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4 Resume Mistakes to Avoid When You Don’t Have Much Experience

Harvard Business

Understanding the common mistakes job candidates make on resumes, and how to overcome them, can set you apart from your competitors. The second is customizing your resume. This is especially true if you’re focused on securing a particular position that has a standard job title like “marketing coordinator” or “sales associate.”

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Research: Resume Gaps Still Matter

Harvard Business

Resume gaps used to be clear negative signals, but attitudes seem to be changing today. While tempting to declare the present day a new age of tolerance and compassion, a deeper analysis suggests it might be wise to take a more guarded perspective, as the reality of the post-pandemic labor market is still unfolding.

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East Coast Speaking Tour: Recruiting In A Down Market

Management Consulted

We’re scheduling a trip to the East Coast next week to speak at schools about recruiting for finance and consulting. How you should change your recruiting strategy when the economy takes a turn for the worst. Lessons from the last recession and what happened to finance/consulting recruiting back then.

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Reader FAQ – “Designer” Consulting Resumes, Late Applications, and Plan Bs

Management Consulted

October was the peak of full-time recruiting, and it shows! You’ve bombarded us with insightful questions about resumes, interviews, applications, and how to pick up the pieces and consider alternatives to consulting when you don’t make the cut. We edit about 600 consulting resumes a year – so we see a LOT of resumes.

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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. Build out your resume. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume.

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

Management Consulted

It’s an important question – and never more so than in today’s market. 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? If you don’t make it past the resume stage, don’t ask.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. 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 know the standard advice.

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