I left consulting about a year ago (federal side) to take an internal strategy role. I enjoy the commercial side way more, but I miss consulting quite a bit. I’d love to come back to consulting (ideally at the manager level), but I’m worried that I’m going to get funneled back towards GPS given my previous experience there. Anybody been in a similar situation? I’m also adding my resume in case it helps or if you have any advice.

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Ignore this silly little Associate. $20 says their Daddy paid for them to attend an elite boarding school, then went on to an Ivy and now thinks they are Adonis like in their intellectual stature and that they 'worked hard' to get to where they are

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Take away profile header and use wso wall street resume template

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Happy to refer you to Deloitte!

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You have commercial experience now, be very clear with recruiters that you are not interested in federal. Be patient and it will happen. Not great market to return to consulting right now

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You should write your accomplishments/impact for each role versus just listing the responsibilities/tasks.

Not sure why but the font is inconsistent and looks awful, perhaps you blurred out words

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The first part of this is super fair and something I’ve struggled with coming out of the federal side of things… our clients move slowly and therefore it doesn’t ever feel like the work I did actually resulted in anything.

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Happy to chat and refer to EY

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Working on federal cases at BCG. Would be happy to chat about my experiences.

Remove the word federal / government from your resume

It’s what I did to exit to industry - when asked what the client was I mentioned it. But for screenings people don’t ask so don’t need to say anything

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