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Recharge Your Time Management

The Clever Consultant

Running a successful consulting business means your time is spread thin. And then there’s the marketing: writing case studies to keep your kit fresh, articles or blog posts for your website, social networks to update and so on. For many of us, it’s hard to just “turn off” from work. That’s a fact.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

Student consulting would seem to most students as an obvious first step towards a career in consulting. However, Sam Smith has recently argued in the post ‘ Student consulting – Does it deliver? This results in a misplaced comparison between the abilities of an experienced consultant and that of a student one.

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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. Whatever the case may be, you might find yourself with some time before you begin consulting. This article is not discouraging taking some necessary time off to rest, relax, and recuperate.

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The Six-Minute Hypothesis Rule

CaseInterview.com

The whole case study interview consists of about five sections (about six minutes each), each focusing on a different aspect of the same case - sort of jumping around from one part of the case to another. Just keep that in mind from a time-management standpoint. Additional Resources.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

But viewing reference checks as a formality is a mistake, according to Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. Case Study #1: Solicit feedback from team members to focus your questions.