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Career Field: Consulting & Management Services

• Nature of Work
• Employment Opportunities
• Education & Training
• Dartmouth Resources
• Consulting Bibliography

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Nature of Work

Career Information

• About.com: Careers in Consulting:  Overview of the industry, typical roles, qualifications, relevant sites/resources.
• CareerOverview.com: Consulting Career, Job and Training Info:  Industry info, skills used, how to get a job in the field.
• Careers in Consulting:  Lists of firms by type of consulting, print and internet resources, salary info, facts & trends.
• The Vault: Links for various Operations & IT Consulting.

Case Interview Preparation

• Case Interview Preparation:  Boston Consulting Group interview tips, practice and interactive cases.
• Solve a Case: McKinsey and Company tips.
• CaseQuestions.com: Sample case questions, tips on case preparation.
• Case Interview Presentations
  • Accenture: Learn More About Case Interviews
  • Bain Case Interview Workshop (192K PPT File)
  • Boston Consulting Group Case Interview Workshop (97K PPT File)
  • Parthenon Associate Mock Case Interview (354K PPT File)
  • Investor Group Services Case Interview Workshop (125K PPT File)

Consulting Alumni Stories

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Employment Opportunities

Sample Employers

• Careers in Consulting:  Lists of firms by type of consulting.

Job and Internship Listings

• Consulting Career Quest:  Job Search site for Consulting professionals.
• Jobs4HR: Job listings within Human Resources.
• Job Openings for Economists: Job openings provided by the American Economic Association.

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Education & Training

Professional Associations

• Society for Human Resource Management
• Association of Management Consulting Firms
• Institution of Management Consultants USA
• Market Research Association
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences

Graduate Program Information

•  Business School Information

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Dartmouth Resources

• Tuck Liaison Resume Notebook:  Review this notebook in Career Services and contact Tuck student volunteers to request informational interviews about the field of consulting and/or mock case interviews.
• Tuck Consulting Club:  Serves Tuck students pursuing careers in consulting. Undergraduates may contact this organization to inquire about informational interviews.  Includes links to online resources. 

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Consulting & Management Services Bibliography: A Sampling of Books in the Resource Library

NOTE:  Italicized titles can be borrowed and can be found in the Baker Library Project Room located in the Reserve Corridor.  Click here for a complete list of books on reserve.

• Case in Point: Provides a methodology for working through case interviews with sample case interview questions and solutions.
• Fast Track: The Insider’s Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, and Securities Trading: Gives an overview of each field and explains what potential employers look for, intricacies of interviewing, and consulting case questions.  Also includes  profiles of leading consulting firms.
• Harvard Business School Guide to Management Consulting: Provides firsthand insights into the industry, describes what a consultant’s work is really like, offers guidelines for approaching the case study interview and profiles of the 50 largest management consulting firms.