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How to Get an Economic Consulting Job

Tom Spencer

The industry comprises global players like Analysis Group, Cornerstone Research, and Charles River Associates that help hundreds of clients each year with complex economic problems that often require a lot of expert-level testimony and data analysis. Pre-interview: Polish your Resume and Cover Letter.

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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. For example, you could take classes in statistics, data analysis, or programming, or join a student consulting group or business club.

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Tour Recap – Day 6 (Harvard)

Management Consulted

this year (includes a full resume/cover letter edit and our MC Book Bundle). *. While Julie conducted 2 resume reviews at a time in one room, Jenny Rae moderated a case interview panel with consultants from BCG, PwC, Analysis Group, Capital One and Oliver Wyman. The answer might surprise you.

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Proposals, Part 1: Why Are They A Waste?

The Consultants Peer Group

Differences: Some of them have a cover letter that introduces the consultant or the consulting firm, the purpose of the proposal, and the main benefits of the project. By the way, if you are interested, here are a few of the ways that some writers of the ‘standard’ consulting proposal template try to differentiate their offerings.

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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

In addition, when learning new kicks and punches, students like myself consult instructors or encyclopedias to help us perfect techniques, much like we consult videos and books when we need to learn new frameworks and methods of analysis.

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Case Interview Foundations: 6 Types of Case Interviews

Management Consulted

So, after writing the perfect resume and cover letter, and preparing at least 6 Hero Stories, it’s time to face the music. If you look at it through the lens of profitability, would it be by increasing prices or volumes (market study would be the second level of analysis)? Want more help?

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Business Book Review: Case Interview Secrets

Management Consulted

Central to his analysis is the incorporation of MECE , meaning the content of each section of your issue tree should be mutually exclusive as well as collectively exhaustive. Use your first framework to discover as much as you can about the case, and then pivot to another to test your hypothesis or conduct more analysis.