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Great CVs for
Consulting
MBA2012 CV Workshop
J-P Martins
Associate Director Consulting Careers
September 2010

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Personal Brand
What How
 Who are you?  Clarity
 What are your product  Consistency
features?
 Relevance
 Do they match the needs of
your target segment?  Significance
 Are they distinctive?
 Overall, and for each bullet
point

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Education
What How
 Evidence of academic INCLUDE:
excellence
 Evidence of academic achievement
 GMAT above 690  If that needs to go back to High School,
 50% above 730 so be it
 GMAT if over 690
 Dean’s list
 Scholarships, prizes
 Good first degree from a
great school  Rankings, scores
 Explain the institution’s ranking if not
obvious eg
 “2nd ranked engineering school in
Asia”

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Career Progression
What How
 Fast-track career  Focus not just on achievements – make
progression clear what your job was
 Blue chip organisations  Promotions
 Leadership  Blue chip names (even if clients,
partners)
 Interpersonal skills
 Numbers, logic, analysis
 Strong drive
 Driving change
 Why each role
 For each achievement bullet, make sure
it’s a ‘wow’

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Career Progression
Clarity
• No months
3-5 years • Single linear timeline
= ‘sweet
spot’
If 3 years or less…
• Can you pad it out
• Demonstrate maturity
• Demonstrate progression
If 6 years or more…
• Demonstrate drive, energy
• Demonstrate progression

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Other Information
What How
 Interesting DO:
 Passionate  Wow me with your passion,
level of interest
 Driven
 Show achievement, results
 Polymath
DON’T:
 Exceptional
 List generic interests
 Climb Mt Kilimanjaro