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Do Undergrad Clubs and Experiences Matter on my Consulting Resume?

Management Consulted

It’s the question of our time – how far is too far to go back on my consulting resume? Day about consulting resumes, and we’re happy to answer them (you can email us here !). But today, we’re here to answer one specific question: do undergrad clubs/experiences matter on your consulting resume?

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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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3 Ways Management Consulting Applications Differ from Traditional Ones

Management Consulted

You know how important your resume is in getting your foot in the door for an interview. Actually, your resume is all-powerful. You need to hear it from us first: y our metrics really matter. The whole point of your resume is for the firm to see clearly and quickly what makes you special.

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Case Interview Foundations: 6 Types of Case Interviews

Management Consulted

So, after writing the perfect resume and cover letter, and preparing at least 6 Hero Stories, it’s time to face the music. Profitability is the ultimate business metric , and profitability cases can address a business in any industry. Profitability. What should Company X do about revenues (prices x volumes)?

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How We Describe Male and Female Job Applicants Differently

Harvard Business

The problem is that the words and metrics to evaluate women differ from those used to evaluate men – and this reinforces gender stereotypes and stalls women’s advancement. Then, we examined each applicant’s resume for the extent to which they were likely to choose communal words to depict themselves.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

If you have sufficient functional skills, domain expertise, and agile expertise, use the advice in Part 1 to iterate through your resume. Instead, we can invite them to change, by showing the value with the pirate metrics. And use the flow metrics so you can see progress. I strongly recommend you get a line job, not a staff job.

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