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Part Five: Linkedin Networking

Max is an aspiring consultant who is looking to secure an analyst role with one of the top firms for the upcoming recruitment cycle in September 2011. His interest in management consulting was sparked by a failed McKinsey interview last year. In this series of blogs, he will be sharing his background, case preparation process, useful resources, and any breakthroughs or setbacks that he experiences. *** Throughout my preparation process I have dedicated some time each week to do LinkedIn networking, and today I want to share with you some of the things I have learned. For those of you who don’t know, LinkedIn is a social network that has a more professional orientation than Facebook or Twitter. In order to reach out to consultants on LinkedIn, I did the following things: • Join your school’s alumni group • Join your faculty’s alumni group • Join a consulting group that is open to the public (I found two such groups) • Aggressively build your own connections on LinkedIn (this affects who comes up in search results, and the more people you know the better) Unfortunately, after LinkedIn went public they now require a paid membership for members who are not…

Max is an aspiring consultant who is looking to secure an analyst role with one of the top firms for the upcoming recruitment cycle in September 2011. His interest in management consulting was sparked by a failed McKinsey interview last year. In this series of blogs, he will be sharing his background, case preparation process, useful resources, and any breakthroughs or setbacks that he experiences. *** Throughout my preparation process I have dedicated some time each week to do LinkedIn networking, and today I want to share with you some of the things I have learned. For those of you…

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