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Career Advice

Understanding Firms’ Selection Criteria

Before starting your application journey, the very first thing is to understand the recruitment process and selection criteria of those management consulting firms. I assume that you have carefully considered those four critical factors outlined in my first article and really committed to the management consulting position that you are targeting, since the consulting application […]

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Career Advice

Free Resources to Help with Your Consulting Application (2018)

Are you applying for consulting jobs, or thinking about it? Applications can be time consuming, and really difficult. Your task will be much easier if you have a few useful templates and guidebooks to point you in the right direction. We have taken the time to put together 14 consulting resources that you can download […]

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Innovation

Innovation Tips For Successful Entrepreneurs

Creativity and innovation go hand in hand, but innovation also comes with exposure to risks and even potential failures. For example, when a business introduces a new product to the marketplace, they may be venturing into uncharted territory that may result in a hit or a flop.  Innovation transcends product development. It also touches on […]

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Skills, Tips, and Tactics

Unspoken truths of top-tier consulting: things every consultant knows, but no one says 

When you first start consulting, it can seem like a sort of corporate utopia: interesting work, a new client every few months, access to leaders of industry, great colleagues, endless career development and training, generous dinner budgets, extensive travel, nice hotels, international travel. But, the consulting world is the Partner’s oyster, not yours. It may […]

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AI / Big Data

The Worldwide Race for AI: Will the U.S. Continue to Lead in 2018?

The rise of artificial intelligence has received widespread discussion in recent times and has been predicted to play a huge role in business and financial institutions in 2018. However, its impact is likely to go well beyond the business world with AI expected to play an important role in international relations and warfare. The rise […]