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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

Get involved with the sports club you had been meaning to join, try climbing the rock wall in the gym, or run for student government. This does not need to be a resume building activity, as you obviously have the job already. This might allow you to knock out training and expedite the learning curve before working full-time.

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Elite Performance - What It Really Takes

CaseInterview.com

One question asked of Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber was, "When did you first start doing gymnastics, and how much do you train?". If I told a room full of my old McKinsey colleagues that Jordyn Wieber, who is now 17 years old, starting doing gymnastics at 4 years of age and trains around 5 hours a day, I kid you not. within 15 seconds.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. All in all, we sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of 147 top law firms in 14 cities, from candidates who were supposedly trying to land a summer internship position.

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

Tom Spencer

As I went through my medical training I even came to the point where I just knew I would be a surgical oncologist. I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world. Know your priorities.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

MD or PhD), is whether to pursue residency training for newly minted physicians or a post-doctoral research fellowship for PhDs. This is a very difficult decision for many because deciding not to follow further training may eliminate the possibility of going back to the academic and clinical realm that they spent so much time in.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Brussels Closed Second Day; Spain and UK Consider Joining Fight Against ISIS; Creating Enemies When None Exist

MishTalk

Belgium raised its terror alert in Brussels to the maximum on Saturday, cancelling major sports events and concerts. He said that Belgium would re-evaluate the risks on Sunday afternoon, but added that the metro was likely to resume services on Monday.

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