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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. The sole purpose of clubs is to provide students with practical experience through learning and relationship building.

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

Then ask several senior staff to use those phone screens in parallel on all the candidates who pass the first resume review. (I Mark Kilby and I developed a self-study Remote Interviewing workshop you might like. I wrote about this in Hiring Geeks That Fit.) Ask an HR person to assess the candidate with the dirt-bag questions.

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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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Management Consulted East Coast Tour – Fall 2015

Management Consulted

Here are some of the testimonials we received afterward: “By far the most engaging workshop I have been to at ASU. ” “I was terrified of having to prepare a resume for a summer internship at a large firm such as Bain, McKinsey etc. Now I’m a lot more confident in submitting/preparing my resume.”

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

CaseInterview.com

I went through workshops offered by these firms and talked to numerous recruiters and consultants. I did the same for resume questions, i.e., I tried to structure my answers to questions like "Why our firm?" What you have to realize about this role of reading consulting resumes and cover letters is this.

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What’s a fellowship?

Seth Godin Blog

You get picked for a fellowship, maybe you even get some money, and you can definitely put it on your resume. TODAY we posted the first lesson for our Podcasting workshop. A few decades ago, our status and selection-based culture shifted a common meaning of the word to describe a sort of prize. All for one and one for all.

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Portfolio school: Get better clients

Seth Godin Blog

You are not your resume. If you’re seeking better clients, I hope you’ll check out The Freelancer’s Workshop. We considered canceling this scheduled session of our online workshop, but for many, this is a good moment to take a breath, settle in and level up. THREE: How have you expressed 1 and 2?

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