USC Consulting Club

UCC Resume Recruiting Case Recap Case Workshop Program – Meeting 1

by Leland Char and Wilson Kyi

USC Consulting Club

UCC Resume Recruiting Case Recap

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Contents

1. Cover Sheet

2. 1/20 agenda, week deliverables, and 1/27 agenda

3. Member contact list

4. Resume tips

5. Resumes – Leland Char and others

6. McKinsey Case – Great Burger


Agenda – 2 hour meeting

1. UCC – Talk about the organization (15 min) 1. Introduce board members and advisors

2. About the case workshop admitted class

3. Things to think about during recruiting

2. Resume – Resume Workshop (40 min) 1. Give presentation (20 min)

2. 4 person editing groups (20 min) – 4 rounds at five minutes/round

3. Recruiting – On campus and online recruiting (15 min) 1. Show them slide from before

2. Google doc where everyone adds links and additional companies

4. Cases – Great Burger McKinsey Case (45 min)

5. Recap – Action plan for next week and E-board positions (5 min)


Background - Wilson Kyi


Background - Leland Char


Meixi Chen

http://www.marshall-stevens.com/index.php


Evan Kim


You

Admitted Members

• The following is the class profile for admitted members of the case workshop program:

• Average cumulative GPA: 3.80

• Admission rate: 32 selected of 127 applicants

• Class standing: 14 sophomores, 17 juniors, and 1 seniors

• Represented majors: History, Neuroscience, Business, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Industrial Systems Engineering, Political Science, International Relations, Accounting, EALC, IRGB, Psychology, East Asian Area Studies


You

Admitted Members

• The following is the class profile for admitted members of the case workshop program:

• Average cumulative GPA: 3.80

• Admission rate: 32 selected of 127 applicants

• Class standing: 14 sophomores, 17 juniors, and 1 seniors

• Represented majors: History, Neuroscience, Business, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Industrial Systems Engineering, Political Science, International Relations, Accounting, EALC, IRGB, Psychology, East Asian Area Studies

In this room is the next person that will go to McKinsey, Accenture, Bain, BCG, Deloitte…..


Goals of the Organization

The USC Consulting Club (UCC) is a student-run organization at the University of Southern California. The objectives of the consulting club are the following:

1

Immediate Goal: To provide its members with access to the best resources and support to

obtain an internship or job in consulting.

Long Term Goal: To increase the visibility of USC to companies within the consulting industry.

2


Your Competition


Your Competition

Strategy: Do not compete with each other help each other – work together


Internships with Consulting

Internships with consulting are hard to get

Internships Full Time Internships Full Time

Investment Banking Consulting


Contact Sheet

To schedule mock case interviews and behavioral interviews with each other

To communicate with each other about the various questions and interview styles of the different firms

To share resources beyond those provided by the USC Consulting Club

Use the Contact List for some of the following reasons


Before


After


After

Perfecting your resume is the most important first step to obtaining a future internship or job


Document Overview

Find some one else’s resume to reference

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel


Document Overview 1. Make sure your name is larger than all other text but not too much larger 2. The whole document should have the same font type throughout 3. Margins should be equal on all 4 sides 4. Margins that are too large look unprofessional and margins that are too small make a resume look

like a block of text (try to have margins that are larger than .5” and smaller than .8”), make sure that the resume is full

5. Eliminate the objective section 6. Suggested order of sections: Education, Professional Experience, Leadership Experience, Interests

and Affiliations 7. Check for any inconsistencies in formatting (very important)


Education

Make sure to use your school email address instead of a personal one

Put school related awards that you might have forgotten about


Education

Round your GPA up if not put two decimals

Place your GPA strategically: if it is high put it in bold and center it

Put your major GPA or minor GPA on your resume if it is higher, perhaps put only major GPA

Take off your high school achievements ASAP

Put your SAT scores if they were above 2300


Education

1. Use “relevant coursework” as a filler if you need a fuller resume 2. Use lines to make the heading distinct, one above and below or just one below


Experience

Use the tittle Professional Experience vs. Work Experience and Leadership vs. Activities

While doing your internship, record what you did as you do it to make for better bullets


Experience

1. Check for consistency in the dates, recommend using month-year 2. Dates should align either to the left or the right 3. Put your most impressive and relevant experience first 4. If your company is impressive put it before your title 5. The title of your position can be manipulated “IT help desk” to “Multimedia Specialist” 6. Take off anything that is unimpressive or would not like to be asked about in an interview 7. Try not to have any large gaps in time between experiences


Experience 1. Make sure your impressive experience has 1-2 more bullet points than all of the rest 2. The first word of every bullet should be an action verb and should be in the same tense

• Do not repeat action verbs 3. Emphasize transferable skills (try to incorporate numbers and industry jargon into wording)


Leadership, Skills, Interests

1. Word a bland experience into a good one: from “Participated in various member events and meetings” to “Actively participated in sponsored tours with corporations such as AirForce Research Labs and SpaceX”

2. Personal Interests are great for talking about in interviews especially if they are a company that cares a lot about culture

3. Skills can also be used as a good filler in a resume (Computer, Language…)

4. Keep your old resumes in a binder


Leadership, Skills, Interests 1. Leadership or Leadership Experience

sounds better than Activities 2. If you’re a member of an org don’t

write it, only write something if you have a tittle

3. Most organizations are willing to give you a position if you’ll step up to take extra responsibility

4. Word a bland experience into a good one: from “Participated in various member events and meetings” to “Actively participated in sponsored tours with corporations such as AirForce Research Labs and SpaceX”

5. Personal Interests are great for talking about in interviews especially if they are a company that cares a lot about culture

6. Skills can also be used as a good filler in a resume (Computer, Language…)

7. Keep your old resumes in a binder

By now you should have a lot of markings on your resume • Exchange resumes with 3 people for 5 minutes each

• We will be walking around to help


On-Campus Recruiting

Company Interview Date Submission Date

Bain Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Mercer Monday, February 06, 2012 Thursday, February 02, 2012

PwC Friday, February 10, 2012 Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Cornerstone Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Monday, February 13, 2012

Capgemini Friday, February 24, 2012 Wednesday, February 22, 2012

ZS Associates Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Sunday, February 26, 2012

Accenture Friday, March 02, 2012 Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Triage Consulting Group Wednesday, March 07, 2012 Sunday, March 04, 2012

Deloitte Consulting TBA TBA


Online Recruiting

Firms to Apply Online

The Parthenon Group McKinsey

Oliver Wyman Bain

Analysis Group BCG

Cambridge Group Booz & Co.

Navigant Consulting AT Kearney

FTI Monitor

IBM Global Business Service LEK


Google Doc – Recruiting Tracker

Firm name Firm Type Direct Website

Link Other Notes Contributors

McKinsey Management

Consulting

https://careers.mckinsey.com/app004/ressub.nsf/applynow?openform

Should take about 15 minutes

Leland Char

The Parthenon Group Strategy – Specializing

in Education

https://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/career?company=

parthenon

Apply as an associate Wilson Kyi, Leland Char




https://performancemanager4.successfactors.com/career?company=parthenon





Mock Interview – McKinsey Case

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To Do for the Next Week

Priority List (from highest priority)

1. Finish and email profiles to [email protected] by tonight

2. Polish and bring resumes next week (spend about 4 hours)

3. Apply to ALL On Campus Recruiting companies

4. Apply to ALL companies online on Recruiting Tracker google doc and add content

5. Read Vault Guide, Case in Point, Management Consulted, Wall Street Oasis Guide

6. Attend info sessions

Distribution of Resources

• All Consulting Guides – Saturday

• Casebooks – Wednesday

• ConsultingCase101.com, CaseInterview.com Log-ins – Wednesday

• Resources are only for members of USC Consulting Club

mailto:[email protected]


Case Workshop – Meeting 2

Next Friday 1/27

HOH 303

• Finalize Resumes (bring 4 copies)

• Guest Speaker

• Case Workshop #2 (bring 2 printed cases for your mock interview)

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UCC Resume Recruiting Case Recap Case Workshop Program – Meeting 1

by Leland Char and Wilson Kyi

USC Consulting Club

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