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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. That’s why we’re giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews.

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Reader FAQ: The one-page resume rule, applying overseas, and why our phone number is unlisted

Management Consulted

We offer our time to paying clients for assistance with resume reviews (Power Half Hour), personalized networking advice (1-hour sessions), and Case Interview Prep (Prep Packages). We are entertaining the possibility of doing a monthly meet-and-greet webinar for prospective clients – perhaps launching in early 2013.

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The undisputed importance of appearance and how to get it right

Tom Spencer

When you walk into an interview, even before you speak, shake hands or talk through your resume, something else is doing a lot of talking in your behalf: your appearance. Please make sure to polish your shoes carefully before the interview. Always wear a blazer to an interview. Reading Time: 4 minutes. Briefcase/Bags.

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Why Trying to Pivot to a Consulting Career through an Online MBA Might Not be the Best Idea

Tom Spencer

Without having a grounded career understanding, online MBAs come to me unable to coherently decide if consulting is the right career opportunity to meet their professional and personal goals. Behavioral and Case Interviews . major publications or research), may get someone an interview at a highly competitive firm.

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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. You did it! However, you have multiple months before you begin.

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Tour Recap – Day 5 (Yale)

Management Consulted

We’re recapping our lives as road warriors via planes, trains and automobiles…we visited Georgia Tech , Duke , Georgetown , and Columbia before rolling over to today’s campus…Yale. Our train ride was uneventful with the exception of the conductor, who was a joke-telling machine.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

Top 10 Resume Tips. Top 10 Interview Tips. It showed me the “benchmark” that I need to meet in order to be successful in business. The training – both on the job and formal – was continuous and applicable far beyond management consulting. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version).