place weekly on Wednesdays, from 6pm-8:30pm, from April 4th – May 23rd at Grey HQ in NYC.
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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Please enjoy the fifth video and associated commentary in our Cultivating a Consultant video series!
As mentioned in the video, the behavioral section of an interview accounts for 50% of the hiring decision. The main reason why the behavioral interview is so important in consulting is that the work is very dynamic, requires lots of team work, and teams changes every time a project is over (every ~3 to 6 months).
There are four main factors that consulting firms take …
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of spending a few days with some of the leading professionals in our field while facilitating a conference around The Future of Career Services. Not only did I gather incredible insights from the other faculty, but I also learned so much from the fully engaged participants. Whether leading career services at an online theological seminary, a major public university or a small community college, we all share a commitment to what Simon …
Here is the fourth video & associated commentary in our Cultivating a Consultant series.
As mentioned in the previous videos, the case interview has a very particular structure that requires lots of preparation. Students from Ivy League schools have plenty of resources available to prep for the case interviews. Also, since there are many alumni from these schools working at MBB (McKinsey, BCG, Bain), it is relatively easy to find people who are willing to advise and prep students.
Students …
Milliman’s Opportunity Scholarship for students in under-represented ethnic groups is now open for application.
The scholarship assists undergraduate students from ethnic groups that are under-represented in the fields of actuarial science, data science, computer science, economics, programming, mathematics, statistics, data analytics, or finance. Milliman, a global leader in actuarial and related products and services, awarded 12 Opportunity Scholarships in 2017.
Scholarship award
$5,000
Eligibility criteria
Applicants must identify as one of these ethnic groups:
In the United States …
Here is the third video in our Cultivating a Consultant series including some very helpful commentary below from Alex. Enjoy!
As mentioned in the previous commentaries, the case interview has different components that are used to evaluate the candidate in different ways. Although every single part of the case interview is important, the framework used to solve the case is the most important part since it is the backbone of the case.
The framework is so important because it shows …
Here is the second video in our Cultivating a Consultant series as well as some accompanying commentary from Alex. Enjoy!
One key characteristic of case interviews is that it requires a lot of preparation both on your own and with someone else. When you talk with people in consulting, you realize that there is no one person that was able to get an offer without preparing extensively for the case. In my opinion, one of the reasons that people from …
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