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

Management Consulted

The 2016 deadlines for Bridge to BCG and McKinsey Insight are coming up on Sunday, April 10. 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. Aimed at Ph.D.s, 1 – Focusing on the irrelevant.

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2016 Management Consulting Salaries – Undergraduate, MBA, Interns and More

Management Consulted

This leap year, 2016, is exciting on many fronts. The year promises the world’s first space hotel, NASA’s Juno spacecraft arriving at Jupiter, soccer’s Euro 2016 in France and the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the US Presidential Elections (aka circus) and much more. Have a wonderful 2016!

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

We set out to answer this question in a series of studies reported in the December 2016 issue of American Sociological Review. Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. Who gets invited to interview?

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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? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job. You know the standard advice. ” Résumé Story.

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How to Talk to Your Boss When You’re Underperforming

Harvard Business

Matt Lee works at ResumeGo, a resume writing service company. Matt joined the company in 2016 and has consistently been a strong performer — until he recently found himself in an unexpected slump. In looking back, he noted that several of his clients said they didn’t like the formatting of their new resume.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business

As a banker asked to evaluate a series of resumes said, “ Anyone who plays squash I love.” They sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of the top 147 law firms in 14 cities, from fake law students looking for a prestigious summer associate position. The resumes were identical in terms of education and work experience.

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Management Consulted East Coast Tour – Fall 2015

Management Consulted

” “I was terrified of having to prepare a resume for a summer internship at a large firm such as Bain, McKinsey etc. Now I’m a lot more confident in submitting/preparing my resume.” ” The University of Virginia is always one of our favorite places to visit!