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How to network at management consulting company presentations and information sessions

I summarized the management consultants recruiting process in this post.
This is the beginning of my deep-dives on each piece of that recruiting process and will be focused on the “execution specifics” – showing you exactly how to master the recruiting process.
The overview:
Far more common if you’re currently in school (undergraduate, MBA) where consulting firms ranging from BostonConsulting Group to Mercer HR to Deloitte will swarm campuses, giving presentations and holding social mixers in [...]

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Overview of the management consulting recruiting process – from information sessions to interviews to negotiating the offer

Merry Christmas, readers!
This is post #1 of my series on recruiting. Below, I’ll touch upon the main components of the consulting job search and what I believe are the key do’s and key don’ts. Feel free to post comments below or email me with any questions and followups. I want to thank my readers [...]

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McKinsey versus Marakon: The Battle Between Global Management Consulting Firms and Boutiques

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This is an important issue when recruiting for a business consulting job. In finance, most people think you must work for the biggest – the Goldman-Sachs-or-bust mentality. And while the big management consulting firms (like McKinsey and Bain) get the lions share of media attention, there are many successful and well-respected boutique consulting firms (like [...]

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