Consulting Applications

An application assessment is for candidates that have already drafted their cover letter and resume, and would like it to be reviewed and assessed by an expert. You will get feedback on the quality of the documents, marked up revisions and suggestions for further improvements, as well as a completed screening assessment and recommendations for further improvements.

For an application assessment to be of value, it is important that you have invested enough time and effort already into producing application documents of a reasonable quality. That way, the feedback and recommendations can build on a good initial foundation, which will help you to achieve a good outcome when you apply.

If you do not have the time to draft your own documents, or are not confident that you have been able to develop documents of sufficient quality, then you might be better to consider the Cover Letter / Resume drafting service. Here, you will complete a very detailed background profile survey. This will then be used by our experts to draft professional application documents for you. As with the application assessment service, you will also receive a screening assessment and recommendations for any additional actions to strengthen further your application.

We generate your resume / CV and cover letter using Microsoft Word, and provide you with both the .docx file, as well as a .pdf version of each document (we recommend that whenever emailing your application documents you always send them out in .pdf rather than word format). The Word file format is editable, so you will be able to make any changes you want in the future.

We are specialists in consulting recruitment - we have spent our careers in consulting and understand what they are looking for. However, many of the criteria that matter to consulting firms are also very relevant for a varierty of other professions, ranging from other types professional services, through to careers in general management.

In many cases they use the same kind of recruitment questions, and many tech firms and general management firms are increasingly using consulting-style case interviews as part of their selection process.

It is therefore generally the case that a resume / CV and cover letter that has been optimised for consulting firms is also going to help significantly when it comes to the screening stage for a broad range of potential recruiters.

Yes, we provide you with the original Microsoft Word files of your cover letter and resume / CV. These are fully editable, and you will be able to use them as the basis for any further edits to the document.

For application assessments, as soon as you purchase the service, you will be sent a link to upload your application documents (we prefer word format, but can also work with all other standard document formats e.g. pdf). Within 7 days of receipt of your documents, you will be provided with marked up reviewed copies of your application documents. You will also be sent a screening assessment detailing how your application would be expected to perform at the screening stage, together with recommendations for strengthening your application further.

For the cover letter / resume writing service, as soon as you purchase the service, you will be sent a link to complete a comprehensive background profile survey. The profile normally takes candidates around 1-2 hours to complete.

A draft cover letter and resume / CV will be sent to you for your review within 7 days of submission of the completed profile information. As with the application assessment service, you will also receive a consulting screening assessment and recommendations for strengthening your application further.

We also offer an express 24 hour option for both services for an additional fee.

If you need your application documents urgently, we can provide a 24 hour fast-track tunraround service for an additional fee. You can select this option on check-out.

Concern about academic grades is the most common issue we deal with for prospective consulting canddiates. Whilst there is no doubt that having a stellar academic background can be an advantage at the screening stage, it's important to remember that it's only one of the factors that consulting firms take into account.

We specialise in presenting candidates in the best possible light, and know how to set out your academic background in the way that will be most advantageous to you.

Our service is not for everyone. Our cover letters and resumes / CVs are drafted by highly-qualified management consultants, and that obviously comes at a cost. Some candidates, particularly those with extremely strong backgrounds, may do perfectly well without any outside assistance.

However, from our years of screening applications on behalf of many of the leading consulting firms, we know how competitive it is at the screening stage. With up to 90% of applicants being rejected without even getting to an interview, it is more important than ever to present yourself in the best possible light.

Our candidates have a substantially greater success rate at screening than the average success rate for consulting applications. Given everything you have invested so far in getting to where you have, why leave your consulting job search to chance?