Month: March 2021

Target Schools For Consulting Firms

The target schools for top consulting firms - an area of perennial interest for consulting candidates and those interested in consulting careers. It’s easy to see why that’s the case - consultants at top firms often start out making close to or even above $100,000 a year. So, students aspiring to break into consulting often…

EY Firm Profile

  What is Ernst & Young best known for? The better question might be, what isn’t the company known for? Ernst & Young was originally founded as an accountancy but has since expanded into many other businesses. Rebranded in 2013 simply as “EY,” the firm now divides its business into 4 core segments: Assurance, Tax,…

Cybersecurity: From A Business Perspective

Cybersecurity is no longer just a buzzword. Frequent cyberthreats call for a proactive approach to cybersecurity from a business perspective. In late 2020, dozens of companies fell victim to a cyberattack orchestrated through a network monitoring software called SolarWinds. Like a trojan horse, hackers hid malicious code inside the SolarWinds program to gain access to…

United Status Match & Status Match Challenge Options

Interested in flying more on United, and using status on another airline to get a United Status match? We totally understand. Flying with one airline has traditionally been the number one way to receive loyalty benefits and perks. Lounge access, free checked bags, seat upgrades, and priority boarding are important when you live at the…

How Accenture Was Excluded From Vault’s 2021 Top 50 Rankings

The Vault Top 50 Consulting Firms list has been used by prospective consultants for almost 20 years to evaluate potential employers. Yet, the list made waves this year for excluding one of the world’s largest consultancies – Accenture. For the past decade, Accenture - one of the world’s most popular consulting firms - has been…

4 Guidelines To Excellent PowerPoint Storytelling

We've all been there - sitting in that long, boring presentation after lunch, holding on for dear life to make it to the end awake. Where was this presentation when I needed to put my kid to sleep last night? To help you avoid this same fate, and not be that guy or girl, Management Consulted…

BCG Resume: Tips, Template, & Mistakes To Avoid

Instead of creating a BCG resume, it's easy to think that using the generic resume you created for that internship your sophomore summer will be good enough. News flash: it won't. Today, we're examining what BCG wants to see in a resume, along with tips for making your resume stand out in the massive pile…

Leadership Is A Process

Leadership is often thought of in terms of title, position, and responsibilities, but it’s much more than that! Leadership is a process. The most successful leaders within an organization do not have to be the individuals with “Chief” in their title. Effective leaders understand the importance of process-based leadership and can exist across all levels…

First Class Benefits: How Consultants Cash In

There are many perks to a career in management consulting, and one of them is the ability to enjoy first class benefits when flying. You may get to enjoy the perks associated with flying first class while traveling for work as a consultant. More interestingly, your chances to enjoy first class benefits will be magnified…

Sales Training: 4 Skills Crucial to Sales Success

Sales skills are central to your teams' success. The right sales training can supercharge your sales team’s performance. How? It will enable them to become advisors instead of “just” salespeople It will increase their communication clarity It will make them hypothesis-driven when searching for client pain points Sales training can be a foreign concept in…