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How Taekwon-Do Prepared Me for Consulting Interviews

Tom Spencer

I have been training for over seventeen years now. To receive a job offer you must write a resume and cover letter, attend recruiting sessions and coffee chats, network with current consultants, and practice interview questions. But through my training and intense focus, I blocked out all distractions mentally.

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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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Short blogging break plus preview of what’s coming up at Management Consulted

Management Consulted

Hi readers: I hate to pause the blog train, but for the next few days I will be traveling and enjoying the last moments of 2008. Here’s what’s coming up: -A series of posts on “breaking into consulting” from non-business/economics backgrounds (eg, engineering, liberal arts, etc).

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Why Consulting?

CaseInterview.com

While these figures might not look as impressive as, say, an engineering firm, some unstaffed time can bring the figures back into balance. Many consulting firms also invest significant dollars in their knowledge management and training programs. Private equity firms also enjoy recruiting former consultants.

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What We Learned from Improving Diversity Rates at Pinterest

Harvard Business

For example, while women typically make up roughly 16 % of software engineers in the U.S. and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate. We created a playbook and training for managers focused on inclusive leadership.

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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 Case Against Chief Diversity, Quality, Excellence Officers or Centers

Johanna Rothman

I didn't have the chance to hire until several years later, but I found recruiters who “discovered” women and people of color. So, I said to the one black engineer I knew, “Please help me find more black people. ” He nodded and showed me ways I could source more black engineers.

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