article thumbnail

Management Consulted Goes to London (and Beyond)

Management Consulted

As if traveling across the ocean on the plane wasn’t enough, we felt it necessary to use as many forms of transportation as necessary…so we took a train up to Durham University. Many questions were asked about resumes, cover letters and the importance of inserting a cover letter with their applications.

article thumbnail

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?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

For instance, working as a student consultant provided me with some much-needed teamwork experience as my university course didn’t include any group work. This includes working over an extended period of time on larger projects, travelling to and from sites and working more closely with clients to solve the problem.

article thumbnail

How to Apply for a New Job After You’ve Been Fired

Harvard Business

Think about “former bosses and colleagues” as well as “advisors, accountants, lawyers, management consultants, and search consultants,” you’ve worked with over the course of your career. ” Your cover letter needn’t dwell on your prior job either, according to Fernández-Aráoz.

article thumbnail

Applying to McKinsey from a Non-Target School

CaseInterview.com

You put in a lot of time, energy, and money (travel to interviews, taking people out to lunch, buying a new suit, prep materials, etc.) In many respects, how you apply implies information to the firm about your skills over and above the content presented in your consulting resume and cover letter.

article thumbnail

Conversation with 2020 Delivery

Tom Spencer

We have a curriculum of four or five particular training courses that we send people on over the first two years. In terms of the training courses we offer, for example, a three day strategic problem solving course, and a two day course in performance improvement training. Tom: What is 2020 Delivery’s travel model?

article thumbnail

F1Y Success Stories

CaseInterview.com

I followed your advice for cover letter and resume writing to every last word by filling gaps in my analytical work experience, getting a brand name on the resume and communicating concisely with a large amount of purpose behind each sentence and word I wrote. I was casing every single day, at least twice, for 5 weeks.