"My biggest insight from those years was that even the most brilliant students often lacked confidence. You'd think that people with their kind of résumés would brim with it, but they didn't. I probably spent 90% of my time building up their confidence. The second challenge was helping them think for themselves - not just critically, but independently. The third was communication. Even then, many students struggled to express ideas clearly and concisely."
"When I started working at Harvard's Office of Career Services in the late 1980s, I didn't expect to spend the next 18 years helping students break into consulting. I had just been laid off from my job at Fidelity Investments. A few months later, I found myself at Harvard College. At Harvard, I became the business counselor or, as the students liked to call me, "Keeper of the Dark Side.""
A career counselor joined Harvard's Office of Career Services after a layoff and spent 18 years helping students enter consulting and investment banking. About half the undergraduate class participated in recruiting, with most targeting consulting and investment banking. Coaching emphasized building confidence, fostering independent critical thinking, and improving clear, concise communication. Coaching methods included one-on-one sessions, mock interviews, and recruiting navigation. The counselor taught at Harvard College from 1988 to 1996 and developed practical guides to simplify the recruiting process, including guides focused on investment banking and consulting, which informed broader preparation for consulting case interviews.
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