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A Platform Strategy Won’t Work Unless You’re Good at Machine Learning

Harvard Business

There are lots of things that can make a platform succeed or fail, of course, but an increasingly central aspect of a successful platform strategy is machine learning. before we had Twitter, and recruiters before we had LinkedIn. Because what do you get when you pile up a million resumes, dating profiles, or 280-character thoughts?

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From Ad Agency & Non-Target School to McKinsey Offer

CaseInterview.com

Second, after college, I got a job at [ ad agency ], a top advertising agency, but not exactly a common (though not unprecedented either) route to management consulting. I led the program strategy for a new practice area at [ the ad agency ], and was covered in the New York Times. And maybe, 3.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Interestingly, KPMG is the only one of the Big 4 that has not yet acquired a boutique strategy firm. If KPMG isn’t visiting your school, contact a KPMG recruiter in the city of your choosing – but first, network with someone who is a manager or above who is an alum at your school. across your resume. Internships.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

New ideas and strategies while working on the projects, finding different ways of doing things more effectively; I started feeling enthralled. ” “I became interested in consulting while doing a PhD investigating regional economic integration in East Asia and Japan’s international trade strategy. .”

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A More Humane Approach to Firing People

Harvard Business

The date will depend on the employee’s level of contribution and where we are in recruiting a replacement. I have reviewed their resumes at their request, made introductions and offered to serve as a reference. I’ve found that transparent separations are a good strategy in about two thirds of cases.