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Please, Stop Talking

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

I couldn’t say it out loud, but that thought went through my head as I observed ‘LeAnn’, a new board director during her first board meeting. Please, stop talking.”

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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Build out your resume. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume. All the case prep, interview practice, and networking in the world will be for naught if your resume lets you down. In describing your experiences, make sure to use action verbs: “developed”, “managed”, “created”.

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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. If your degree leans more heavily towards the qualitative humanities — as mine does — be sure to make special provisions to develop key quantitative skills.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? What were their biggest challenges, and how did you help meet them? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive.

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When it’s Time to Focus on Your Consulting Career

Tom Spencer

For example, for undergraduates who want to go to medical school, starting early can give them an edge by allowing them more time to find opportunities that improve their competitiveness and by allowing them more time to meet all of the necessary requirements, like the MCAT exam. You can also vision board your ideal resume.

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How to Build a Consulting Website

Consulting Matters

For many consultants and coaches - both new and seasoned - they see their website as nothing more than an online brochure or resume. So let me share my screen and give you some ideas on how you can start developing your website strategy. It's not going to be your online resume. You and I are developing a relationship right now.

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Interview Preparation: Your Path to Success

Tom Spencer

Moreover, gather and organize any necessary documents, such as copies of your resume, cover letter, and reference letters. Going through the interview process is an exciting opportunity to meet new people and learn about different companies. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. All the best!