Category: management consulting

6 Ways You Can Prepare for Consulting Right Now

Have you missed your particular recruitment window? Didn't make the break you expected this year for careers? The consulting industry is one of the most competitive on the planet,…

Thinking Like a Consultant - Communicating Core Values

Thinking Like a Consultant – Communicating Core Values

Welcome to the next installment of our "Thinking Like a Consultant" series, where we are exploring thoughts, behaviors and mindsets of successful consultants. If you have't read Part 1 or Part 2…

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…

UK 2013 Consulting Bootcamp Tour Recap

As if staying Stateside wasn't enough, we decided to chase the Autumn weather to its last ends in the U.K. If you're just joining us, we've spent the last few…

3 Ways Financial Advisory Consulting Beats Strategy Consulting

In our last post, we discussed 5 major differences between 2 prominent types of consulting. From the variety of work and access to C-level executives to the wide array of…

5 Reasons to Choose Strategy Consulting Over Financial Advisory Consulting

5 Reasons to Choose Strategy Consulting Over Financial Advisory Consulting

Strategy consulting vs. financial advisory consulting - both are consulting. Can they really be that different? We get at least 5 questions a month from readers about this either-or, and…

Comparing McKinsey Bain BCG

McKinsey, Bain, & BCG Comparison

Key Insights McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the top three management consulting firms in the world, collectively known as MBB. While all three recruit from elite universities, offer world-class training,…

Consulting FAQs

Here is a directory for all of Management Consulted's consulting FAQs. How to Transition From Finance Into Consulting Are Thank You Letters Necessary? Do Some Firms Recruit in Winter and Spring?…

Consulting Jokes

Top 5 Consulting Jokes

We wanted to have some fun because - why not? We surveyed the web for the best consulting jokes out there. We found tons of good ones, and a few…

Reader FAQ – Switching gears: from intern to full-time, from IT to strategy, and from PwC and IBM to MBB

It's time for our final Reader FAQ for 2012, and we're going out with a bang. (Even Santa's reading MC now!) This month we feature questions from readers who want…

Reader FAQ – “Designer” Consulting Resumes, Late Applications, and Plan Bs

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You've bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives…

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews

Reader FAQ: Cracking case interviews, why we don’t outsource and the merits of a JD/MBA

In the next couple of weeks, we're giving away some great stuff. Subscribe here if you're not already privy to the special content/deals we offer. Today, we cover a series…