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Worried About Impending Layoffs?

Harvard Business

Getting laid off can be a traumatic event, but a little bit of preparation can go a long way. In this piece, the author outlines four ways to get started: 1) Just as it’s important to maintain your health by getting periodic check-ups, you should also update your resume and LinkedIn profile regularly. 3) Get your finances in order.

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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Find firms and alumni in industries you are interested in through on-campus recruiting events, firm websites, and LinkedIn. Build out your resume. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume. In describing your experiences, make sure to use action verbs: “developed”, “managed”, “created”.

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

Joining a consulting club can provide you with numerous benefits: networking, learning how to do a case study, assistance with resume and cover letter writing, and access to resources to prepare for interviews. Top performing students are often selected to attend networking events at company offices.

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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. If your degree leans more heavily towards the qualitative humanities — as mine does — be sure to make special provisions to develop key quantitative skills.

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Management Consulted West Coast Tour – Fall 2014

Management Consulted

After our East Coast Fall Tour concluded, we flew back over to the West Coast to host events with consulting clubs from Arizona State University, Stanford University, the University of Southern California and Pepperdine University. Masters of Organizational Development) were anything but peppery.

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Learning more vs leveraging what you know

Tom Spencer

As a bonus, this exercise will also help you craft stories for your interviews and could help you sharpen your resume by using more technical terms. There is a lot of content out there and finding the right course to take can be an event in its self. Always take notes in an organized way so you can build on them in the future.

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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

They go to networking events and try to explain that they are a consultant or coach but instead of getting head nods and curiosity.they experience the angst of the blank stares. Just because you know how to put a resume together or create executive presentations doesn't mean that you know how to write copy and content. I need you!".