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Interview with senior consultant from Celerant Consulting – Life as a Consultant series

The Life as a Consultant series continues. The guest today is a senior consultant from Celerant Consulting – an operations-focused consulting firm.
Previous interviews featured consultants from Booz Allen, AT Kearney, Nortel, and McKinsey.
Disclaimer: I did not personally conduct this interview. Both the questions and answers were sent to me by a kind reader. I found [...]

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How to get a consulting job in a tough economy: notes from recruiting talks

Our Recruiting in a Down Market talks from last week covered a lot of useful material that I’d like to share with readers.
The key takeaways for lazy people are:

Networking is everything – focus on a few quality channels and be proactive

Spread your net wide – you can’t afford to be picky

Have a Plan B but [...]

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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

It’s an important question – and never more so than in today’s market. What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection?
In this post, I’ll highlight the key steps to take when this happens. Not a fun post – [...]

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Interview with Steward from A.T. Kearney Shanghai – Life as a Consultant series

This is the second post in my “Life as a Consultant” series. The first was with a Booz Allen consultant. Expect more soon from current and former consultants at firms such as McKinsey and Bain!
Some background first: Steward was one of the first commenters here at MC. Upon further discussions and email exchanges, I learned [...]

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How to get consulting jobs – even if consulting firms don’t recruit at your school

Most GMCs (global management consultancies) such as Booz Allen, BCG, and Accenture recruit at only the top 25-50 U.S. undergraduate and MBA programs. Internationally, the process is even more selective. So what can you do if you’re a strong candidate, but the firms you want to work for simply don’t recruit at your school?
Exceptions include [...]

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