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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC.

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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”. Used wisely, this is a major perk. “We

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Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Besides some of the traditional benefits that most employers offer, like 401K and stock options, some of the additional Virgin perks are pretty cool – like being able to fly for free on their airlines, subsidized cost of other Virgin company services like mobile service, railway service, gym memberships, etc.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart. These days, it pays to practice being in “interview mode” so you’re ready for the real thing – whether it’s networking with a neighbor at Starbucks or sitting in the hot seat.

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Here’s Why Strategy Chiefs Succeed or Fail

Harvard Business

Wilson was an industry outsider (he had previously worked as a management consultant and the head of corporate planning at an airline), whom Stemberg described as a “provocateur” and an “in-your-face kind of guy.” A central reason is it is hard to identify and recruit good candidates who fit on all dimensions.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

We got under the skin of each organization, to understand how they live and breathe, by interviewing people who work (or worked) with them, observing them in action and reading everything about them. They also recruit from outside their sector to bring in new knowledge and experience. So, we try to help people make that switch.

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Job Hub: Boeing Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

By adding airmail planes to its fleet, in addition to servicing the rapidly expanding market for commercial airlines, Boeing saw sustained post-war success. Interview Tips & Tricks. Relative to this, you might have to answer interview questions about diversity in the workplace. Contracts with the U.S. What was the situation?

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