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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Consulting firms are very good at selling themselves to potential recruits. In this post, I explore the other side of the value propositions presented by consulting firms during the recruiting process: “You will be exposed to a wide range of problems and industries”. You’ll get to travel”. This only works once.

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What it’s really like at a top consulting firm: the good and the bad

Tom Spencer

Amid the intensity of recruiting for consulting, few stop to think what it will really be like once they’ve achieved their mission to get into a top-tier consulting firm. Bad #2: Travel. Roughly 80% of cases are travel cases. Expect to be top-tier. Expect to be flying weekly and living out of a suitcase. Good #2: Experience.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: A few of my favorite things.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

they are: 1) watching those luggage cart trains speeding across the airport tarmac 2) getting free watery coffee at my clients offices 3) boarding my flight ahead of the common people 4) hotel upgrades 5) airline upgrades 6) eating out without having to pay for it 7) new laptop every 2, er, 3, um, 4, ah. Consulting SME. Post a Comment.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: What We Do: Part 1 of Sex Among.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

We declare ourselves experts and recruit a choir to sing our praises. Truthfully, the difference between success and failure of a project has much more to do with charisma and salesmanship than content! Theres a great deal of posturing involved in consulting. We dress better, speak better, and are far more worldly than our customers.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: Career Death, A Consultant's Lament

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Furio, you need a great executive recruiter who focuses on industry opportunities for recovering consultants. Furio DOES need a good recruiter, because he is STUCK on a terrible project. 2 comments: Noah D. Head over to [link] and see if we are right for you. January 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM. Anonymous said. HOOK HIM UP! Consultantese. (8).

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: is it just me.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

Girls who are hospitable and who have flair to serve people with the best fun services have been recruited by the New York escort agencies thus satiating every pleasure need of clients. Also, you can take an escort girl to a hotel or to a resort where you can spend some quality time with her for a lifelong experience.