Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

MBA consulting recruiting season starts every fall. I am commenting purely on recruiting for a post-MBA consulting position. Without having a grounded career understanding, online MBAs come to me unable to coherently decide if consulting is the right career opportunity to meet their professional and personal goals.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 10, 2022

If you are just starting out, you will find yourself editing your resume, preparing answers for experiential questions, and practicing business frameworks to use in the case interview. Attending a virtual office hour or recruiting event will net you some one-on-one time with a consultant or recruiter – another airplane test.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

If you interview and fail first rounds, don’t expect to re-interview during full-time recruiting. In fact, Teach for America is considered a “target school” for MBB – so you get to go through active recruiting at top firms. For the Pre-MBA level, finance should be your last option. What about Entrepreneurship?

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 6, 2020

I receive 2-3 LinkedIn messages per day asking to schedule a call so that I can share my personal experience in consulting, answer recruiting-related questions, and sometimes even review a resume on the spot. Fellow Mathematics Student interested in Consulting” is far better than “Great to meet you.”. Final thoughts.

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Management Consulted

JULY 1, 2012

Before we get started, check out our core post on networking the “normal way” – at info sessions and through target school types of recruiting opportunities. Your asset file consists of the names of anyone and everyone who can help you – either directly or indirectly – get a job in management consulting.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Bankers do some for roadshows, due diligence, etc but spend 90% of their time in one office until you’re partner-level (this is investment banking; you can expect more travel in private equity and investment management). Relationship with coworkers, managers, and firm. We offer resume editing and interview prep.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

First things first, your consulting application is the most important part of the recruitment process for two reasons. 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).

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 27, 2008

He regularly blogs about management consulting and MBA issues and has sensible, smart advice for just about everything career-related. For my new readers, here are some recommended and popular articles for you to browse: Management Consulting and the Consulting Industry 101. Day in the Life of a Management Consultant (client version).

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 5, 2017

Every year, recruiters get hit with waves of resumes from newly graduated college students looking for internships or starting positions at top firms. In order to make an impact with your potential employer, your resume has to stand out. There you will be able to meet and connect with new faces who can help advance your career.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? Practice will only help for future interviews or next year’s recruiting cycle. If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

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? What were their biggest challenges, and how did you help meet them? Hiring managers will see what you have done — and can do for them.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2020

Mentorship can last for a few meetings or for many years. Oftentimes, I was paired with an upper-year student or recent graduate who worked at a management consulting firm. At my company, everyone is assigned a coach, who is usually at the senior manager or director level. Join mentorship organizations.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 14, 2020

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. Likewise, use LinkedIn to glance at the profile of the person you will meet.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 13, 2019

What you will learn: Learn how to market yourself through your resume and cover letter so that you will get the interview. Topics Covered: How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. How to Write a Resume That Will Get You the Interview. Your resume needs to show all of these skills. Academic Performance.

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Management Consulted

MAY 6, 2009

After our recruiting talks from last year, this is our first live discussion. If all goes well, we’ll expand the format to other topics (eg, conquering interviews, editing resumes, experienced hire recruiting). Stay connected: We offer resume editing and interview prep. Looking forward to it!

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Management Consulted

JUNE 10, 2009

Here at Management Consulted, we’ve been hammering away on networking for the last several weeks because it is critical in times like these. How do you maintain and continue to develop a network with recruiters, Analysts, MDs, etc. ” Click here for more on international management consulting. “How

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2009

Always speak to bankers/consultants , not recruiters, to get things done. Mentors can come from anywhere – managing partners, directors on down to analyst and interns. How do you build those names and meet those people in the first place?” ” Recession Recruiting. When you find them, make their life easy.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 11, 2020

This article looks at some of the key questions to consider as you pursue a career in the management consulting industry. Working for a large consulting firm with a globally recognised brand name will also be a valuable asset on your resume, which can help you get into a top business school or secure an attractive exit opportunity.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

OC&C Strategy Consultants Chief Executive: Chehab Wahby (Worldwide Managing Partner). Their head or “Worldwide Managing Partner” is Chehab Wahby. Each region is managed by the group of Partners elected to represent it; local ownership means local accountability and autonomy. Practice Areas . Internships .

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

So maybe you’ve gotten to the second round, maybe you’re still waiting to hear back, or maybe you’re hoping to interview again in the next recruitment cycle. And while an interview is not quite the same as a client meeting, it has a similar sort of pressure. Here are the top three things they’re looking for: 1. Intellectual Capability.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 31, 2019

I hadn't applied during the regular recruiting season as I was planning on going directly to an MBA program and trying to get into consulting afterwards. Before my interviews with both firms, I actually got rejected from non- management consulting jobs (even though they were both less prestigious firms and would have been backups for me).

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

If you join, you will be directly working with Managers and Principals on projects unlike other firms where you barely get to see senior management. Career path for Consultants: Consultant > Consultant II > Senior Consultant > Manager > Principal > Partner. BATES WHITE INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

While The Hackett Group’s brain trust is located in Miami, FL, the 11 regional managers who lead Archstone Consulting day-to-day are spread out across the country. At the Manager, Director and Principal level however, the firm requires that you have a specific area of specialization. Archstone Consulting Revenue: $150M.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

From this noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of Booz Allen Hamilton’s finest moments from the early years was in the 1950s when Time Magazine dubbed it “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm.” Acquisition & Program Management.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Bridgespan has a board of 12 distingushed trustees whose backgrounds include both the for-profit and non-profit sectors, two of them being Thomas Tierney, Cofounder & Chairman, and Bob Bechek, Worldwide Managing Director of Bain & Company. Colin Bowman – Product Manager – Yahoo. Nonprofit Job Board.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Engineers and designers work in concert in small teams; 90% of meeting spaces at the company’s offices are built for eight people or less. At the beginning of the day, you will have the chance to connect with the individual who will be your future manager if hired, and ask general questions to get acclimated to the culture.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

Parthenon-EY Chief Executive : Bill Achtmeyer, Parthenon Founder and Senior Managing Director. Senior Managing Director Bill Achtmeyer leads the practice, assisted by 3 other managing directors. Generally, weekly meetings with your supervisor are available if you make the first move to set them up. PARTHENON-EY HISTORY.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Records management. Either a Global Practice Leader, Co-leader, Senior Managing Director or Global CEO lead each of these practices. Interim Management. Securities Litigation & Risk Management. Global Risk and Investigations in Asia. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

If you're not already familiar with LinkedIn , it began, basically, as a place to post your online business profile/resume and connect with others in your field to grow your network using a "six degrees of separation" model. Likewise, professionals interested in board service can search out organizations that meet their interests.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. One of their finest moments in the early years was when Time magazine dubbed the firm, “the world’s largest, most prestigious management consulting firm”, at the end of the 1950s. Acquisition & Program Management.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Then, one day, I fortunately came across the Management Consulted website. ” I started dating the Management Consulted website and began loving it. Thanks Team Management Consulted, for opening the gates of my career, and I am sure you will continue to be a guide with a beacon along my journey!”

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2017

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Strike a careful balance between limiting defensiveness about unconscious bias, while communicating the importance of managing bias. Structure the content around workplace situations.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2016

A year after his sabbatical, our client resumed his career as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. Negative news stories and comments from unhappy people you have dealt will find their way onto the internet and into social media — and you can bet that recruiters and hiring managers will find them.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

We learned we can make faster progress if hiring managers understand how diversity advances our goal of building a global, world class product. While I worked with the leadership team to digest and communicate research and stories on this, my team doubled down on efforts to engage hiring managers in inclusive decision-making.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

“You’re not in control; you’re putting yourself in the hands of your manager to be judged — and you might be judged not worthy.” “The more senior you get, the more likely it is that your promotion is not the sole decision of your manager,” she notes. ” The past is precedent. .

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Every manager knows the termination playbook: Be direct, keep it short, walk the employee out the door, shut down access to email, and so on. Having led three businesses, managed thousands of employees, and overseen hundreds of terminations, I had always followed the playbook drilled into me by legal and HR professionals.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

It’s almost July, and we’ve got big plans – MBA meet-and-greets and a 1-month consulting immersion course in South Africa. Peak recruiting season is just around the corner – get started today ! Over the years, we’ve made a huge discovery. And after all that, even with 1.5M

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