Sat.Mar 14, 2020

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Applying for consulting opportunities

Tom Spencer

Applications can be a stress inducing process when pursuing a consulting career or opportunities from consulting firms as a student. Especially when you are competing against your peers who offer a diverse pool of skills, experiences, and backgrounds for consulting firms to cherry pick from. Selection criteria for candidates may differ from firm to firm and thus you might think it to be near impossible to gain a competitive edge.

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10 Phrases that Good Managers Say Regularly

Rick Conlow

Good managers use phrases and words that are different from other bosses. If you have had one lately you probably noticed they have high standards, are upbeat, knowledgeable and straight talkers. You will get the feedback you need to succeed. If you are lucky enough to have one you will want to excel, because you believe in yourself a little more when you are around them.

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The Importance of a First Impression

Tom Spencer

You might have been given an opportunity to have a coffee chat with a firm representative or with a Partner at your dream consulting firm. However, one observation that I have made as both a potential hire looking for a job and as a consultant guiding others is that oftentimes, we are not prepared for an encounter or a meeting that might make all the difference in our careers.

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Marketing Never Sleeps For Professionals

Henry DeVries

What can a busy professional do to incorporate more networking and marketing into their current workday?

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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React, respond or initiate?

Seth Godin Blog

That’s pretty much all that’s on offer. What will you do next? The first gives us visceral satisfaction and emotional release, and it almost always leads to bad outcomes. Responding is smarter. It requires each of us to think hard about the action and emotion we seek to create after something is put on our desk. And the third? Initiating is ever easier and leveraged than ever before, which, surprisingly, also makes it more difficult to move up on our agenda.

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