MR. Career Guide

Well, I did it. I left consulting after seven years in the industry. I received an offer I could not pass up to lead the organizational...

Getting fired sucks. I was recently fired (removed) from a consulting project. Not my actual job. It was a combination of perceived poor...

I’ve never quit a job to start a business. I enjoy my job and the steady paycheck. One day, I hope to leave the corporate world and start...

When we graduate university and enter the real world, learning is put on our shoulders. Reading assignments, studying for a test, and...

The first place most college students go for career advice is their parents; not their career services center. Parents want what is best...

When I was growing up, I didn't think I was good at anything. I was average on the football field. I had average grades. I attended an...

Don’t wait for permission or an explanation. Just start. In college, students await assignments from professors. Course syllabuses lay...

I've been drinking coffee regularly the day I entered the workforce in 2009. Other than the late night study binges in the library,...

Starting a new project is the norm in management consulting. With it, will come a set of learning curves before you reach a moderate...

The nine to five grind is exhausting. The routine of the work week eats away time. The days blur together. You take the same route to...

With advancement in consulting, comes more exposure to the business operations of projects. Consulting projects are operated...

Mr. Career Guide is a blog to help you find and maximize your time in a job. I'd like to think that the underlying theme behind all the...

There's nothing quite like Monday morning. The wave of anticipation on the first day of the work week. The weekend seemed to fly by....

By definition, lessons learned are experiences broken-down form a project that should be actively taken into account in future projects....

Achieving financial freedom is one of my top goals. By definition financial freedom means that all of your expenses can be paid for...

The people that rise to the top seem to have goals. The ones who consistently want to learn and reinvent themselves. The professionals...

It's not uncommon to feel lost when you start a new job. Sometimes you may wonder how everyone around you knows so much. They use terms...

Find a mentor. Make it one of your top goals. But don't actively look for one. They will come into your life when you least expect it....

Get really good at what you do. Become an expert and a go to person for a particular set of skills. When you are first starting out, you...

"What's that clicking sound?" a senior stakeholder said in a meeting one summer. "Oh sorry about that," the coworker leading the meeting...