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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Attend industry events and conferences, join professional organizations, and seek out internships or job shadowing opportunities. This will help you tailor your resume and cover letter to the precise skills and traits that each firm is looking for! Plus, many consulting firms recruit MBA graduates directly from business schools.

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

Management Consulted

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? If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask. Here are some possible criteria for resume rejections. Focus on upcoming interviews.

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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. If you want maximum career flexibility WITHIN finance (and corporate financial roles), investment banking provides that.

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Networking 101: We Spill The Beans On How To Network Your Way Into Any Job. It’s Finally Live!

Management Consulted

Out of school, join professional associations, networking groups, attend conferences, etc. “How about for people who do not know consultants or even finance people? ” “Also if you could please talk about how can they followup after an MD or analyst showed interest in their resume?”. Network properly while there!

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CEO Oasis: Relief for “Loneliness at the Top”

Emerson Consulting Group

That would only send them slipping out the door with updated resumes in search of positions more secure elsewhere. which transforms business consultants, CEOs, attorneys, finance experts and other business leaders and their companies into published “thought leaders.”

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Why Write and Publish Business Articles? For 5 Good Reasons!

Emerson Consulting Group

He then shuffles through his case until he locates said article, pulling it out and sliding them across the conference table. That would only send them slipping out the door with updated resumes in search of positions more secure elsewhere. Let me see if I have it with me.”.

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Many former employees go on to programs in business, finance, economics and law. First of all, the representatives of the firm speak at info sessions and conferences at dozens of locations across the US and worldwide. But pay attention – law firms especially love the experience that comes from working at the firm. MBA programs?