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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. Network with Industry Professionals Networking is an important part of breaking into any industry, and consulting is no exception.

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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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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 spent the last five months working in a grocery store after having turned down several job offers in finance and banking upon graduation last May.

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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

In compliance work, or on finance-focused projects, the broad-sweeping projections of strategy consulting don’t cut it. As mentioned in our previous post, financial consulting is a much better choice than a narrowly-defined role in internal finance (especially at a no-name corporation). Just a bit of networking will do you right!

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Job Hub: Chick-Fil-A Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Truett Cathy’s son, Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A has been changing the way the fast food quick-service industry does business. Chick-Fil-A takes it to the next level by making traditional benefits some of the most extraordinary in the industry. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Led by the S. Don’t get looked over.

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Job Hub:T-Mobile Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

According to employees, working at T-Mobile it is an amazing and fun experience – wouldn’t you want to work for a a creative company that is both passionate about changing a staid, saturated industry? 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Plus, T-Mobile goes above and beyond for its people. Sound like you?

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

Tom: Did your work in financial services relate to the payments industry at all? Alex Formstone: No, but we have a new director who joined us last month who has a lot of experience in the payments industry, having worked at World Pay, Barclaycard and RBS. Are graduates expected to pick an industry specialisation?