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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

On-Demand by RGP : Specializes in operational and implementation support; projects tend to be longer-term roles focusing on functional expertise like accounting, finance, HR, IT, and supply chain. You dont have to be an alumnus of the firm, and having a big-firm name on your resum is a good thing. Here are some to consider.

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Career Launchpad: The value of joining an MBB Firm

Tom Spencer

I wanted to dive deep into the transportation industry and build my expertise and network there. Additionally, experience at an MBB firm can add significant value to a resume, hopefully leading to better career opportunities and higher earning potential in the long term.

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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

In compliance work, or on finance-focused projects, the broad-sweeping projections of strategy consulting don’t cut it. As mentioned in our previous post, financial consulting is a much better choice than a narrowly-defined role in internal finance (especially at a no-name corporation). Just a bit of networking will do you right!

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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. To try to answer those questions, we invited Jim Fielding, an openly gay entertainment-industry executive, to be a guest on The New World of Work. But despite that impressive resume, it hasn’t always been easy.

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Networking 102: It’s Never Been More Important – And It Truly. Does. Work.

Management Consulted

” “For organized networking events, is it appropriate to carry a resume on you? How about meeting industry professionals at events? Finance-Specific Networking. What do you think about non-finance work graduate school, then transitioning through an MBA? What about PhD to MBA to finance?”.

Finance 171
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You’ve been rejected from all consulting jobs. What’s next?

Management Consulted

What’s next – when your resume doesn’t receive an interview; your first round doesn’t lead to a call-back; your final round receives a polite rejection? The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Consultants move on to a vast array of fields – from industry to academia, government to non-profit. 4 NETWORKING.

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