Tom Spencer

MAY 4, 2019

Is a job in consulting really what you expect it will be when you are a student, knee-deep in case prep and coffee chats? Bill Nielsen graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business last June, and began working at Bain & Company in Chicago in September 2018. Bill, how did your first week on the job go?

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Job seekers report on peer-support calls and during networking meetings that they have had their interviews postponed or canceled. Candidates who may have undergone two, three, or even six rounds of interviews may find that they must now wait to see if organizations actually fill the positions, much less whether they will have a job.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 24, 2019

In my last blog post I interviewed a fellow CEMSie, who heads partnership advisory at ScanTrust by day and co-runs BerChain by night, about the potential focus areas for blockchain in supply chain and one of the world’s most impressive blockchain ecosystems: Berlin. In 2018 it was bootstrapped and run by volunteers, there was no sponsorship.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 2, 2019

When you’re interested in working at a consulting firm, there are clear things you can do to prepare: meet associates, prepare for case interviews, and do your homework on what sets the firm apart from its peers. These steps are relatively straightforward, but what happens when you finally get your foot in the door?

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 17, 2018

At the CES 2018 held in Las Vegas, Steve Koenig , Senior Director of Market Research at Consumer Technology Association, presented on tech trends to watch. Outlining the big picture, he described 2018 as the beginning of the “ data era of consumer tech”, with the heralds of that coming age being 5G, AI, and AR. Where are we now?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

By the time the executive considered cancelling the project, our team had completed almost a hundred 90-minute interviews, two 100-slide PowerPoint decks, five board meetings, and about 15 job description files. To an extent, all these are tested in the case interviews that guard the entrances of all consulting firms.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

With the 2018 application cycle in full swing for a number of top-tier consulting firms, many of my MD and PhD colleagues have been inquiring about how they can leave academia, if only for a few years, and pursue a career change in management consulting. Case Practice. Excelling in the Interview. Introduction.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

Due to the boom of the internet, nearly one third of apparel and footwear was sold online in 2018 (vs 1% in 2010). To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Psychographic segmentation.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In fact, the percentage of millennials with full-time careers is rising at a brisk clip from 45% in 2016 to 66% in 2018, according to the data we collected. In our 2018 EY Growth Barometer, an annual global survey of middle market company leaders, we found some movement away from part-time and gig hiring. 3: Gig is better.

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Melissa Agnes

JUNE 14, 2018

If you’ve been following my work for a while, you may remember my Crisis Intelligence Podcast which currently sits at 60 interviews with leaders from around the world, discussing their lens and experience when it comes to crisis management and preparedness. There simply wasn’t enough time in a week to do both.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 3, 2013

Case Against The Fed. The optimistic scenario assumes 2% growth, but that scenario does not start until 2018, and only if labor reforms in Spain and Europe take place. downturn that the IMF expects the country to suffer this year, the average growth for the Spanish economy between 2014 and 2018 will be 0.6%. Home Builders.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A case in point is WeWork, the provider of coworking spaces, which has grown its enterprise customer base in the last year by 370%. As of June 2018, corporate occupiers make up roughly one-quarter of WeWork’s members and revenues. But our research and reporting show this isn’t the case.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

As part of our research for the book, we interviewed over 40 successful leaders of large corporations, startups, and non-profits to get their views about what it takes to become a leader. Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Solomon, aka DJ D-Sol, is known for his mantra of finding passion at, and outside of, work — and he’s not an isolated case. We searched for public information on the hobbies of CEOs whose companies were in the S&P 500 index at the start of 2018. But the CEOs we interviewed did caution about maintaining independence.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2018

According to the World Economic Forum’s 2018 “Future of Jobs” report, many current organizational roles are likely to be disappear as early as 2022, only to be replaced by new organizational roles. Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images. You may already be seeing these changes in your organization.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2018

While all of them experienced a variety of setbacks, 18% of executives in this dataset faced what many view as the very worst-case scenario: getting fired or laid off. About the Research This article is based on research conducted over 10 years in support of our 2018 book The CEO Next Door.

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MishTalk

JULY 24, 2013

Case Against The Fed. Using the above oil chart as a basis (assuming the gold chart were the same), backwardation implies that someone could borrow money today and pay it back in 2018 for 80 cents. 2011-04-23: Syndicated Interview on Canadian Radio - My Segment Starts 29:31. This Week in Money Interview. Home Builders.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Ghosn’s swift downfall comes as a result of a Japanese criminal case against him for causing Nissan to make incomplete securities disclosures about his deferred compensation. Without Ghosn, the Nissan-Renault alliance is likely to falter — leaving two small auto manufacturers without competitive economies of scale.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy. Publicis now gets 50% of its revenue from digital—that’s ahead of its 2018 target.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

However, as of July 2018, the U.S. In these cases, students continue to be paid through a centralized budget for community relations and workforce development, and work eight to 12 hours per week in their departments. unemployment rate for teens remains high at 13.1% — more than twice the rate of any other group.

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MishTalk

MARCH 2, 2015

In an Bloomberg Television interview Bill Gross of Janus Capital spoke with Bloomberg Television''s Trish Regan about the outlook for Federal Reserve policy, the U.S. I mean the market is anticipating the -- a 2 percent Fed funds rate in 2018, late 2018. economy and his objectives at Janus Capital. dollar and the U.S.

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CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

In 2018, Fortune named it #4 among the “100 Best Companies to Work For.”. It was ranked #3 best place to work on Glassdoor in 2018 and 2017. LEK is a very selective firm — it was named one of the Top 25 Hardest Companies to Interview For by Fortune. Cases may be understaffed, creating extra hours and large workloads.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2018

One compelling case study is that of SABMiller. In it, we distill the insights from over 3,000 McKinsey consulting engagements across Africa, and hone case studies from interviews with dozens of successful CEOs, entrepreneurs, and development leaders. Strategy & Execution BOOK. Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga, and Georges Desvaux.

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MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ An additional $8 million in tax-exempt bond money went to pay legal fees related to the case, records show. That police brutality case?

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