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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Here are 5 tips that will put you on the right track to navigating the recruiting process: 1. Find firms and alumni in industries you are interested in through on-campus recruiting events, firm websites, and LinkedIn. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume.

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How to Quiet the Recruiting Chaos

Tom Spencer

Whether you’re recruiting for consulting via a graduate program or going it alone, the process is extremely time-consuming and chaotic. In this piece, I will arm you with a few simple tools (templates) that will help to keep your recruiting activities organized. Bonus: Industry-Function Heat Matrix. Companies (Applications).

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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don’t want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter’s mid-afternoon horseplay because you’ve bored them to death. Visit our recruiting deep-dive post for specific guidelines on networking at recruiting events if you need a refresher. How can you tell?

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Welcome to new readers plus a few questions answered

Management Consulted

For my new readers, here are some recommended and popular articles for you to browse: Management Consulting and the Consulting Industry 101. Overview of the Management Consulting Recruiting Process. All with the same aim – at helping people become as prepared as possible for a career in the consulting industry. #3

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Tips and Tricks: CVs, LinkedIn and cover letters

freshminds

What does a good cover letter look like? What makes a good cover letter? Cover letters can be a difficult task. What should it cover? Be relevant - What follows your cover letter? So there is no need to cover all of your experience, that’s what your CV is for!

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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

Financial advisory firms recruit from a broader set of schools. They are masterful recruiters with big budgets to entertain prospects, so if you’re interested in the field, check them out – just go in with your eyes wide open. Financial advisory firms still have a GPA cutoff, but some extend their arms to those with a 3.2

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Networking How To – Building Your Consulting Asset File

Management Consulted

Before we get started, check out our core post on networking the “normal way” – at info sessions and through target school types of recruiting opportunities. You’ll use your asset file to gain access to recruiters, consultants, etc. For example, the top result from a search on “recruiter at A.T.