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Top 5 Consulting Resume Mistakes by Ph.D’s, Postdocs, and Other Advanced Degree Holders

Management Consulted

5 Resume Mistakes Advanced Degree Holders Should Avoid At All Costs. All power to you for your impressive brain, but all those brains don’t mean your resume is good. But if you’re one of the chosen few who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 6 seconds, should you make it a featured section of your resume?

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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case Studies. There is a lot to think about when preparing for consulting interviews , and you may want to check out some of our other blog posts and guides for preparing your resume , creating your cover letter , and improving your network. Frameworks. Experiential Questions. Presentations. While these firms all hire Ph.D.’s

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Friday Fusion: October 2nd, 2020

Tsavo Neal

How do freelance consultants with a mix of long and short-term projects structure their resume? If you’re a freelance consultant, your resume isn’t important. A resume positions you as an employee instead of as a trusted advisor. Case studies tell stories of how you’ve helped businesses like theirs. Big difference.

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Friday Fusion: December 4, 2020

Tsavo Neal

Treat your LinkedIn profile like marketing material — not a resume. Posting your resume is marketing Interviewing is sales Salary negotiation is pricing Your employer is your customer. The Detailed Case Study. The Product Showdown. You’re not looking for a job. You’re looking for clients. We just changed all the names.

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Interview Preparation: Your Path to Success

Tom Spencer

Gather information about their mission, values, products, and recent achievements. Moreover, gather and organize any necessary documents, such as copies of your resume, cover letter, and reference letters. He studied Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. All the best!

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

Then ask several senior staff to use those phone screens in parallel on all the candidates who pass the first resume review. (I And they don't want to waste a lot of their time answering questions or building your product. Mark Kilby and I developed a self-study Remote Interviewing workshop you might like.

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Why an Internship is Not a Step Back During Graduate School

Tom Spencer

As a mechanical engineering major, I have used my internships to survey the fields of naval, aerospace, and product design engineering. Simply the process of applying to internships puts your resume on the desks of recruiters. If you are pursuing a Ph.D. Build Your Network. Build Your Network. How to Get Started. Image: Unsplash.