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

Management Consulted

The 2016 deadlines for Bridge to BCG and McKinsey Insight are coming up on Sunday, April 10. 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. Aimed at Ph.D.s, 1 – Focusing on the irrelevant.

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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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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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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

While McKinsey, Bain, or BCG will probably provide the most powerful resume augmentation, every one of the top consulting firms carries a blend of size and prestige that can take you places. revenue in 2016 and 26,000 personnel. Semi-annual evaluations focus on areas likethought leadership, client leadership, and people leadership.

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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. After Buck receives your resume, successful applicants are shortlisted and a time is set up for a phone interview. and the world). Pretty crazy – and lots to learn about this gem of a firm.

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The Cambridge Group: Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

There are about 70 employees that aren’t a part of the senior leadership team. You’ve aced your case interview prep , you’ve got a killer resume and now you’re ready for the interview process. Big Companies Should Collaborate with Startups (February 25, 2016). Practice Areas. Brand & Business Portfolio Strategy. Innovation.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate. I joined Pinterest as the company’s first Head of Diversity in January of 2016. We created a playbook and training for managers focused on inclusive leadership.