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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Since everyone has a unique financial situation, amount of free time, and ability to travel, some of these suggestions will be more applicable to you than others. If you are returning to school, take a wildly different class than your course of study. Speaking of travelling, this is obviously an attractive, but expensive, option.

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Management Consulted East Coast Tour – Fall 2015

Management Consulted

We kicked off our busy travel season with our annual East Coast Fall Tour to host events with consulting clubs from the University of Virginia, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and Harvard Business School. Now I’m a lot more confident in submitting/preparing my resume.”

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Coffee Chat – Career Advice from a Deloitte Consultant

Tom Spencer

Even though I didn’t know much about consulting at the time, I heard about the variety of work consultants get exposed to – different projects, different clients, opportunities to travel. Looking back, I think it was because my resume was very similar to the rest of my classmates – I didn’t have something that helped me stand out.

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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.

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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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Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent

LSA Global

The option of interviewing and hiring virtually, rather than through typical in-person interviews, is quickly becoming the new norm as recruiters and hiring managers adapt to social distancing, look to open up their talent pool, and manage travel expenses. Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent. Practice Virtual Behavior-Based Interviews.

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Welcome All Future Management Consultants – Favorite Posts, Link Roundup, and Reader Questions

Management Consulted

From Steve Shu’s blog – a crash course reading list for new consultants. In corporate strategy, travel is reduced. There are exceptions, of course – but travel should be no more than 25% of your day-to-day unlike management consulting travel. I offer resume editing and interview prep.