Category: consulting recruiting

Consulting Hiring Amidst Covid

Covid has adjusted consulting firms' hiring practices. Firms - across levels and functions - are hiring more candidates in 2021 from non-traditional backgrounds. Why? There are a couple of reasons:…

Managing Your Digital Footprint

Digital footprint may or may not be a familiar term to you, but in today’s online world, it’s a necessary one to know. Every email, Google search, photo, social media…

Gaps in Resume: How to Account for Gaps in Resume

When you’re applying for a job, you’re naturally trying to position yourself as the ideal candidate. And it probably seems like a long shot that any employer’s ideal candidate has…

How to Negotiate: Examples for Consulting

Much of the day-to-day work of being a consultant involves performing in situations that have clear goals and deliverables. You might not think of management consulting as involving much debate…

Best Business Masters Programs for Consulting

Non-MBA business masters programs are becoming more and more popular by the year. And at a macro-level, it makes sense. Whether you care more about opportunity cost or real cost,…

Job Outlook for Consultants 2021

The management consulting job outlook for 2021 is something thousands of ambitious new graduates – and experienced industry hands - are looking forward to with anticipation and concern. The consulting…

How to Find a Mentor: Even Working from Home

Knowing how to find a mentor is even more valuable in the current professional landscape. Even under the best of circumstances, it can be challenging to find a mentor who…

How to Leverage Social Capital

Social capital: what is it, and how can you leverage it? Social capital is like a savings account you build over time through relationships. This savings account yields powerful connections…

Starting a Job Virtually

Covid-19 has changed a lot of things for a lot of people, and employment has definitely changed. Just a few months ago, it would be unheard of to never have…

How to Use LinkedIn to Network

LinkedIn has become one of the most widely used tools for connecting professionally – especially in our increasingly virtual world. If you find yourself looking to make a career move,…

Source Your Own Internship

In times of disruption, one of the most challenging things can be matching up your skills with an employer. And in times of uncertainty, like we’re in right now, that…

Virtual Networking

Networking has always been central to success in the management consulting recruiting process (and business in general). Building relationships is how businesses and careers grow. However, in the era of…