A summary is optional, and many consulting resumes are stronger without one.

Recruiters can usually understand your profile from the role titles, education, and achievement bullets. A generic summary often repeats information without adding evidence.

For a complicated career switch, one concise line of context may help, but three lines of adjectives and broad skills usually do not.

Remove the summary unless it solves a specific clarity problem. Use the saved space for stronger evidence of impact. If useful, this guide on consulting resume gives more detail.

I removed my summary and the resume got much cleaner.