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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

These professionals stand out as some of the best I’ve met in the biz When I worked as an executive or a consultant advising C-suite leaders and business owners, many of them complained about their inability to attract and recruit talent. During my career of 25 years, I have met and worked with dozens of recruiters and search firms.

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 “Additional Responsibilities” in Consulting

Tom Spencer

During both consulting recruiting and the initial months working in consulting, experienced by myself and my friends, the top priority for a consulting career which has been consistently emphasized has been delivering excellent client work. Recruiting support. Arguably, the second priority has been persistent learning. Networking.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Ideal backgrounds include business communication, public relations, marketing, journalism, and advertising. Gaining work experience can allow you to position yourself as a low-risk hire who can hit the ground running from day one by operating independently and delivering value without extensive handholding and supervision.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. The fight for new recruits is intense — not just in the tech sector, but across all industries. ” asked the clever riff aimed at Uber workers.

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Thought leadership – by any other name would it smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

For top-tier consulting firms, there are two primary marketing efforts – the first, marketing to attract entry-level recruits, is quite visible. Firms regularly visit target school campuses, and buy online advertising on LinkedIn and Facebook to boost their applications. BCG once valued the sea, conservatively, at $24 trillion.

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Considerations for Starting your Consulting Career at a Boutique Firm

Tom Spencer

For our purposes, let’s identify a boutique firm as one that has less than 100 consultants (emphasis on ‘consultants’ and not staff) and operates from at most only a handful of offices (even if those offices are in multiple countries). Notable Considerations. Compensation.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.