Category: consulting recruiting

5 Surprising Secrets of a Killer McKinsey Resume

Haven't you always wondered if there are any McKinsey resume secrets? Maybe a magic wand that you could wave over your resume and - poof! A perfect resume! Well, there's no magic wand, but we can give you 5 secrets you should know about submitting your resume to McKinsey. After the rave reviews we received…

Consulting resume structure and 23 other MC tips (January contest Q&A – Part 2)

This is the second in our series of resume and cover letter Q&As we collected during our Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Bible giveaway contest last month. We asked our email subscribers for one thing they wanted to know about consulting resumes and cover letters. We also asked them to include what they thought the answer…

Perfect Your Consulting Resume – Reader Questions, Answered (Part 1)

In our January newsletter we offered one lucky winner a FREE Consulting Resume and Cover Letter Bible from our pool of email subscribers who told us one thing they wanted to know about consulting resumes and cover letters. We also asked them to include what they thought the answer was. There were a few of…

Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Paper airplanes are fun, but you don't want your resume to become the vehicle for a recruiter's mid-afternoon horseplay because you've bored them to death. That's why we're giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews. This post comes…

From resume review to recommendation: how to leverage insider contacts to get an interview

You've done your homework on LinkedIn, mastered networking, and landed the critical informational interview with a consultant at your dream firm. The sweetest words you can hear at the end of the 30 minutes you have with them? "Go ahead and email me your resume." Slam dunk! You've got someone on the inside offering to…

Launch of The Consulting Resume & Cover Letter Bible

It's been a long time coming.  It was worth the wait. Introducing.... Our 98-page guide on applying to consulting jobs -- power-packed with specific action steps for you to create a stand-out consulting resume and cover letter. We've already published The Consulting Bible, which is the best-selling resource on the market for consulting interviews.  So…

5 more common mistakes in consulting resumes that we’ve been editing

We’ve been offering a resume editing service since 2008. In this time, we’ve had the fortune to work with thousands of clients, and have repeatedly come across some common mistakes in consulting resumes we've had the pleasure of reviewing. Below is a list of the 5 more common resume mistakes we’ve noticed. You can also refer…

What’s wrong with not including interests on your resume/CV?

There's nothing explicitly wrong. Including interests has no downside, and plenty of upside. So why wouldn't you do it? It gives resume readers and interviewers an opportunity to understand you better, and there's always the chance your interests will overlap with theirs. If that happens, it's a huge boost to your chances (for instance, if…

Should my Facebook and Myspace accounts be on my consulting resume? What about my blog?

Be careful when managing these resources. To be safe, remove all sensitive information and embarrassing photos. Even if you great control of privacy settings and your friend list, you never know how recruiters may wind up with potentially damaging information. As to your blog - it can be a plus to mention that on your…

Write a Management Consulting Resume from Scratch

The art of the Management consulting resume is a frequent topic here. For one, about 50% of reader emails are related to resumes. For two, you can't land a consulting job without a good one. While we've covered resume topics like key tips, tactical errors, and even how consultants read resumes, today's post will be…