Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

A candidate might spend hours on their resume and cover letter but put little thought into their LinkedIn profile other than a profile picture and a cheesy blurb in the “about” section. Although it may be less important than a resume, it is a crucial way to sell yourself as a qualified candidate. Quality beats quantity here.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

It’s harder to get an offer at a consulting firm once you’ve passed the resume screen than it is to get into MIT. I knew your course focused on strategy consulting – but after reading everything you covered, I figured much of the stuff would overlap with technology and operations consulting too.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 29, 2017

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. So without further ado, we offer some tips on how to prepare for consulting right now. 3) Network into a boutique consulting firm.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Is my resume where it needs to be?” If you’re in the same boat – wanting to break in, but without a strategy – check out what we have to say below, and feel free to sign up for a Power Half Hour. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

For example, working for 1-3 years in business development or corporate strategy at Coca-Cola will give you great experience and make you an attractive candidate to MBB firms. If neither of the above pan out or interest you, aim to work at a high-profile non-profit, such as Teach for America, the Peace Corps, the World Bank or the IMF.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2018

I then sent this email along with my resume to the 30 people on my list, with minor customized changes for each one. Some may argue you may appear too keen to attach your resume in the first email but I think this depends on the situation. economic stabilization package. Image: Pexels.

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Management Consulted

MAY 13, 2015

Do I have to complete my resume/cover letter edit right away? We’ll walk through both fit and case interviews in detail, answer tons of topical and strategy questions, and then put a scalpel to your personal performance. Want some even better news? You can start the editing process at any time – our services never expire.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

Certainly, some fields such as investment banking can top it, but the consulting salary beats out most others. Looking at the compensation at Partner banking over a million dollars annually as compared to the compensation of a professional 20 years into a corporate job makes the figures all the more appealing. Subsequent opportunities.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 28, 2016

As for Booz & Company, it was purchased by PricewaterhouseCoopers and became Strategy& , a firm we covered in an earlier Firm Profile. Organization & Strategy. Chipper Boulas – Former Vice President of Corporate Strategy – eBay. Karen Fawcett – Director – Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

I applied to nine firms, and I had networked heavily with the four major players here in Germany, which are McKinsey, BCG, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants (which are huge here!), I did the same for resume questions, i.e., I tried to structure my answers to questions like "Why our firm?" It is a painful experience.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 9, 2019

Whilst writing my thesis on [ A topic related to economics in Islamic Countries ], I desperately sought the "World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report", co-authored with McKinsey & Co. I cold called an array of Islamic Banks to secure a copy of this very exclusive report. Now fast forward to when resume screening happens.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

As for Booz & Company, they were purchased by PricewaterhouseCoopers and became Strategy& , a firm we covered in an earlier Firm Profile. Organization & Strategy. Chipper Boulas – Former Vice President of Corporate Strategy – eBay. Karen Fawcett – Director – Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 8, 2022

You might have 4+ years of pension strategy experience and, thus, fit perfectly into the financial services team that tackles those sorts of projects. While certain firms have ‘rolling recruitment’ that you can apply to, Tier 1 (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) and Tier 2 (Oliver Wyman, Strategy&, EY-Parthenon, Kearney, LEK) usually don’t.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

BearingPoint partners with the major technological suppliers, like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, to develop solutions and strategies suiting their clients’ requirements. Strategy & Business Executive. Strategy & Business Executive. What if your resume gets rejected by every consulting firm?

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

While MBB’s main focus is strategy, economic consulting firms like NERA focus is on economics first and strategy second. . Finance: Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection in Financial Services, Financial Institutions and Banking, Financial Risk Management. . Regulatory: Auctions, Regulatory Economics. . The key reason?

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 23, 2015

After submitting your initial application with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a few days. ” or “Walk me through the steps you took to finish a project on your resume?” ”, “What type of leader are you? .

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 1, 2019

The management consulting value chain encompasses strategy (idea origination, analysis and presentation of findings), implementation, operations and maintenance/feedback. Strategy consulting is the most human capital intensive and highest margin segment of management consulting, and the terms are used interchangeably. Pooled Knowledge.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 8, 2014

The technical breakdown we saw this week in the euro effectively says the currency has resumed its downtrend,” said MacNeil Curry, Bank of America’s head of technical strategy. “We Bank of America sees " pretty sizable dollar appreciation ", etc., We see a higher risk we can extend” through further levels.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 20, 2014

The ruling meant, and banks enforced, the all or none principle. Payments will be made into accounts at the central bank instead of through Bank of New York Mellon Corp., billion to holders of debt defaulted on in 2001 or reach a settlement before resuming payments on restructured notes. the current trustee. court order.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The hissy fit resumed today, following the actual snap elections announcement. Attica Bank lost over 26% and Piraeus Bank declined 17%. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.' Balk shares led the way.

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Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. We offer a bi-monthly newsletter (by application only) for high level strategy jobs at top firms around the world.

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Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. We offer a bi-monthly newsletter (by application only) for high level strategy jobs at top firms around the world.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 4, 2015

Question for Rena Why did you have a Greek bank account? On Monday Greek Bank Shares Crash 30% as Market Reopens. Shares in Greek banks crashed 30% Monday as trading resumed on the Athens stock exchange for the first time since the country was nearly forced to abandon the euro last month. We’ll be suitcase traders.”

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

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. However, Finance is mostly a pipeline in to investment banking. In addition, engineering is known as a detail-oriented field. P&G, Coca Cola etc.).

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MishTalk

MARCH 23, 2015

Greece Capital Flight in Pictures Using Target2 Imbalances as a measure of capital flight and trust that Greeks have in their banks, here are two charts that pretty much tell the full story. Greece Target2 Imbalance January 2014 to February 2015 Between October 2014 and February 2015, over 52 billion euros have fled Greek banks.

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Banking Financial Resumes Government 28

Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company serves a number of industries with memberships, but the overwhelming majority of the consulting services (strategy and implementation) are in the firm’s core healthcare space. The Consulting Case Bank - 550+ Practice Cases. Your Next Strategy Presentation. All phases of the revenue cycle.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, finished assessments and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. We offer a bi-monthly newsletter (by application only) for high level strategy jobs at top firms around the world.

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Management Consulted

MAY 5, 2015

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. Consulting Case Bank access. And after all that, even with 1.5M What’s included: 32 lessons.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Got a brand name on my resume by doing my initial batches of co-op at banks. In total, I worked at three different banks doing sales & trading and project management, which exposed me to a wide variety of business functions and work. Pexels: Image.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images.

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MishTalk

APRIL 15, 2014

Morgan Stanley Bullion is the least preferred commodity among metals as prices resume a decline this year on the outlook for rising U.S. Not only are they often wrong, but the bank frequently does the opposite of what it recommends. Gold for immediate delivery traded 0.3 percent higher at $1,322.01 an ounce at 7:43 p.m.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

Greece called into question on Saturday a major debt repayment it must make to the European Central Bank this summer, after acknowledging it faces problems in meeting its obligations to international creditors. billion) in Greek government bonds held by the Frankfurt-based bank that mature in July and August. billion euros ($7.5

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 10, 2019

So getting the interview is a function of 1) your consulting resume , and 2) your cover letter. To solve that problem, make sure the information on your resume is competitive and the cover letter is extremely strong. All of my friends who got investment banking offers, were tutored on how investment banking works by me.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

I spent the last five months working in a grocery store after having turned down several job offers in finance and banking upon graduation last May. I knew early-on that I did not want my career to turn completely towards finance or banking and so I decided to wait and search for other options. It works; your stuff really works.

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MishTalk

MARCH 4, 2014

The Guardian reports Bitcoin Bank Flexcoin Closes After Hack Attack. Please do not bother placing withdrawals right now, as they will not be processed and will probably all be cancelled before functionality resumes. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

And to be fair, we know there are a lot of embellished resumes out there. For reference, at this time the PE ratio for S&P 500 companies averages about 25 and for major bank stocks it’s about 15. I see or hear about things like this all the time. People I know in the job market find a lot of misleading job descriptions.

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