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First Six Months – Adjusting to Consulting Life

Tom Spencer

Is a job in consulting really what you expect it will be when you are a student, knee-deep in case prep and coffee chats? He shares some thoughts on his first months as a strategy consultant, and gives a few tips on how to make the most out of your business school time – beyond the hours of case prep. Any highs or lows?

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Oliver Wyman Careers

CaseInterview.com

The hiring process involves a mixture of both behavioral interviews and case interviews. Whether or not you view travel as an opportunity depends upon your personal preferences. Either way, Oliver Wyman's global approach tends to result in more international travel than firms with a local staffing model (e.g.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. Brace yourself.

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The CEO’s Guide to Retirement

Harvard Business

We studied the post-CEO careers of 50 Chief Executives in the Fortune 500, and interviewed 13 of them. Over half assume leadership positions at nonprofit organizations and almost all are philanthropic. .” Almost every CEO we interviewed reported great satisfaction in their work lives after being CEO.

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Business Lessons from Henry David Thoreau

Emerson Consulting Group

Many of life’s major arenas and how we approach or practice them, such as environmentalism, writing, travel, war and peace, politics and rebellion, philosophy and introspection, are steeped within the life and legend of Henry David Thoreau. By Ken Lizotte CMC. As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc.

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How to Apply for a New Job After You’ve Been Fired

Harvard Business

What should you say in an interview? He suggests researching workplaces that partner with nonprofits that help “convicts reinsert themselves” in the workforce. Interviews will definitely require a bit more care and forethought than they did before. What the Experts Say. Prepare your story. Be gracious.