One of the best ways to get your foot in the consulting door is through an internship with a well-known consulting firm. The McKinsey internship is one of the highest-ranking management consulting internships in the world. Interns are considered from a variety of different educational backgrounds. McKinsey only accepts 1% of its pool of candidates …
Interested in obtaining a consulting internship with Boston Consulting Group (BCG)? As a BCG management consulting firm intern, you will create impact on day one as you are mentored by BCG seniors. Through its globally renowned internship programme, BCG has developed thousands of interns into successful management consultants. Bit is a BCG internship right for …
Management Consulting requires a lot of analytical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills. So what majors should you go for? The best majors for consulting include business administration, accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, law, and public relations. Students who choose these majors learn how to analyze data, create reports, and develop strategies. While most of …
The global market for management consulting services is valued to be more than $130 billion, and constitutes over half of the total consulting market worldwide, according to Consultancy.org. So what does this elusive profession actually entail? Management consulting is a fast-growing field that provides advice, solutions, and strategies to improve the overall efficacy and functioning …
If you’re applying for consulting positions at prestigious firms like McKinsey, Bain & BCG, then you may be wondering how to write a consulting cover letter. The best consulting cover letters connect your past experiences with the values of the company you’re applying to. The general format is to have an opening, 3 or 4 …
Most people attribute the role of an investment bank to general corporate and financial advice. In fact they do a lot money. They raise capital, invest capital and advise corporations on the strategic management of capital. The first step to understanding is to learn about the banks themselves. What is an investment bank? Investment banks …
Your CV is likely to be the most important component of your consulting application. Former McKinsey consultant and creator of the YouTube channel Firm Learning, in this article, Heinrich Rusche shares his best tips and strategies to help you create a CV that meets the highest standards of the leading consulting firms. Overarching format Independent …
Networking. A chore? Flattery? Enjoyable? Most people identify networking to be similar to the first two, and many will certainly not find it enjoyable. It is, therefore, unfortunate that networking is such a crucial skill to develop and use in one’s professional life. If it can be learned to view networking in a different, positive, …
Consultants are famous for their magical abilities with PowerPoint. You won’t find a consultant who has worked at the Big 4 or MBB who is not adept at making slides and presenting with Microsoft’s software. But why are their slides so good? The obvious reason is that consultants’ PowerPoints have to be. Consultants earn their …
