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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? What were their biggest challenges, and how did you help meet them? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive.

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Tips for Landing Your First Job at a Digital Agency

Tom Spencer

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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Why Trying to Pivot to a Consulting Career through an Online MBA Might Not be the Best Idea

Tom Spencer

What they think they know is often a jumble of ideas cobbled together from a combination of websites, stories heard, and social media. 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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Friday Fusion: September 11, 2020

Tsavo Neal

And a few nice-to-have pages — you don’t have to have these, but they can be useful depending on your goals: Resume: Write a compelling resume that increases your chances of landing a job interview. About: Share more about you, your interests, and your story so that like-minded people feel connected to you. with this email….

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Review: ReputationDefender’s New Personal Branding Solution

Melissa Agnes

What’s the first thing that a future employer, a prospective client or investor, or a new contact is likely to do upon meeting you or being referred your name? Auditing and optimizing your social media presence. Auditing and optimizing your social media presence. Google you. If they were to do this today, what would they find?

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How to Become a Better Mentor

Tom Spencer

Mentorship can last for a few meetings or for many years. In order to build a support network, look for ways to help team members who are both more junior and more senior than you, and consider organizing virtual meetings or grabbing coffees to discuss issues outside of work. Join mentorship organizations.

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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Management Consulted

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? If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask. Here are some possible criteria for resume rejections. Focus on upcoming interviews.

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