Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

This post shares four insights from my journey into the management consulting industry: 1. Excuses are common, which provides an opportunity to develop the skill of empathizing to understand why someone cannot fulfil their commitments and the skill of management to delegate tasks and motivate your small team.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 27, 2012

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. Visit our recruiting deep-dive post for specific guidelines on networking at recruiting events if you need a refresher. Think these don’t matter?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2017

Few internship schemes are as competitive as those offered by top management consulting firms – for many good reasons. Most consultancies hold company presentations, networking events, or workshops for students at target universities, which enable you to get to know them better. Your salary will be more than decent.

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Management Consulted

JULY 1, 2012

Before we get started, check out our core post on networking the “normal way” – at info sessions and through target school types of recruiting opportunities. Your asset file consists of the names of anyone and everyone who can help you – either directly or indirectly – get a job in management consulting.

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freshminds

JANUARY 22, 2017

With the combined experience of many hiring heads and professional resume hunters, we have condensed the 50+ gripes from CV browsing to present the 10 commandments to perfecting your CV: 1) Take away the face. 3) Don’t try to schmooze the recruiter. No selfies, mugshots, power stances. 2) Quantify, quantify, quantify.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 23, 2015

After submitting your initial application with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a few days. The on-site interview portion typically consists of a presentation that you have to deliver, followed by a series of one-on-ones with engineers/managers.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Alex Formstone is a Principal in Marakon ’s London office, and heads up recruiting in the UK for graduates and MBAs. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Alex about his career, Marakon and its recruitment process. To date, a lot of our work in financial services has been focused on insurance and wealth management.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Bridgespan has a board of 12 distingushed trustees whose backgrounds include both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, two of them being Thomas Tierney, Cofounder & Chairman, and Bob Bechek, Worldwide Managing Director of Bain & Company. Colin Bowman – Product Manager – Yahoo. Networking Groups.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. Before my interviews with both firms, I actually got rejected from non- management consulting jobs (even though they were both less prestigious firms and would have been backups for me).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2017

Nowadays, that’s the easy part: People learn about jobs because they find job ads online, search listings on corporate sites, or are contacted by recruiters. Hiring managers face the same problem, having to sort through hundreds of applicants with the limited tools of application software, résumés, and cover letters.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. Hiring managers will see what you have done — and can do for them. VP, Marketing, Communication, and Strategy 2011 – present. You know the standard advice. Is It Time to Quit Your Job? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. Rebecca Knight.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 4, 2022

Presentations. 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. He aspires to become a management consultant in the aerospace and defense fields.

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Management Consulted

MAY 4, 2014

I talked to one of my professors who was a former management consultant himself, and he talked about his work; I remember how excited he was when he was talking about it. Jason: I tried to make sure that I did a complete holistic detailed process when it came to recruiting. It appealed to me a lot in terms of the nature of the work.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 23, 2015

2020 Delivery is a management consultancy committed to improving public services and bringing about lasting change within public sector organisations. You will be working with a project manager or a director, and you learn a huge amount from the role modelling that they give you. We recruit for experienced hires on a rolling basis.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

One of them giving you 30 pages of data, two hours to review, and asking you to create a presentation to present your conclusion to a panel of interviewers. CV/covering letter. My advice is simple: don't send off any applications until you've got a consultant to assess both your CV and your covering letter.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Cover Letters 40

Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

managed to establish themselves in the market and grew into a global firm with 1000+ employees and 21 offices. Consulting career path is pretty standard: Associate – Associate Consultant – Consultant – Manager – Principal – Partner. Tim Sims – Managing Partner – Pacific Equity Partners.

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