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Management Consultant resume

What the hiring manager reads first

All roles Consulting Reading notes, not rules

Summary

An engagement manager usually looks first for the problems worked on, the candidate's part and what the client did with it.

Also posted as: consultant, strategy consultant, business consultant, associate consultant, senior consultant.

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Read first

  1. Engagements: client type, problem, result
  2. Your role on the team
  3. Recommendations adopted
  4. Industries

One line, before and after

  • Original: Worked on a cost program for a regional bank. Built the branch model; the client closed 12 branches and saved $9M a year.Suggested: Built the branch model for a regional bank's cost program; the client closed 12 branches and saved $9M a year.
Why this changedYour work product leads; the client's decision follows. Every figure in the rewrite is in the original line; nothing is added.

Section order

  1. Summary
  2. Experience with selected engagements
  3. Skills
  4. Education

Where your resume has these sections. A section your resume does not have is not added.

Mistakes that cost interviews

  • Client names you may not disclose
  • Team results written as solo
  • Team results written as personal ones
  • Client names that may be confidential

Evidence that counts in consulting

  • Engagements: client type, problem and result as documented
  • The candidate's role on the team
  • Recommendations adopted
  • Industries and methods
  • Certifications as written

Use what your resume already shows. A line without a number can still be strong when it says clearly what you did and where.

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These are common reading conventions drawn from hiring guides and career services, not rules every employer follows.