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Finding the right boutique consulting firm and removing those embarrassing Facebook photos: round-up of reader questions

I’m back in blog-posting mode now, so expect a major content injection in the next few days. Coming up, I have an interview with Steve Shu (of consulting blog fame).
For now, here’s a roundup of popular reader questions:
For a complete list of reader questions I’ve answered here at MC, visit the FAQ page. Ctrl-F to [...]

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How to get consulting jobs from a liberal arts and humanities background

*courtesy of toothpaste for dinner*
Liberal arts and humanities majors are often criticized for being “soft majors” – with unchallenging classes and lack of “real world” skill development leaving them unable to land competitive business jobs. Fortunately for all the budding English and Philosophy majors out there, that’s simply not true.
This is the second of my [...]

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How to get consulting jobs from an engineering and/or technical background

Happy 2009, readers! Thanks for being patient during the previous few days. I’m back and ready to continue helping people get a job in management consulting.
This is the first of my series on entering consulting from “non-business” backgrounds – future posts include entering from liberal arts/humanities degrees and non-MBA grad schools
It’s very common for engineers [...]

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