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Working in a recruiting role for Deloitte Consulting, one of the world’s largest management consulting firms, Neha Jain (MBA ’13) had visited UNC Kenan-Flagler countless times. When she first came to campus as an admitted student, Jain sent other students into a panic when they spotted her touring the building and thought that they had [...]
The winter term is now over and, with it, the on-campus recruiting process that has occupied most of my non-class time since mid-September. I came on campus unsure of how on-campus recruiting would go (my goal is to switch careers into management consulting) but, with the help of T13′s and the Career Development Office, felt [...]
Guest Blogger Niladri Sannigrahi, second-year student Losing focus is one of the most common phenomenons observed among MBA students. We spread ourselves too thin as we try to take advantage of all academic, extracurricular, and career opportunities. To avoid a potential negative outcome and the resulting frustration of being overwhelmed, the most critical element is [...]
During his 18 years as a general management consultant, Stu Pearman (MBA ’94) says he has used the skills he learned at UNC Kenan-Flagler each and every day. Pearman is a partner and the energy practice leader at ScottMadden, a management consulting firm that specializes in energy, clean technology & sustainability and corporate and shared [...]
The last time I was in a classroom was in 2007. Before joining business school, I told my wife that living a consulting life before an MBA life can’t be that different. It turns out that I was only partially correct. While transitioning into business school has been fun, adjusting to the b-school pace has [...]
John Eielson ’92 shared lunch and some frank advice about the consulting industry with a group of Yale SOM students on January 30. Eielson, a partner with OC&C Strategy Consultants, talked to students about how to determine whether a firm is a good fit and how to get on the radar of firms they like. [...]
Poets & Quants recently featured Adam Healey (MBA ’05) and his wife Christin, entrepreneurs and founders of wedding concierge website Borrowed & Blue. Read more about Adam’s journey moving from management consulting to technology entrepreneurship in the Poets & Quants article, “MBA Startups: A Darden MBA Returned To School To Start A Company.”
In the following guest post, current student Katie Koopman reflects upon reaching the mid-way point of her first year at Darden: Katie Koopman. MBA Class of 2014 It seems like just yesterday I was timidly climbing the steps to Darden’s main entrance, about to start my first day of business school. I was nervous — [...]
When I applied to Fuqua, I didn’t know what consulting was. It’s been my good fortune that the Consulting Club has expended considerable effort in bringing people like me up to speed. I attended a consulting conference last summer, as well — a step which I highly recommend to nontraditional business students like me, who [...]
The last time I was in a classroom was in 2007. Before joining business school, I told my wife that living a consulting life before an MBA life can’t be that different. It turns out that I was only partially correct. While transitioning into business school has been fun, adjusting to the b-school pace has [...]
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