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4 Ways to Develop Practical Business Understanding for Consulting

Management Consulted

Many history, English, and art majors, engineers, and law students – all of interest to consulting firms, but lacking in business basics – come to us asking how they can develop their business understanding to prepare for consulting interviews. Next, analyze the data and develop actionable strategies to improve the business.

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Power Begets Power

CaseInterview.com

For example, I’ve appeared in the Wall Street Journal several times. If anything ever goes wrong as a result of quoting me, they can say to their editor… “But The Wall Street Journal quoted him on four different occasions.” When I had no media resume, it was difficult to get anyone to quote me. I’m a “safe” expert to quote.

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Power Begets Power

CaseInterview.com

For example, I’ve appeared in the Wall Street Journal several times. If anything ever goes wrong as a result of quoting me, they can say to their editor… “But The Wall Street Journal quoted him on four different occasions.” When I had no media resume, it was difficult to get anyone to quote me. I’m a “safe” expert to quote.

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Think Strategically About Your Career Development

Harvard Business

As I described in “A Campaign Strategy for Your Career,” one technique you can use is “pre-writing your resume.” ” In this exercise, you put yourself five years into the future and write your resume as you envision it, including your new title and exact job responsibilities.

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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

Try handwriting your ideas in a journal. Just because you know how to put a resume together or create executive presentations doesn't mean that you know how to write copy and content. Pro Tip: To get over this challenge, you have to bypass your internal editor who stands between what you want to say and getting it out on paper.

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Demographic vs. Situational Gravitas

CaseInterview.com

For example, if you take two identical resumes -- one with an obviously man’s name versus one with an obviously woman’s name, the man will get more interview invitations. It is a skill that can be learned and developed. The big lesson learned from that class is your social status determines a large part of your influence. Is this fair?

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The A through Z of Success Attributes

Chad Barr

Invest in your Development and lead your clients to do the same. Great learning takes place when you make it a habit to Journal often. One of the more effective methods of building your list is to develop value-driven Opt-in web pages. Our clients care less about our resume and care only about the trasnformation we provide.

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