One of the best things about strategy consulting is that you get to work across a broad spectrum of industries, giving you exposure to a lot of the wonderful variety that exists around us in the business world. However, one…
This is the second installment of a two-part overview. If you haven’t already gone through the first part, we recommend you start there. As an undergrad, a former MBB consultant once told me, “In the consulting hiring process, networking is everything.”…
In 9 out of 10 cases, especially if you are an experienced hire or come from a non-target school, having a contact inside a consulting firm will make the difference between getting an interview or not. Because of that, effective…
While we were putting the final touches on our Networking course this month, we sidetracked on a conversation about networking myths and came up with some really good ones that we just had to share with you. Recognize any of these?…
In May, we did a survey of our subscriber list and the #1 topic you want to know more about is networking. Dang, are we good at responding to your whims and desires! Welcome to July – we’re bringing you…
Man, you guys are totally over-achievers. Haven’t you realized that classes are out for the summer and consulting houses are all thinking about their next Friday adult beverage event? Apparently not. Here’s what you’re asking us, and what we’re saying…
Here at Management Consulted, we’ve been hammering away on networking for the last several weeks because it is critical in times like these. And by “times like these”, I mean “economy-in-trouble, big-firms-like-BCG-tightening-hiring, even-bigger-firms-like-Accenture-cutting-people” times. Here’s the concluding part of our…
Tough question. Unlike investment banking, there is no centralized database of boutique consulting firms. They’re tough to define (since there are countless one-man consulting shops). The Vault Guide to the Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting Firms, 2009 Edition is…
how to get your ex girlfriend back I summarized the management consulting 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…