Let's make this into the best job hunt tips thread ever! Let's aim for 100 really useful, practical tips.

Lets not, and say we did.

Avoid recruitment consultants and apply directly

Know your market;Know your market worth;Know your channels to market (even if one of those is recruiters).Be a realist and manage your own expectations.

Boing

This will sound cliche - but build up your contacts before you actually apply for a new job. So far, worked for a strat role in a leading business and in an MBBB and both roles were landed with the help of contacts...

MBBB?Why the extra B? Why not just say it was Booz?

I thought about the MBB-B thing as well, but maybe this is just playing tricks. Consider this: If somebody add's the addtl B, normally he'd like to stress that 'B is at the same level of MBB hence 100% likelihood he works there. Why would you otherwise? Well, maybe by giving you a 4th option, you're less likely to find out that he actually works at B or B, rather than 'B, if not M?Ok back to .ppt.

I thought it was now MBB-B-A (Accenture)

Maybe it should be A-M-BBB