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Friday Fusion: August 21, 2020

Tsavo Neal

What are the best formats for a resume? Here’s the resume format I used to earn my first job in tech as a product manager in 20 days — as a History major, nonetheless! Tsavo Neal Consulting – Founder & Digital Marketing Consultant (OCT 2016 – PRESENT). Freelance – Web Designer (JAN 2014 – SEPT 2016).

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

We set out to answer this question in a series of studies reported in the December 2016 issue of American Sociological Review. Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. Who gets invited to interview?

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job. You know the standard advice. ” Résumé Story.

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Buck Consultants Firm Profile

Management Consulted

The firm is headquartered in New York and holds the #20 position in Vault’s top consulting firm rankings for 2016. Others move into HR roles at different companies, while some go back into education, and others, drawing on Buck’s impressive Fortune 100 network, take a deep dive into the corporate world (but outside HR).

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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The Cambridge Group: Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

You’ve aced your case interview prep , you’ve got a killer resume and now you’re ready for the interview process. Networking your way into a position at The Cambridge Group is not very difficult if you’ve got the right education and experience. Big Companies Should Collaborate with Startups (February 25, 2016). Yale University.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business

As a banker asked to evaluate a series of resumes said, “ Anyone who plays squash I love.” They sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of the top 147 law firms in 14 cities, from fake law students looking for a prestigious summer associate position. The resumes were identical in terms of education and work experience.

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