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The Importance of a Consulting Cover Letter

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As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc.

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LEK Interview Cover Letter

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That was when I came across your site and sent you an email on how I should write my cover letter, which you kindly replied to as well. For you, I wanted to point out that recently, I revised and added new online tutorials and articles on how to write a consulting cover letter and what employers look for in a consulting resume.

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Writing the Perfect Consulting Resume: 4Tips toWriting Your Resume with an Example.

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For almost any professional job, applicants are required to provide a resume and cover letter to demonstrate their qualifications. Your resume is one of the most important documents during the application process, as it acts as a summary of your education, experience, and skillset. Academic Performance.

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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. There are thousands of articles telling you, as an aspiring consultant, how to prepare your application. Craft exceptional application materials (Cover letter and Resume).

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More on Networking to Get a Consulting Interview

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I suggest you network with anyone within a management consulting firm regardless of whether they are involved in recruiting or consulting resume screening. Then in your cover letter, you tell the reader how much networking you've done, who you have met, what you have discovered and why you like the firm (be specific).

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

If you are unsure of how and when to start your consulting journey as a student, this article will serve as a guide. 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.

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Networking to Get McKinsey, Bain & BCG Offers

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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. Out of 400 applications, I would say about 350 of them were clear and obvious mail merge cover letters. --.

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