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How to build an effective recruitment process

Asamby Consulting

When we work on clients’ recruitment processes, we strive to create a team of "A players'' for our clients to scale and optimize their business. Recruitment Process A good recruitment process can help cut time in the searching, interviewing, hiring and training process.

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A Note to University Seniors

Tom Spencer

Dear university seniors, I really sympathize with the senior year recruiting grind. You probably need a baseline of training and experience before you become a net positive contributor to a project team. This is not my subjective interpretation of senior year recruiting. Reading Time: 3 minutes. So, what’s the solution?

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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

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. People love to give advice.

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Boutique vs Large Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the differences in: Undergraduate recruiting. Undergraduate recruiting. However, boutique firms lack formal training programs – the culture is more of a sink or swim model.

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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

I have been training for over seventeen years now. To receive a job offer you must write a resume and cover letter, attend recruiting sessions and coffee chats, network with current consultants, and practice interview questions. But through my training and intense focus, I blocked out all distractions mentally.

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

Overview of the Management Consulting Recruiting Process. The training – both on the job and formal – was continuous and applicable far beyond management consulting. I’ve been helping friends/colleagues looking to enter management consulting for years with their resumes, cover letters, interviews, and questions.

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How to Transition to Management Consulting after Law School

Management Consulted

These are the professionals who will be reviewing your resume, cover letter, and application, and a recommendation from one of these consultants inside the firm will go a LONG way in securing a first-round interview invite. Don’t firms only recruit from top MBA programs? Why is this important?