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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Management Consulted

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask. Here are some possible criteria for resume rejections. Focus on upcoming interviews.

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Why “Dumber” People are More Successful than You

CaseInterview.com

When I became an entrepreneur, I was by far the person with the most elite academic credentials amongst my peers (these were small businesses without venture capital financing). What is the X factor that not only compensates for any perceived resume shortfalls, it in many cases makes your resume irrelevant? That X factor is.

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PARADE Method

CaseInterview.com

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It can be used by candidates to prepare concise and powerful answers to commonly asked consulting resume questions. As a freshman at Stanford, I was the Finance Director for the Stanford Solar Car project. The amount was $15,000.

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Job Hub: Salesforce Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Here are 5 tips to land a position with this innovative company: Do Your Research – Know about the company, read their blogs, be up to date on what’s posted on their social media sites, and be ready to talk about it during the interview. Be ready to take notes and have your resume with you. Be Prepared – Don’t be late.

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Welcome All Future Management Consultants – Favorite Posts, Link Roundup, and Reader Questions

Management Consulted

From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. You may be lucky to work with a strong strategy team, but you can bet that the operating/finance/administrative folks you interface with will be much more variable along the capability scale. I offer resume editing and interview prep.

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EU officials Give Greece Three Days to Deliver Reforms or Face

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Acting Man Austrian Blog. Boom Bust Blog. Money Blogs. You Walk Away Blog. Top Financial Blog Citations. Time Magazine : Best 25 Financial Blogs. Bloomberg : Financial Blogs: The Best of the Bunch. Ludwig von Mises Institute.

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Organisation Change: You need to drill below the surface

Confessions of a Consultant

It’s relatively easy to make physical changes to an area (assuming that you have the finances). The priest joke (last blog) might have been a bit too close to the edge for some readers. Just for this blog only – I’ve decided to chicken -out and go fully ‘PC’ on the jokes. PPS: Lighter Moment.

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