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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Breaking into the consulting industry with a non-business degree can be challenging as a sizeable portion of hires are from top business schools, but non-business hires are on the rise. If you’re concerned about lending credibility to your quantitative abilities, you can consider prioritizing courses that provide relevant certifications.

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How to Succeed in the New Age of Interviews

Tom Spencer

Provide your grade transcript, CV, and cover letter. The cover letter is the most important of these initial documents. A desired response from a recruitment manager would be “most cover letters I’m falling asleep. Reading your cover letter, I felt like I knew you.” Vary your sentence length.

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5 reasons to sign up for a Management Consulting Bootcamp (registration now open!)

Management Consulted

For the low price of $575, each participant receives a complete resume / cover letter edit ($350), the MC Book Bundle ($195) and 8 hours of group instruction (priceless). We also get you started on a resume and cover letter edit completed by the MC team before the date of the Bootcamp. Sign Up Today.

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How to Transition to Management Consulting after Law School

Management Consulted

Many lawyers we’ve heard from would rather be involved in proactive strategy vs. reactive strategy – being involved in setting a company’s course as opposed to being called in to fix something after it’s gone wrong. We created a comprehensive course on how to do it well. On the plus side?

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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Tom Spencer

Do they serve specific industries or do they have functional expertise in certain areas? Spend some time perfecting your CV and cover letter. Research what each firm is looking for in a candidate and adjust your CV and cover letter to match that profile. Who are their clients? As a former intern at L.E.K.

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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. As an advanced degree student, I will share my experiences applying for jobs with an engineering Ph.D.

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From Bagging Groceries to $80k Consulting Offer

CaseInterview.com

While not as prestigious as Mckinsey or BCG, the firm is top in its field when it comes to [ Person's Favorite Industry ] consulting, and that focus was what I was looking for. I stumbled upon consulting by accident two months back and found that it would go perfectly together with my interest in the [ Person's Favorite Industry ] industry.