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

Management Consulted

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. But if you’re one of the chosen few who can solve a Rubik’s Cube in 6 seconds, should you make it a featured section of your resume?

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Power Begets Power

CaseInterview.com

For example, I’ve appeared in the Wall Street Journal several times. If anything ever goes wrong as a result of quoting me, they can say to their editor… “But The Wall Street Journal quoted him on four different occasions.” When I had no media resume, it was difficult to get anyone to quote me. I’m a “safe” expert to quote.

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Power Begets Power

CaseInterview.com

For example, I’ve appeared in the Wall Street Journal several times. If anything ever goes wrong as a result of quoting me, they can say to their editor… “But The Wall Street Journal quoted him on four different occasions.” When I had no media resume, it was difficult to get anyone to quote me. I’m a “safe” expert to quote.

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Write a Failure Resume to Learn What Makes You Succeed

Harvard Business

In the introduction to the unusual resume, Haufhoser notes that he didn’t come up with the idea himself. At Bessemer, they are entries in its publicly available “Anti-Portfolio” — basically a Failure Resume for its partners. Go ahead and write your Failure Resume. billion acquisition by eBay.”

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How to Get a McKinsey Interview Through Networking

CaseInterview.com

Reading your email,forms a mandatory part of my reading list, which also includes Business Week, Economist, FT, Wall Street Journal , and the Quran. I guess she noticed how much effort I was putting into doing my homework that she sent my resume to the head of Stanford recruiting and said, "You should really interview this guy."

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Completing Graduate School Like a Consultant

Tom Spencer

When it came to completing assignments, submitting journal papers, or creating slide decks, I used to always strive for absolute perfection. Pursuing Extracurricular Activities In high school or as an undergraduate student, having a lot of interests and joining a variety of clubs is recommended, as it fills out your resume for the future.

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Projecting Situational Gravitas

CaseInterview.com

For those of you that have my course on how to write an effective cover letter or resume, you’ll recognize the importance of highlighting “Big Brand Names” in your communications. Notice references to how I’ve been quoted repeatedly in the Wall Street Journal, Inc magazine, Entrepreneur, TIME magazine.