How fresh graduates &

experienced hires can

start a career in
consulting?

A perspective from an undergraduate with

~5 years working experience

Prepared by: Willbert Angrendo

July, 2020
 A brief background of my career

Jakarta, IDN Jakarta, IDN Jakarta, IDN Dubai, UAE

2015 - 2017 2017 - 2018 2018 - 2019 2019 - Present

‘Big Four’ Consulting
Focused on designing business
process across banking industry
and public sector
Boutique Investment Advisory
Focused on providing sell-side
advisory services across retail,
F&B, and health care industries
Management Consulting
Focused on strategy
development across F&B and
logistics (port) industries
Management Consulting
Focusing on strategy and
operating model development
across Telco & Defense
industries

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 This document answered four main questions

1. What is consulting?

How to prepare for a

2. consulting career?

3. How to build the “right” CV?

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3 4. How can I get more guidance?
 1. What is consulting?
Overview about typical consulting practice and types of consulting firms

What do consultants do? What are different types of consulting firms1?

Consulting firms provide advise /

recommendations to clients on Management /
how to solve their current Big 4 IT Consulting
Strategy
problems, including:
– How to reduce operational costs? McKinsey, BCG, Bain,
PwC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG Accenture, IBM
Kearney, RB, Strategy&, etc.
– How to increase market share?
– Which new market they should
tap into?
Focus on strategies for high- Offers wider services, such as Focus on IT implementation &
– Which company to acquire? level management strategy, operations and development of IT tools
implementation
– What strategy they should have?
– How to increase their profit?
You can simply leverage any publicly available information about consulting, such as from
– and many more… websites, YouTube videos, etc.

4 1. Selected consulting firms (For illustrative purposes only)

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 2. Preparing for your consulting career
Things you need to know if you want to start a career or do a “career switch” to consulting

Fresh Experienced
2. Key
Preparing for focus
actions you should your on: consulting career
graduates hires
Start by doing this:

• Participate in any company/ campus recruitment events

Attend recruitment / social events to expose yourself and expand your networks

*Details provided • Align your CV to show that you are the “right” candidate
Tailor your CV in the next slide for the firm

• Update your LinkedIn profile to get noticed by recruiters

Strengthen your LinkedIn profile for Indonesia / overseas opportunities

Prepare for case interviews • Understand and learn how to succeed in case interviews,
which include doing mock interviews

Key focus

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 3.
Building the
“Right” CV
“Your CV should tell the story
about why you are the right
candidate not just who you are”
Fresh graduates should start
with their education then
highlight any internship
experiences
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A. Start with a concise
summary
– Add 1-2 paragraph(s) to summarize your
experience, expertise & key strengths
B. Outline key projects
and activities
– Provide brief details about your core
activities from each employer (e.g. Financial
analysis, IT system development)
C. Include organization /
certifications details
– Highlight campus organizational activities
& certifications (e.g. CFA, SQL)
– Avoid focusing on basic skills such as
 For fresh graduates / any industry professionals, I am providing a
4. free consultancy on:

Getting further
career guidance CV and cover letter review
(1/2)
Case interview preparation

Consulting information sharing

(e.g. career paths, salary)

Career advice in Indonesia & overseas

This social impact initiative focuses to help
Indonesian professionals (fresh graduates
/ someone who is looking to shift jobs) to
unlock their potential and accelerate their
career. LinkedIn profile tips

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 I will provide additional information whenever relevant on
4. selected topics and tips about consulting and career in general:
Getting further
career guidance Consulting career paths Interviews tips

(2/2)

Business attire advice Case interview questions

Kindly contact me through my LinkedIn profile for a brief

discussion / sharing session
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 Thank you

: Willbert.Angrendo@gmail.com

: Willbert Angrendo

July 2020

Disclaimer:
All the information above are provided based on personal experience and
are intended to provide high-level guidance to the audience, without any
commercial / subjective intent. All images, logos, icons and other
properties belongs to the respective owners.

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