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AUGUST 15, 2019

As a former consulting resume and cover letter reader for McKinsey, and someone who has reviewed thousands of applications, I have noticed an interesting trend. Most cover letters stink, and many resumes emphasize the wrong things. Most people obsess over resume format -- what font size, margins, etc. Here's why it works.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

I had my eye on management consulting for some time, so I decided to give it a shot. I wasn't ready to give up, so I decided to reach out to some recruiters that were listed on the firm's websites (mistake). After talking with the recruiter, I was set up to do a practice case over the phone with an ex-McKinsey consultant.

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MARCH 10, 2019

The first step in the application process where cuts are made would be the Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Screen. get an awful lot of resumes out of the blue -- but historically they. have done the majority of recruiting out of the schools (under grad, MBA, JD, MD, PhD). what's impressive on the resume and what's not.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

As the full time recruitment season in Autumn 2010 approached, I returned to your site and subscribed to your mailing list too. For you, I wanted to point out that recently, I revised and added new online tutorials and articles on how to write a consulting cover letter and what employers look for in a consulting resume. No, Thanks!

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Here is my question: Recently while I was rejected by the consulting firm that I applied to, I also received offers from [ major international consumer bank ] - management associate; [ major consumer products company ] - financial analyst; and another management associate of our local leader bank. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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JUNE 13, 2019

After reading your article on CVs and resumes , I set my sights on getting a big name employer since I didn't have any work experience or a big name school on my resume. In your case, you've demonstrated that a path for non-target, non-brand name employers on resumes does exist. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Below is a recap of four key reasons management consulting provides a truly differentiated career opportunity. Many consulting firms also invest significant dollars in their knowledge management and training programs. I have heard a number of hiring managers and headhunters remark that a year of consulting experience is worth 1.5-3

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Having been an engineer for close to two years at this point, my GPA was extremely low for the top management consulting firms (2.8 ). However, I knew that with extensive networking and with a continued extreme success in my classes I would ultimately end up at a top management consulting firm. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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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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Tom Spencer

JULY 27, 2019

As addressed in my article from last week , non-MBA graduate students face a comparatively more challenging journey in their quest to enter the management consulting industry. Occasionally, business schools will host consulting recruiting events that are open to all schools within the university, and non-MBAs can piggy back.

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

If you are one of those econ fanatics (ahem: nerds) who dig economics, statistics, and antitrust policies, Bates White may be the firm you’ve been searching for your whole life. Bates White advises clients on case development and strategy, evaluating economic policies and changes with ease. BATES WHITE KEY STATS. Career Path.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

As a recruiter, if you saw a CV from a guy from BCG [ Eastern Europe ] and A.T. From a prestige factor, BCG is the better name to have on the consulting resume , particularly if you are early in your career and you do not have another big brand name employer preceding ATK or BCG.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Once I graduated with my Bachelor’s, I was a financial analyst by day and managed a bar a few nights per week. As luck would have it, I was able to take an ownership role at the bar I was managing. Once I graduated with my PhD, I was awarded a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and moved to the DC area for two years.

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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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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I was so nervous and overwhelmed by the volume of the material that I started to panic and didn't manage to prepare myself properly. I managed it so well that I even had some minutes to rethink my answers and prepare mentally for the questions. Read Our Privacy Policy. You get then 5 minutes to present your conclusions.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

BearingPoint Managing Partner: Peter Mockler. This consulting business unit focused on both technology and management. Shortly after going public, the new KPMG Consulting, LLC management announced their intentions of some aggressive international acquisitions funded by their new IPO. BearingPoint Locations: 17 Countries.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. ” or “Tell me about a situation when you didn’t agree with a new policy and how did you handle it?” Are you an employer?

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Management Consulted

MARCH 18, 2015

Within the business unit leaders team, there are 9 presidents of various regions and countries within the IMS Health Organization and 3 others – a General Manager (Clinical Trial Optimization Solutions), another General Manager (Government and Payer Provider Solutions) and Vice President and General Manager (Real-World Evidence Solutions).

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Employees are offered an unlimited vacation policy, 4-month paid maternal/paternal leave and company-wide movie and game nights to allow individuals to bond over common interests. Be prepared before interviewing as the questions you will receive are both behavioral (“How do you manage a project?” Are you an employer?

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JULY 17, 2019

Following is a success story I received from a new BCG hire who has some insightful tips for those still recruiting as well as my follow-up where I elaborate on the importance of perseverance and hard work in obtaining a consulting offer. Prepare for math , cases, and comments on resume questions. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Let’s just quickly discuss the difference between a top management consulting firm and an economic consulting firm. The firm advises government divisions, law firms, and major global corporations on governmental regulation (like anti-trust rulings), public policy implications, public, competitive forces, and private financing.

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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. Public Policy. Securities Litigation & Risk Management. Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy. Center for Healthcare Economics and Policy.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Second, after college, I got a job at [ ad agency ], a top advertising agency, but not exactly a common (though not unprecedented either) route to management consulting. In total there were five rounds: 30-minute personal experience interview with the recruiter (phone). Read Our Privacy Policy. And maybe, 3. No, Thanks!

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

” In the workplace, this “can stymie diversity, recruiting, promotion, and retention efforts.” “Managers have to learn to de-bias their practices and procedures.” “Managers have to learn to de-bias their practices and procedures.” ” Go blind for the resume review.

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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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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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OCTOBER 30, 2019

In my particular experience, your guidance was essential to me in revealing the personality behind the much-feared recruiter and interviewer. I had already decided that Bip was a much better fit over LEK, even though I would have forgone a big name on my consulting resume. Read Our Privacy Policy. Don't ever forget that!

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MAY 9, 2019

I suggest you network with anyone within a management consulting firm regardless of whether they are involved in recruiting or consulting resume screening. Your goal is not to contact people who can help you in recruiting. Check out our Privacy Policy below for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data.

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MAY 9, 2019

My Thoughts: This is a great example of how the management consulting interview process works. There are two ways to get an interview with a management consulting firm. 1) On campus / Send in your Application - Recruiting. Hint - recruiting coordinators have a slow season, and I had contacted this person during her slow month.

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Management Consulted

JULY 12, 2015

The types of opportunities that are available to Abt are strongly in line with the work that they do, focused on non-profits, development, social policy and many others. And if you need advice with a project, management and senior staff are very helpful. ABT ASSOCIATES INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Diversity Programs .

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Coming from a school which McKinsey did not recruit at, I had to reach out to many people to seek referral. Out of the 50 people, every single person from McKinsey told me that McKinsey just does not recruit from my school, and then told me to think about post-MBA trial. Read Our Privacy Policy. They want THE top person.

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MARCH 10, 2019

So getting the interview is a function of 1) your consulting resume , and 2) your cover letter. To solve that problem, make sure the information on your resume is competitive and the cover letter is extremely strong. They were good enough to get through the recruiting process, but they had to force themselves through it.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I first came across your materials [ last year ] as I was about to undergo undergraduate internship recruiting at [ U.S. Thus, from the start, I have always set a personal goal of making it through the McKinsey process and working for what I still believe to be the most prestigious management consulting firm.ever. University ].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

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. Post-merger integration, project management offices, and transformation are areas of expertise. Career Growth. OLIVER WYMAN. Career Growth.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The stories below are from readers who have successfully landed their first management consulting offer. Success Story: I just wanted to very briefly reach out, offer my thanks and let you know of my success with consulting recruiting in my final year of a Bachelor of Commerce degree at [ public research university ]. No, Thanks!

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

So if you have such experiences, but you don't include them in either your resume/CV or consulting cover letter , I think that is a big mistake. Also, if you have such experiences, and you include them in your consulting resume , but don't emphasize them in your cover letter, that too is a mistake. Read Our Privacy Policy.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

An ERP system is an enterprise business management software program that organizes and tracks large company’s resources (cash, raw materials, production capacity, etc.) SOX severely limited even more the interaction between management consulting and financial auditing services. 1982 - Price Waterhouse World Firm formed.

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