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A Note to University Seniors

Tom Spencer

Take a few minutes to read how I dealt with rejections here: spencertom.com/2018/04/22/dealing-with-rejections/. Brush up your resume and cover letter , practice your technical questions, and don’t forget the often overlooked behavioral questions. So, make these few months count.

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7 People who NEED to apply to McKinsey in the next 8 days

Management Consulted

The following 7 categories of people have 8 days left to apply at McKinsey for a full-time position (provided they finish their programs in 2017/2018): PhDs. We’re starting this article off assuming that you’ve already knocked some socks off during networking (see here ) and created a masterful resume and cover letter (see here ).

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

On June 2, 2018 Jason Zweig’s article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, “ The Fanciful Alphabet Soup Companies Use to Fool You.” There’s now a plethora of Ebitda clone terms including those showing “profit” before things like stock-based pay, marketing, business development, and administrative expenses. Conclusion.

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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. In 2018, Fortune named it #4 among the “100 Best Companies to Work For.”. It was ranked #3 best place to work on Glassdoor in 2018 and 2017.

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

Like the practice areas, OC&C Strategy Consultants have developed their personal strategy around smaller focus areas but promising big results. Your internship allows you access across all sectors; you could be working on an M&A project, developing corporate strategy or even being involved in planning major organisational change.

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What to Do If Your Career Is Stalled and You Don’t Know Why

Harvard Business

.” Pandas look innocent, but their powerful jaws deliver a bite stronger than a jaguars’ Pandas can be painfully costly to individuals whose careers stall for reasons unbeknownst to them and to organizations and managers unable to develop talented leaders to their full potential.

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The Productivity Booster You Have in Your Pocket, But Probably Don’t Use

Harvard Business

Google Assistant stunned the crowd at I/O 2018 with natural-sounding phone calls to unassuming restaurant and hair salon staff. The list of apps on your phone is another way of describing the abilities of your IA; its resumé, if you will. We need to develop a thicker skin to feel less self-conscious talking to non-human agents.