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LinkedIn Hacks for Management Consulting Applicants

Tom Spencer

A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. Although it may be less important than a resume, it is a crucial way to sell yourself as a qualified candidate. Quality beats quantity here.

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And it can also do that

Seth Godin Blog

Resume Feedback : Provide feedback on resumes, including suggestions for improvement based on industry standards. Nutritional Analysis : Analyze meal plans or recipes for nutritional content and suggest improvements. Learning & Quiz Creation : Generate educational quizzes and flashcards on various subjects for self-testing.

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How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition

Tom Spencer

Are you signed up for a case competition , ready to showcase your skills and get a quick resume-building experience? Use the right process When running a team in preparation for a case competition, time is limited, and efficiency is necessary.

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Preparing for Your Consulting Application

Tom Spencer

The HR person will look at your Resume, Cover Letter, and Transcript and decide whether you are qualified to attend a first round interview. Craft exceptional application materials (Cover letter and Resume). Keeping this information in mind, the next step is to craft your exceptional application materials: Resume and Cover Letter.

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

If you have sufficient functional skills, domain expertise, and agile expertise, use the advice in Part 1 to iterate through your resume. That's because flow efficiency thinking is so contrary to general accounting practices. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job.

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Increase Your Value to Get a Great Job, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

The conditions in which you've used flow efficiency thinking to help the team and/or the managers collaborate more. The final post will be a discussion of how you can refine your resume to show your deep agile experience and expertise so you can find a line job, not a staff position. That idea of inspect and adapt based on learning.)

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How to avoid being blacklisted from consulting (or any other) recruiting

Tom Spencer

Send a Resume in the Cold Email. There are differing opinions on this, but the benefit of flipping a resume over as part of the initial communication (or including your LinkedIn in the signature) exceeds the risk. The reality of the situation is that even if they think this is the case, they open the resume 99% of the time.