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USC Consulting Club Case Workshop Program – Meeting 1 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting by Leland Char and Wilson Kyi

Please Grab a Packet 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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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) UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Background - Wilson Kyi UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Background - Leland Char UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Meixi Chen UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Evan Kim UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 In this room is the next person that will go to McKinsey, • Class standing: 14 sophomores, 17 juniors, and 1 seniors Accenture, Bain, BCG, Deloitte….. • 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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 2 Immediate Goal: To provide its members with Long Term Goal : To increase the visibility of USC access to the best resources and support to to companies within the consulting industry. obtain an internship or job in consulting. UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Your Competition UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Your Competition Strategy: Do not compete with each other help each other – work together UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Internships with Consulting Internships with consulting are hard to get Investment Banking Consulting Internships Full Time Internships Full Time UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Contact Sheet Use the Contact List for some of the following reasons 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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Before UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

After UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

After Perfecting your resume is the most important first step to obtaining a future internship or job UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Document Overview Find some one else’s resume to reference Don’t Reinvent the Wheel UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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) UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Education Make sure to use your school email address instead of a personal one Put school related awards that you might have forgotten about UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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) UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 By now you should have a lot of markings on your resume 4. Word a bland experience into a good • one: from “Participated in various Exchange resumes with 3 people for 5 minutes each member events and meetings” to • We will be walking around to help “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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

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 UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting

Google Doc – Recruiting Tracker Direct Website Firm name Firm Type Other Notes Contributors Link https://careers.mckinse Management y.com/app004/ressub.n Should take about 15 McKinsey Leland Char Consulting sf/applynow?openform minutes https://performancem The Parthenon Group Strategy – Specializing anager4.successfactors. Apply as an associate Wilson Kyi, Leland Char in Education com/career?company= parthenon UCC Resume Case Recap Recruiting