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Decision Filters: Finding, Evaluating, and Taking Action on Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Having a filter to deal with these decisions can increase our awareness of the decision making process, and allow us to make decisions more efficiently and effectively. When creating a filter it is necessary to be data driven. Prior to any transition period in my career, I do an exercise where I write my future resume.

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When IQ Matters (and When It Doesn’t)

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The second skill is useful from a learning-efficiency standpoint. If you look at the three-decade trends of business research, the data strongly trends toward the importance of non-IQ skills and their relevance to career success. Check out our privacy policy for details on how we protect and manager your submitted data.

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How to avoid being blacklisted from consulting (or any other) recruiting

Tom Spencer

Send a Resume in the Cold Email. There are differing opinions on this, but the benefit of flipping a resume over as part of the initial communication (or including your LinkedIn in the signature) exceeds the risk. The reality of the situation is that even if they think this is the case, they open the resume 99% of the time.

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How I used cold emailing to land an internship in Mongolia

Tom Spencer

I then sent this email along with my resume to the 30 people on my list, with minor customized changes for each one. Some may argue you may appear too keen to attach your resume in the first email but I think this depends on the situation. From the 30 emails, I got six informational chats and two ended up becoming strong leads.

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Friday Fusion: August 28th, 2020

Tsavo Neal

A well-developed site is your resume, your real estate, your time machine, and your second brain. An army of robots is freely available – it’s just packed in data centers for heat and space efficiency. It helps anyone learn more about you, how you think, and why they should care.

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Personal Experience Interview - McKinsey PEI

CaseInterview.com

Despite the emphasis I and others places on the case interview, it is important that you be prepared for the more general interview questions that are based on your consulting resume. The important thing to realize is that consulting firm interviewers ask resume-based questions differently than employers from other industries.

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PARADE Method

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The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It can be used by candidates to prepare concise and powerful answers to commonly asked consulting resume questions. What quantitative data did you consider? What qualitative data did you consider? Why this specific decision?