Management Consulted

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Hi readers: I hate to pause the blog train, but for the next few days I will be traveling and enjoying the last moments of 2008. I offer hands-on coaching sessions to help people break into management consulting and top business jobs – from re-writing your resume to simulated interviews/case studies to thorough Q&A.

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Comatch

JULY 15, 2022

As a result, most organizations look for direct competitor candidates based only on their resumes, to ensure that they get the right talent that can hit the ground running. To illustrate the above, two real-life examples come to mind: A headhunter once shared, “I want to present candidates while my clients want resumes.”

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Tsavo Neal

AUGUST 28, 2020

Should I use my personal website as a blog? I’ll even take it a step further: the main focus of your personal website should be your blog. Your blog is the best way to share your story, your experiences, and your advice. Your blog is the best way to share your story, your experiences, and your advice.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Resume Feedback : Provide feedback on resumes, including suggestions for improvement based on industry standards. Business Name & Slogan Creation : Generate creative and relevant business names and slogans based on industry and key values.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

They try to sit down and write copy for their website or marketing or a simple blog post and they face writer's block so intense that it's a miracle that more computers of consultants and coaches aren't flung against the wall. But the truth is - our industry shop talk isn't their industry shop talk.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

There are plenty of YouTube videos, blogs, and book summaries that can help you get a surface level knowledge of various topics. As a bonus, this exercise will also help you craft stories for your interviews and could help you sharpen your resume by using more technical terms. Define what you could have done differently or better.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When I talk to online MBA students, the first thing that strikes me is that they are unaware about industry dynamics. In-person MBA students don’t acquire most of their consulting industry knowledge from the classroom. I am commenting purely on recruiting for a post-MBA consulting position. The Consulting Career Landscape.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. Check out his blog here. For my new readers, here are some recommended and popular articles for you to browse: Management Consulting and the Consulting Industry 101. Top 10 Resume Tips.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2018

The consulting industry is a very competitive field with an abundance of highly educated professionals with proven track records of success. Reading is the cheapest and most accessible way to increase knowledge, develop new skills and stay relevant with current industry trends. Industry Insights. Start a Blog.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

If they cannot tell you or you are plenty of ways away from graduation, use this blog as a starting point for your software journey. Microsoft Office Suite Alright let’s be real, you probably already have this on your resume under skills, right? Use your network to get an idea of what you might need to learn before you graduate.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

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? The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I have aimed to enter the consulting industry as my career goal, and I have tried it once with a emerging consultancy, I got the chance to do my second case, but due to my lack of practice and the time limit of my preparation (I am now in my military service), I didn't get to the next round. And what would be your rationale for deciding this?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

it doesn’t provide you with business acumen and healthcare policy fundamentals, nor does it prepare you for case and behavioral interviews, or teach you how to properly format a business style resume. I read all the major books, blogs, and resources out there. I was inserting mental math into every aspect of my life.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Q: Your blog has been valuable and I am a big fan of your work. It’s the best time in your life to try for it – you don’t have to network as heavily as post MBAs, and the recruiters come straight to campus to pursue you – and you’ll have the best brand names in the industry behind you if you do break in.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

Jesse had many interesting speaking points, which I personally found useful, and which I will share with you today in this blog post. I also didn’t know what I wanted to do at the time; I knew that consulting wouldn’t close any doors for me but rather would allow me to try a bunch of different industries and see what interested me the most.

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The industrial age prized these three attributes. Your resume certifies that you have what it takes to check the boxes, and the hiring company adjusts its offered pay to get the folks it needs, when they need them.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. However, you’ll grow your knowledge base much faster than most industry jobs. Throughout the year, companies continue to interact with students.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 18, 2019

Despite the emphasis I and others places on the case interview, it is important that you be prepared for the more general interview questions that are based on your consulting resume. The important thing to realize is that consulting firm interviewers ask resume-based questions differently than employers from other industries.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

A consultant can learn much about many different types of industries and business challenges through their variety of casework. 3 years of traditional industry experience. Consulting also provides a powerful resume stamp of pedigree that makes many other professionals stand up and take notice. Consultants learn a lot--fast.

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Melissa Agnes

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

This blog post answers the questions I get asked most frequently, along with some added comments and insights. Consume all that you can about your passion, the industry, best practices, case studies, etc. Subscribe to blogs and podcasts , read news articles, ask questions, research. So start a blog. Don’t conform.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. retail sales in only 30 days.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

Industries. Unlike Bain or LEK, the firm doesn’t restrict itself to junior hiring and you have a great opportunity to learn some grand consulting processes and get a brand name on your resume with absolutely no experience. Start with character, intelligence, and industry. How To Write a Management Consulting Resume.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

So resumes ended up looking like ransom notes, Comic Sans became a joke that was taken seriously by some, and folks like David Carson set type on fire. If you worked in an industry or segment where the standard demanded careful expression through type, it was possible and it was expected. Now that anyone could set type, anyone would.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

CEO Benioff, who was incredibly successful in his early years in the software industry at Oracle, took a sabbatical, lived on the beach in Hawaii and learned the spirt of “Aloha.” Be ready to take notes and have your resume with you. Be Prepared – Don’t be late.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. “I’m a recent graduate (have been in industry for 2 years). In strategy consulting, you serve multiple clients in multiple industries. I offer resume editing and interview prep. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2021

You finally receive an application from a candidate who offers a strong resume. Richard: “I closed a five million dollar contract with Jive Industries. This blog post is based on the following research study: Dougherty, T., You have a job selling machine tools that’s been vacant for three months, and you really need to fill it.

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Seth Godin Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

The industrial culture, the resume-building mindset—it''s no wonder so many have bat boy syndrome. Not as the person who is going to have to step up and cause success, no, the opportunity sought is to be on the team, to bask without being asked for heroics (which of course, carry risk).

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Gives you the opportunity to set up a blog—which is a tactic that goes a long way towards helping you anchor your rankings over time. Helping you optimize your resume and professional profiles for strong search engine rankings, e.g., your LinkedIn profile, amongst others. Reviewing and enhancing your web presence.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2016

Plus, he was permanently barred from the securities industry. While on Lesbos, he wrote a blog about his experiences. A year after his sabbatical, our client resumed his career as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Create a blog that allows you to talk about your new passion. billion in fines.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

Industries. Start with character, intelligence, and industry. Know your resume inside out so that you can walk your interviewer through your highlights reel with ease. Or maybe you already have an interview with BAH and would like to make sure you’re up to speed with your resume and any potential cases that may pop up.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

She blogs on jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com and writes columns around the web. Here's what's compelling to me about Jill's bio: The idea of “several teams through their experiments” with ideas and practices that are not common enough in our industry. He has regulated industry experience. Working together?

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Seth Godin Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Industry offered a deal to the worker: Here’s a job. We’ll use software to read the resumes, and we’ll do it in huge batches. The compliance-based school and resume system. Read on for the details…]. We’ll pay you as little as we can get away with while still being able to fill the job.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

As I described in “A Campaign Strategy for Your Career,” one technique you can use is “pre-writing your resume.” ” In this exercise, you put yourself five years into the future and write your resume as you envision it, including your new title and exact job responsibilities.

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MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2015

Comments on my blog soar every time I write about driverless vehicles. This is the death of the paid driver industry. The total number of people employed in the industry, including those in positions that do not entail driving, exceeds 8.7 Convenience vs. Cost; Comfortable Predictions. Everyone benefits but the paid driver.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 14, 2020

There’s a pretty good reason for that: it’s where most personal brands—whether you’re talking about fitness influencers or even, in many cases, consultants in the professional services industry—have initial success attracting an audience. Your website is your resume, your business card, your store, your directory, and your personal magazine.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

I do read your blog, and I can relate to the money business. Thanks, Mark Formal Education is No Magic Wand Hi Mark Unfortunately, and in spite of what the education industry would like you to believe, I present a sobering reality: A career change at age 45 or even 55 is possible, but extremely difficult. I would like to move on.

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