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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

If you’re an undergrad with a desire to break in to consulting, an economics degree will train your mind to tackle problems and make you an attractive prospect for internships and Masters’ programs. Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is the most operationally focused). The knock on engineering?

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews

Management Consulted

Do you sweat when nervously thinking about how Disney can expand its operations in Brazil? It’s harder to get an offer at a consulting firm once you’ve passed the resume screen than it is to get into MIT. The 2/4 point structure for resume questions – and how to use this framework for any fit question (pg.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. I discovered management consulting through this internship.

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

“If we don’t see male kindergarten teachers or female engineers we don’t naturally associate women and men with those jobs, and we apply different standards” when hiring, promoting and evaluating job performance. To begin, you’ll need to understand what hiring prejudices are and how they operate.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

” Even if you cannot change your circumstances, “you might be able to change the microenvironment in which you operate.” “It really helped to inject purpose and happiness into my career and those of my colleagues in engineering.” ” A few years ago Joel experienced a degree of professional malaise.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

While McKinsey, Bain, or BCG will probably provide the most powerful resume augmentation, every one of the top consulting firms carries a blend of size and prestige that can take you places. LEK operates in an intense, associate-heavy case team structure. It provides a broad base of operational and strategic knowledge to consultants.