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Consulting Resume

This document provides tips for preparing an effective consulting resume. It recommends including spikes to highlight differentiating traits, storylining work experience points to show a logical flow, using the STAR/CAR approach to quantify achievements, tailoring the resume to the job description, highlighting unique experiences, and including relevant skills/certifications. The tips are to increase visibility of important information, showcase impact, and position the candidate according to the role requirements.

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Consulting Resume

This document provides tips for preparing an effective consulting resume. It recommends including spikes to highlight differentiating traits, storylining work experience points to show a logical flow, using the STAR/CAR approach to quantify achievements, tailoring the resume to the job description, highlighting unique experiences, and including relevant skills/certifications. The tips are to increase visibility of important information, showcase impact, and position the candidate according to the role requirements.

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HOW TO PREPARE A
CONSULTING RESUME ?
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1) CV Spikes:
Points that differentiate the candidate from the rest
of the crowd.
Achievements or traits that not more than 5% of
candidates would possess.
Increases visibility of important points to the
recruiter.
Include key points from different sections of the
resume to highlight overall personality.
Spikes ideally should be updated to align job
description requirements; spikes do not necessarily
mean achievements.
Relevant experience or skills, certifications, winning
case competitions, etc can all spike.

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2) Storyline your points:


Sequence your work and key steps to depict a
logical flow.
For Example conducted primary research ->
identified problems -> benchmarked and evaluated
options -> suggested solutions.
Create buckets such as stakeholder management,
key client engagements, sales strategy, business
development, etc

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3) STAR/CAR Approach:
Apply STAR (Situation Task Action Result) or CAR
(Context Action Results) approach in your resume.
Keep points that represent high impact, highlight
consistent display of traits, and are balanced
according to the role.
Focus on your work & impact rather than the overall
project.
Quantify all achievements, impact, and processes
wherever possible, show your technical expertise.
For Example, Generated revenue of 1M USD (Result)
by executing a go-to-market strategy (Action) to
expand into the APAC Market (Context).

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4) Use the right keywords:


Be honest, to the point, and avoid grammatical and
spelling mistakes.
Highlight pointers like ‘top 10% Percent’, ‘CFA/FRM
Level-1′, etc catch the recruiters’ attention.
Worked with consultants from Big-3/Big-4 Firms (if
applicable).
Use power verbs for resume, keep it clear and concise.
If you don’t have desired keywords, look for data points
such as ‘Initiated process ABC’ or ‘Started club XYZ as
Founder’ etc.
Use Impact phrases to showcase great starting points
to bring out the amazing work you have done in your
life. For Example: 'Co-created a Novel GTM Strategy'.

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5) Tailor your resume (aS PER JD) :


Understand what skillsets they are looking for and
make sure that your resume is highlighting those.
For Example strategic decision making, analytical
ability, stakeholder management, etc.
MBB Firms esp McKinsey ask for ATCL (A=Analytical;
C=Communication, T= Teamwork, L= Leadership);
Highlight ACTL throughout your resume and use these
keywords wisely.

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6) Highlight 1 UNIQUE EXPERIENCE:


Highlight 1 key experience that adds value during the
interview discussion.
It gives the opportunity to lead the interview and
become a talking point.
This could be consulting exposure or you have a patent
or interesting international experience.
It can be an interesting point that you would like your
interviewer to learn about you.

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7) Add-ON's:
Add Relevant Certifications / Courses / Key Skills.
For Example, Lean Six Sigma for an operations firm,
Tools like Power BI, Tableau, R, Python, SQL for
analytics consulting firm.

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8) Bonus Tips:
DO NOT FAKE anything in your resume, recruiters
caught up easily.
Justify your education/employment gap with valid
data points.
Your resume should be about 1 page, don’t make it
overcrowded.

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