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Should you be scared of…recruitment agencies?

The Source

While the industry is still dominated by a handful of big firms, they are no longer the default option they once were. This is the fourth in a series of blogs that explores some of the newer businesses and platforms seeking to turn the industry on its head—and whether your firm needs to worry about the new competition.

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Emerging Technology in the Accounting Industry: Instrument not Obstacle

Tom Spencer

This can be seen from their graduate recruitment process. Recruitment screening assessments increasingly ask how candidates, as newly appointed auditors, would use emerging technologies. In recent years, the Big 4 accounting firms have placed an increasing emphasis on emerging technology.

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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. Now, case interviews for non-consulting industries tend to really intimidate candidates. Why are case interviews so similar across industries?

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Generalist vs Specialist Firm Interviews

Tom Spencer

Case Studies. Typically, a generalist interview consists of two types of questions – experiential and business case study. Firstly, although the interview will still contain experiential questions, the business case will be replaced with client-based case studies, which will be related to the field of interest.

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Case Study: An Office Romance Gone Wrong

Harvard Business

They were at a conference, with industry contacts all around, using their corporate expense accounts. Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. But she knew better than to take it any further. Just C-suite.

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5 Steps To Securing a Consulting Internship

Tom Spencer

Do they serve specific industries or do they have functional expertise in certain areas? Consultants and recruiters often spend no more than a few seconds looking at your application when shortlisting interview candidates. Get comfortable with case studies and develop your own style. Who are their clients?