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6 Ways You Can Prepare for Consulting Right Now

Management Consulted

Here are 6 ways to prepare for consulting as you wait for the next chance to drop that resume: 1) Go work for a brand name company, but do something that is sales, operations, or strategy related. You want a job that utilizes more analytical tools, spreadsheets, and data – one that shows how you’re growing the company.

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How I used cold emailing to land an internship in Mongolia

Tom Spencer

My primary source was LinkedIn but because this was not a widely used social media tool in Mongolia, I went through hundreds of PDF documents and PowerPoint slides on the Internet just to find the work emails of the right people. This goes back to my point that it depends on the situation whether you should attach your resume.

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Questions You Need to Ask Before Hiring a Consultant

Comatch

Which tools and technology did they use? Review the potential consultant’s resume and then ask more pointed questions on the experience they’ve listed. . Any consultant interviews need to cover expected deliverables, direction over teams, technical environments, the tools that will be used, associated frameworks, etc.

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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

it doesn’t provide you with business acumen and healthcare policy fundamentals, nor does it prepare you for case and behavioral interviews, or teach you how to properly format a business style resume. And as you can imagine, I was using every tool at my disposal to find case partners; some were even in other countries.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Managing Career Transitions

Brimstone Consulting

How do you fix operational problems, political conflicts, interpersonal issues? Even if you’re not actively looking for a job, take a few hours each year to update your resume. Tools like LinkedIn can help you build and maintain your network, but don’t mistake presence for action. How do you affect change?

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

Having an impressive leadership item on your resume or showing membership in a fraternity or sorority will go a long way in dispelling any stereotypes about your social skills. If all you have is trading, investment, and financial experience on your resume, the firms will wonder how interested you are in business operations.