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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. If your degree leans more heavily towards the qualitative humanities — as mine does — be sure to make special provisions to develop key quantitative skills. Keep on Trying!

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6 Ways to Take Control of Your Career Development If Your Company Doesn’t Care About It

Harvard Business

We are now in the era of “do-it-yourself” career development. During my 11 years at PepsiCo, mostly during the 1990s, “personal development” was treated as a major company initiative. Conduct research and literature reviews, attend conferences, or write on the topic. Drawn Ideas/Getty Images.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT. This helps you develop the ability to be “standalone” in consulting lingo. 4 NETWORKING.

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

Alex Formstone is a Principal in Marakon ’s London office, and heads up recruiting in the UK for graduates and MBAs. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Alex about his career, Marakon and its recruitment process. Once you join the firm you will be assigned a coach, who helps you with your professional development.

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

Management Consulted

Practice will only help for future interviews or next year’s recruiting cycle. Explore alternatives such as grad school, finance, and entrepreneurship. Suggested areas include finance (eg, investment banking and sales & trading) and the corporate track (eg, corporate management and product management).

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

As usual getting into McKinsey is tough, but it’s even tougher in NYC – with many target recruiting schools nearby and hundreds of aspirants swarming to locate in NY, it’s a highly competitive office. The office has a very hi-tech conference room that is used to connect with global Bainies at all levels.

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Why We Ask Every New Employee to Code an App Their First Week on the Job

Harvard Business

But as a company created by developers for developers, early on we all had the job of talking to customers constantly. The first three days are spent learning step by step how to build simple apps on the Twilio platform – a conference line, a voice recording, a text response. That’s not unique, of course.