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Black Belt Supreme closes May 31!

For the last year, we've been running our popular Black Belt Interviewer course - with tremendous success. Compared to a scary 3% acceptance rate at consulting firms, Black Belts rock…

Advanced Consulting Resumes – Video Overview

Recently, we released a video series on Consulting Resumes 101. Today, we continue where we left off with advanced tips to help guide you as you craft and edit your…

4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won't work. Many History, English, and Art majors, as well as…

2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

We love getting daily emails from clients saying, "Your materials were awesome! Your services helped me get my dream job!" Here is one we got recently from John: A few…

Consulting Resume 101 Video Overview

Consulting Resume 101 Video Overview

Ever wonder what MBB, the Big 4 firms, and other firms like Accenture or Oliver Wyman are looking for in a consulting resume? During recruiting season, consultants review 100s of…

5 Questions with an Associate at BCG London

In today's post, we feature some love from across the pond - and an insider's look at consulting from an Associate at BCG London. This guest post comes to us…

Is Consulting Right For You? Video Series

Is consulting right for you? This question has two parts. The first part involves deciding whether working at a consulting firm would be a great fit and a great next…

Advisory Board

Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of The Advisory Board Company, now referred to as Advisory Board after its acquisition by Optum. Advisory Board is…

Consulting Firms 101 Video Series

There are 3 different tiers of consulting firms - Top 3 firms, Big 4 firms, and Tier 2 firms - and there are pros and cons of working at each level.…

Winter 2014 East Coast Tour Recap

On our January 2014 Consulting Bootcamp tour, we travelled to several universities up and down the East Coast - Duke, Georgia Tech, UGA, Penn, Harvard, McGill, Dartmouth, Columbia, and Cornell.…

Business Book Review: The McKinsey Way

Business Book Review: The McKinsey Way

Today, we continue our series of book reviews with a look at The McKinsey Way, a book written by a former Associate at McKinsey, Ethan M. Rasiel, who is also the co-author…

Consulting 101 Video Series

We've been busy. Not only have we spent the last several weeks gallivanting all across the East Coast speaking at schools like Harvard, Penn, Columbia, McGill, and Cornell, but we've…