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SECTION 3.23 TARGETED RESUMES
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Killer Consulting Resumes (2002)
Discusses: "How resumes are used in the consulting recruiting process; How cover letters are used in the consulting
recruiting process; Insider tips on resume content, section by section; Insider tips on resume format; What consulting
recruiters look for when reviewing a resume; Common types of resume reviewers: general scanner, spike seeker, and
idealist; How to improve the quality and marketability of your resume; Buzzword bozos, or the quickest line between your
resume and the trash can; Real life resume and cover letter review."
SECTION 3.32 INTERVIEWS
• Vault.com: Guide to the Case Interview (2001)
Guide focusing on assessing consultants in interview situations.
• Vault Case Interview Practice Guide (2002)
Discusses "case strategies and frameworks; 18 actual cases, covering industries like banking, agriculture and health care;
bonus case analysis with tips on specific types of cases, from market entry to M&A."
• Vault Guide to the Case Interview (2002)
Discusses case strategies, basic concepts and frameworks, real life interviews, business cases, interactive cases,
guesstimates, and brainteasers. Includes actual case interview questions with strategies.
• Vault Guide to the Case Interview (2002)
"Provides the skinny on business frameworks, sample cases, guesstimates, brainteasers, and more! New this year: An
interactive case section that will prepare you to practice cases with classmates and colleagues. The guide includes more
than 50 actual case interviews, guesstimates, brainteasers, and other consulting interview cases. It also covers important
frameworks including Porter's Five Forces, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), the BCG Matrix, the four Ps, and the
four Cs."
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Ace Your Case!: Consulting Interviews (2002)
Includes "What to expect in your interview; How to impress your interviewer; Seven steps to surviving the case interview;
Five categories of cases; Buzzword bingo for the consulting case interview; Consulting frameworks; Consulting
frameworks: The second stage; What to do when things don't go as planned; The judge's scorecard/How you'll be
evaluated; Sample cases for consultants-to-be; WetFeet worksheet for case analysis; Suggested answers to common case
questions."
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Ace Your Case II: Fifteen Questions (2002)
Includes "Specific tips for market-sizing, brain-teaser, business-operations, and strategy case questions; 15 case
questions (straight from WetFeet customers!); 15 good, detailed answers to the case questions; What NOT to say to your
interviewer!; Tips from successful WetFeet customers about how to shine in your interviews; Special notes about cases
for undergrads, MBAs and advanced degree candidates."
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Ace Your Case III: Practice Makes Perfect (2002)
Includes "Specific tips for market-sizing, business operations, business strategy, and resume case questions; 15 case
questions with room to work out your answers; 15 detailed "good" answers to the case questions, including possible
dialogues with your interviewer; "Bad" answers along with reasons for why they won't fly."
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SECTION 4.52 COMPUTER SCIENCE / IT
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Insider Guide: Careers in Internet Consulting (2000)
SECTION 4.6 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
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Casebook 2000: Careers in Finance & Consultancy
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Concise Guide to Becoming an Independent Consultant (1999)
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Fast Forward MBA in Hiring: Finding and Keeping the Best People (1998)
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Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, &
Securities Trading (1997)
Get an insider's edge on launching your career ! Comprehensive job descriptions of consultants, analysts, & traders,
explained in layperson terms. In-depth interviews with people in the business.
• Harvard college guide to consulting (1993) (2nd ed.)
This introduction to the consulting industry offers a look at 11 specializations, written by consultants working in those
fields.
• Harvard college guide to consulting case questions (1996)
Explains the importance of case questions in the interviewing process, offers ten key guidelines for answering them, and
includes descriptions by three consulting firms of what they look for during a case interview.
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Management Consulting: A Complete Guide to the Industry (2002)
• Vault Career Guide to Consulting (2002)
"Gives you the complete inside scoop on consulting careers from the major players in the field, to getting your first job
and acing those next-to-impossible consulting interviews, to handling the many pressures in the field, such as incessant
travel and constant client scrutiny. The guide provides an insider perspective on issues such as training, career
progression, exit strategies when you want to leave the consulting field, and even filing your expense reports."
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Careers in Management Consulting (2002)
Explores "Profiles of 35 top strategy, Big Five, and specialty consulting firms. Consulting opportunities beyond McKinsey
and BCG. Which firm is right for you? Take our exclusive Consulting Firm Appeal Test. What the latest industry trends
are.; Industry rankings of the major firms. Comparisons of the career ladders at the different firms.; Consulting-speak.
What a case interview is and how to prepare for one. What measures your interviewer is evaluating you on. Grilling your
recruiter: questions to ask your interviewer. What a week in the life of a consultant is like. What the key differences are
between working for a consulting firm vs. an investment bank."
• WetFeet Insider Guide: Consulting for PhDs, Lawyers, and Doctors (2002)
Answers the questions "What do consultants do, anyway?; Can you really make $80,000 plus a fat signing bonus as a
consultant out of graduate school?; What are all the different types of consulting, and which is best for you?; How does
consulting stack up against academia, law, and medicine as a career?; What firms might hire you?; How do you create a
killer resume?; What's the hiring process?; What's the case interview and how can you crack it? ."
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• Wetfeet Insider Guide to McKinsey & Company (2 copies) (2003)
"What you will learn: Day-to-day, what it's like to be a McKinsey consultant; McKinsey's "one firm" approach; McKinsey's
hiring plans for the coming year; McKinsey's feelings toward non-traditional candidates; The types of factors McKinsey
considers in hiring new consultants; Some of McKinsey's illustrious clients; Growth areas for McKinsey; What
McKinseyites do after leaving The Firm."
SECTION 4.9 SCIENCE & THE ENVIRONMENT
• Scientist as Consultant, (The): Building New Career Opportunities (1997)
"Sinderman and Sawyer answer clearly and in straightforward language all the tough questions that need to be answered.
How do you organize a scientific consulting group? How do you obtain clients? How do you make the transition from a
part-time consultancy to a full-time practice? What is the strategy behind a project that will satisfy both the consultant
and the client? Taking a sweeping look at scientific consulting, they cover in detail areas vital to the success of this
challenging venture, such as: networking and communication skills; locating and contacting clients; obtaining start-up
funds; dealing with lawyers; and working with international agencies."
SECTION 5.31 CANADIAN DIRECTORIES
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Who's Hiring 2003 : Canada's 5,000 Fastest-Growing Employers [Book + CD-ROM]
SECTION 5.33 U.S. DIRECTORIES
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American Employer Digest 2003
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1999 Career Guide Management Consulting
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Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms (2001)
SECTION 5.6 INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Global Banking and Consulting Casebook99
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