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A Note to University Seniors

Tom Spencer

Dear university seniors, I really sympathize with the senior year recruiting grind. You probably need a baseline of training and experience before you become a net positive contributor to a project team. This is not my subjective interpretation of senior year recruiting. Be smart, do your research, and have an educated opinion.

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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Clearly, not all trainings are equally good — and none are a silver bullet.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. All in all, we sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of 147 top law firms in 14 cities, from candidates who were supposedly trying to land a summer internship position.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Analysis Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Analysis Group is pretty prescriptive in terms of the careers that are open to its employees, depending on his or her level of education. If you do have the requisite education, you will be hired as an Associate. Having Analysis Group on your resume communicates a brand that conveys intelligence and a driven, high-performing nature.

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Many that serve clients with strategy come from organizations (like Bain or McKinsey) that offer excellent toolkit and skills training pre-Bridgespan; the training at Bridgespan is there, but not as thorough. Bridgespan has a strong focus in nonprofits and in social work across key sectors: Education. Group Consulting.