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How to write a management consulting resume from scratch – plus 10 critical tips

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Management consulting resumes are a frequent topic here.
For one, about 50% of reader emails are related to resumes. For two, you can’t land a consulting job without a good one.
While we’ve covered resume topics like key tips, tactical errors, and even how consultants read resumes, today’s post will be a comprehensive “catch-all” to address reader [...]

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Consulting summer internship: 6 secrets to guaranteeing a return offer

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Today we continue our discussion on consulting summer internships. Part one on preparing for the internship here.
As a summer intern, you’re the baseball equivalent of a utility player. What’s a utility player, you ask?
A utility player is one who can play several positions competently, a sort of jack of all trades (Wikipedia)
Get comfortable doing whatever [...]

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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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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Received an influx of new readers in the last few days, thanks to some link love from fellow bloggers. Thanks to Marquis first and foremost, who is both a fellow Stanford grad and fellow ex-McKinsey consultant. He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related.
Check [...]

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Management consulting “lingo” – words and phrases that applicants and interviewees should know

People make fun of consultants constantly for their lingo. Whether justified or not (I will restrain from turning this blog into too much of a soapbox), it’s important for anyone interested in the industry to understand SOME of the terms (because as an applicant/interviewee, the last thing you want to happen is for you to [...]

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