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How I used cold emailing to land an internship in Mongolia

Tom Spencer

Leading up to the summer before my senior year of college I was searching through Google for my next travel destination when a pop-up ad directed me to a website about Mongolia, the land of nomadic culture and once the largest contiguous empire founded by Genghis Khan. But the problem was how? I knew no one in Mongolia. Image: Pexels.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages. In my time at McKinsey, easily half the people who left the firm went into the financial world (from hedge funds to PE), and salary was undoubtedly a major factor in the decision.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Financial Services. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Construction.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Financial Services. As such, some junior players in the firm feel like their career development is limited. That being said, Alvarez & Marsal are still a prestigious and exciting firm, so working there will not look bad on your resume. One thing that does come up pretty frequently is your resume. Valuation Services.

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Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

On a day-to-day basis, you may could be helping a law firm critique their opponent’s expert analysis and developing financial models, or you may be working with government and corporate clients, helping them value companies, analyse markets and place for mergers and acquisitions. Financial Institutions. Intellectual Property.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

The premise of the article was most of the financial jargon used to provide insights into companies’ health are make-believe and don’t reflect actual conditions, i.e. true profitability. Owner “perks” like cell phone, car, travel to conferences, etc. (as Zweig asks, “Can “Ebidtdaft” be far behind?”. Conclusion.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Once I graduated with my Bachelor’s, I was a financial analyst by day and managed a bar a few nights per week. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).