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Going into Consulting in a World Changed by COVID-19

Tom Spencer

If we learned anything from the 2008 financial crisis, it is fair to say that in lean times private sector organizations have less resources available to invest in consulting. In 2008, consulting projects still went on, but they shifted more towards necessary functions or cost management projects.

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. The founder, David Bradley, set out with the lofty mission of solving “any question for any company for any industry.” Industries. Musslewhite), a President (David L.

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Save Lives vs. Save the Economy

CaseInterview.com

Prior to 2008, the financial sector grew way beyond enabling the rest of the economy. The investment banking sector became so big, so powerful, and so profitable that it started recruiting talent out of other industries. In the months after the stock market crash of 2008, many of those rocket scientists were laid off.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

You created not just a firm, but an industry we are all now proud of. He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank.

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in Boston, MA , and containing the heart and DNA of consulting industry giant Bain & Company, Bridgespan is the key non-profit consulting firm in today’s consulting industry. Bridgespan is the offspring of none other than consulting industry giant Bain & Company. KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN. New York, NY.

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Short blogging break plus preview of what’s coming up at Management Consulted

Management Consulted

Hi readers: I hate to pause the blog train, but for the next few days I will be traveling and enjoying the last moments of 2008. You’ll learn everything I know about recruiting for and working at the top businesses in the world. You can expect my posting to start again on Friday, January 2.