Level: Intermediate
Course Intro
The How to Get Into Consulting Course aims to help you better understand the management consulting industry, and how you can enter into it.
After initially deciding if the industry is for you, you should begin to gather knowledge about how consulting firms function and who are the leaders of the industry. After gaining a solid background of the sector, you should begin to prepare for applications and interviews.
Now, the How to Get Into Consulting Course will cover some of the most-known strategies you should use to secure a role in consulting.
So, let’s dive into it!
What will I learn?
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We will answer some of the most asked questions that anyone who is considering a career in consulting may want to know.
These include what consultants' duties are, what a consulting firm's internal structure looks like, who the top firms are, top reasons to go into consulting, what the hiring process is like, and what to include in your cover letter and resume. We will take you from the consideration phase to the interview, and hopefully, job-offer phase.
Who is this course for?
- Aspiring consultants, who would like to land an interview with a top-tier consulting firm
- Students and recent graduates, who are considering many different career options such as consulting
- Career counselors and higher education administrators, who would like to get a better understanding of the industry to use towards their career advising efforts
After this training, you will:
- Gain an overview of the most up-to-date hiring practices within consulting
- Be able to structure your personal summary, cover letter, and resume in an interview-landing way
- Have full access to downloadable templates which we have created so that you can easily format your application documents, and begin applying for the role of your dreams
How is this course set up?
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This How to Get Into Consulting Course is our biggest, yet! It consists of 8 modules. To get warmed up, you will first learn:
I. The Role of a Consultant
II. Consulting Firms' Internal Structures
III. The Top-Tier Consulting Firms: Which One Should You Choose?
IV. Is Consulting For You?
V. Why Go Into Consulting?
VI. The Hiring Process: An In-Depth Review
VII. The Ultimate Consulting Resume
VIII. The Ultimate Consulting Cover Letter
Each module is essential to the holistic consulting hiring process. Additionally, each module will also walk you through specific strategies and examples from consultants who have landed interviews and roles at top-tier firms. You will then have the opportunity to test your knowledge in follow-up quizzes. Finally, you will have access to adaptable templates to use towards your applications.
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Course Transcript
Welcome to our Consulting Hiring Process Course, focusing on getting your first job within consulting.
This Consulting Hiring Process Course helps you better understand what a career in consulting looks like, and what steps you should take to successfully enter into the field.
After initially deciding if the industry is for you, you should begin to gather knowledge about how consulting firms function and which are the leaders of the industry. After gaining a solid background of the sector, you should begin to prepare for applications and interviews. Here, we will especially focus on key strategies for making your resume and cover letter successful.
In this Consulting Hiring Process Course, we will cover the most asked questions which anyone who is considering a career in consulting should know. These include what consultants’ duties are, what a consulting firm’s internal structure looks like, who the top firms are, top reasons to go into consulting, what the hiring process is like, and what you should include in your resume and cover letter.
The course is practical and interactive which means that we will apply real-life examples of resumes and cover letters that have landed interviews at top-tier consulting firms.
You will have the opportunity to test your gained knowledge via quizzes, and we provide additional materials, like practicable templates, that you can use for your resumes and cover letters.
So, you may be wondering… is this course right for ME? Well, the answer is yes if you are:
- an Aspiring consultants looking to land an interview with a top-tier firm
- or you are a student who is considering many different career options
- or finally, you are a career counselor or higher education administrator who wants to get a better understanding of the industry to use towards your career advising efforts
Now that you know this course is for you, you probably want to know what you will get out of this course? Well:
- You will gain an overview of the most up-to-date hiring practices within consulting
- You will be able to structure your personal summary, cover letter, and resume in an interview-landing way
- And you will have full access to download templates which we have created so that you can easily format your application documents and start applying
Sounds exciting?
Well then, let’s dive in!
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