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Consulting exit opportunities: grad school, Fortune 500, non-profit, and public sector careers

This is the concluding part 2 of my series on consulting exit opportunities. The previous post covered finance and entrepreneurship. Graduate school (MBA, JD, masters & PhD) Percentage: 25% Many undergraduate consulting hires pursue graduate school after a few years. Often paid-in-full by their firms (with the agreement to return post-matriculation for several years), it [...]

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6 reasons why companies spend $2 million to hire management consultants

Today’s post departs from its usual focus on recruiting to take a 5,000 mile view of the consulting industry and its purpose. Consultants can have a negative reputation – charging $2 million for 12 week’s work that results in stacks of PowerPoint slides, all of which are archived into a dusty closet (digital or otherwise) [...]

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Welcome to new readers, an interview with Social Geekette, and useful resources for understanding management consulting

This blog has been growing my leaps and bounds. I’ve really appreciated meeting readers and helping people in their quest to break into the consulting industry. For new readers, consider subscribing to my RSS. It’s the most convenient way to receive blog updates – and expect a slew of content in the next few days [...]

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Why you should do engineering or business if you want to break into consulting: return from hiatus plus a slew of reader questions

It’s been too long since my last post. After a string of talks at schools such as UPenn and Yale, I’m back on the blogging train. For now, here are answers to some reader comments and emails. I’ll followup with a post tomorrow summarizing key takeaways from the talks Brian and I gave this past [...]

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How management consultants read resumes – and the secrets behind landing an interview

The resume screening process is a black box for applicants – you only know whether you’ve gotten the interview or been rejected. In rare cases, you’ll get feedback on why you didn’t make the cut, but the advice is generic (“You didn’t have enough work experience”). If you’re interested in finance and investment banking, the [...]

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