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Top 5 Consulting Resume Mistakes by Ph.D’s, Postdocs, and Other Advanced Degree Holders

Management Consulted

5 Resume Mistakes Advanced Degree Holders Should Avoid At All Costs. All power to you for your impressive brain, but all those brains don’t mean your resume is good. But if you’re one of the chosen few who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 6 seconds, should you make it a featured section of your resume?

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Please, Stop Talking

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

I couldn’t say it out loud, but that thought went through my head as I observed ‘LeAnn’, a new board director during her first board meeting. Please, stop talking.”

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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Build out your resume. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume. All the case prep, interview practice, and networking in the world will be for naught if your resume lets you down. Additionally, make sure you update your resume regularly, as you gain new experiences and new GPAs.

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Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Management Consulted

We offer our time to paying clients for assistance with resume reviews (Power Half Hour), personalized networking advice (1-hour sessions), and Case Interview Prep (Prep Packages). We are entertaining the possibility of doing a monthly meet-and-greet webinar for prospective clients – perhaps launching in early 2013.

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3 Ways Management Consulting Applications Differ from Traditional Ones

Management Consulted

Even if you’ve done a masterful job of networking , you still have to jump through the hoops and meet the stringent criteria of consulting firms. You know how important your resume is in getting your foot in the door for an interview. Actually, your resume is all-powerful. Well, that’s what we’re here for!

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Completing Graduate School Like a Consultant

Tom Spencer

Pursuing Extracurricular Activities In high school or as an undergraduate student, having a lot of interests and joining a variety of clubs is recommended, as it fills out your resume for the future. Create a new initiative, challenge your leadership team to accomplish a lofty goal, or move your organization in a new direction.

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Preparing for Your Consulting Application

Tom Spencer

The HR person will look at your Resume, Cover Letter, and Transcript and decide whether you are qualified to attend a first round interview. Craft exceptional application materials (Cover letter and Resume). If the candidate fails to meet those hard numbers, their application will be automatically eliminated. This is Gate Three.