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Consulting

Breaking into Consulting from a Humanities Background

The world of consulting can feel daunting, especially to those from a non-STEM background. It’s often impenetrable flurries of business jargon and mysterious systems of highly competitive spring weeks, internships, and grad schemes can be confusing, if not alienating to humanities students. However, firms such as McKinsey, Bain, BCG and the Big Four all actively […]

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Career Advice

Commercial Awareness – what is it and how do I get it?

“Commercial awareness” is a buzzword that employers like to toss around a lot nowadays, but what is it and how do you get it? Thankfully, gaining “commercial awareness” is a lot less scary than you think – all it really means is to have an awareness of what’s going on in the world and in […]