Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

My goal in this set of articles is to give you key insights into the MBA experience and take you past the typical “surface level” discussions about how an MBA will prepare you for consulting. This article looks at how an MBA program can offer HANDS-ON consulting experience. Global Consulting Project.

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Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Sales 142

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

Marketing 78

Marketing Consulting Case Interview Interviews 78

Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. Seeing bottom-up initiatives through.

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Talent Recruiting Recruitment Boston Consulting Group 33

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

After building a successful model in financial services, Oliver Wyman expanded to offer pure strategy consulting services to non-financial services groups and now has 2 internal divisions that operate relatively independently. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Oliver Wyman became own firm again. Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Harvard Business

APRIL 7, 2016

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. So venture out.

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Recruiting Recruitment Talent Strategy 28

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 19, 2020

In this article, I will give you a big picture idea of boutique consulting and what you should consider before starting your career at this type of firm. That means boutique firms offer opportunities for career growth and skills development that are more focused and relevant to a specific area of work. Defining Boutique. Compensation.

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Consulting Cash Flow Financial Healthcare 88

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

After he graduated from Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), he developed the idea that companies would become more successful if they called on someone outside of their organization to offer expert, unbiased advice. This idea became a theory, and he developed a practice. Operations and Logistics. Organization and Change.

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Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 5, 2019

Their emphasis on technology, cost-cutting, and effectively managing operations has led to better consultant pay over time. Project leaders and partners mainly oversee these operations and interpret the data to provide solutions to clients. Some consulting firms recruit individuals quite early. Total MBA Salary: $201,900.

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Consulting Management Case Interview Recruiting 81

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. The head of operations chimed in: His five most recent checkouts had complained about breakfast, and the cost of compensating guests for disappointing experiences was getting out of control. Insight Center.

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Operations Hotels Case Interview Finance 31

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

However, today BearingPoint is emerging as a player in the operations and technology scene, especially in Europe, and has re-established an impressive growth trajectory. Now, BearingPoint is operated as a Netherlands-based partnership which consisted of 120 partners in 14 countries throughout Europe. International Development.

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BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2016

Amelia, the “cognitive agent” developed by IPsoft, can parse natural language to understand customers’ questions, handling up to 27,000 conversations simultaneously and in multiple languages. And because “she” is connected to all the relevant systems, Amelia delivers results faster than a human operator.

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Development Sales Accenture McKinsey 28

Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Operations. KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. Kearney is impressive on multiple fronts. Firm hires 2,000th employee.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

This article identifies what lies ahead for graduates considering a future in consulting, and highlights key insights that I gained by interviewing junior and senior consultants. For those who have an interest in specific industries as well as how they operate, consulting can offer you unique access to key decision makers and real time data.

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Consulting Industry Case Interview Culture 88

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. Strategy Development. Youth Development.

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Interviews Culture Bain Consulting 150

CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Until you have practice with MECE thinking, it is common for the first categories you develop to need reworking. As a candidate, you will hear about it consistently throughout the recruiting process and will have to apply it in many scenarios. Then, operations can be performed on each, individually.

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Case Interview Interviews McKinsey Examples 99

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

” In today’s tightening labor market, HR leaders must work relentlessly to develop and recruit people who advance digital transformation across their organizations. For example, HR can work with marketing for guidance on search engine optimization (SEO), a skill that can help HR improve its recruitment efforts.

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Data Talent Survey Recruiting 47

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. McKinsey – is notably skewed more private sector.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Bain 100

QEmploy

MAY 9, 2019

This article will look into the consulting industries current pitfalls and future in terms of transparency and digitalization. From Keylane, Chief Development Manager, Martin Thuesen. Finally, both the Operational Manager and Procurement Manager of Qemploy ‘s indirect client, an anonymous large scaled IT – consulting firm.

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Industry Consulting Case Interview Recruiting 69

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Also – scroll down to the end of the article and see what came out of our conversation just 3 weeks after we talked! So I started searching for programs that consulting firms recruit from. Georgia Tech is a program that two firms recruit from that I would be interested in. Hey Beau – I’m excited to talk to you today.

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Consulting Resumes Bain Recruiting 125

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

For Tesla, adding more human labor to the mix means extending traditional jobs with additional responsibilities that would help ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the Alien Dreadnought. The worker must also possess robotics and controls engineering skills, according to our analysis of Tesla’s recent recruiting efforts.

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Engineering Training Training Analysis 39

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Data is now the critical tool for managing many corporate functions, including marketing, pricing, supply chain, operations, and more. Addressing this dichotomy requires individuals who can “serve as liaisons” between the two, as Todd Clark and Dan Wiesenfeld suggested in a recent HBR article. Insight Center.

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Data Management Methodologies Tools 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 31, 2017

While some have invested significantly in technology, operational, and cultural changes, others are lagging behind. Other financial and operating indicators showed similar disparities. The broad deployment of digital technology requires rethinking both business and operating models. for leaders and 3.2% for laggards.

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Company Operations Data Benchmarking 28

Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

A global firm with a very interesting history, they’re known for motivating, developing and training their clients’ staff as well as the for research they carry out on the companies they work with. The Hay Group carried on growing for the next 20 years, expanding its operations and its global reach. HAY GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

MAY 21, 2018

In most corporate structures, today, recruitment for a position generally means starting with a formal list of tasks — the standardized job description — and hiring someone who can make a convincing case that they would perform each one. Our cars have infinitely adjustable seats and telescopic steering. We ideated constantly.

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Case Interview Exercises Recruiting Recruitment 35

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

When I first started recruiting for consulting jobs, an interviewer at Bain shared a story (arguably a legend at this point) about how Bain (or it might have been McKinsey) was asked to advise Motorola on whether or not they should enter the mobile phone market. In classic case study analysis, you’d ask them, "What are the market segments?"

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McKinsey Case Interview Bain Data 75

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Modeling scientist: Direct improvements in the product or business from the code developed and shipped. In larger and more sophisticated data operations, more fine-grained roles are necessary. Here are five key areas that contribute to data science operations. In larger operations, each may be a team unto itself.

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Data Engineering Software Metrics 46

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

At L’Oréal, CEO Jean-Paul Agon signaled the company’s digital transformation when he recruited Lubomira Rochet to be the chief digital officer and a member of the executive team. The team was structured to operate like a startup, with a particular focus on user research, feedback, and a commitment to lean operations.

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Media Fashion Agile Sales 45

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

military over the last 250 years can, at times, make recruitment and retention difficult. We set out to change how the department thought about and treated talent through the full career cycle of our uniformed and civilian personnel, from their recruitment through their training, advancement, retention, and retirement.

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Talent Recruiting Recruitment Training 34

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

They operate platforms that make it easy and efficient for participants to connect and exchange value. Instead, they recruit participants, and then sell each group of participants access to the other group of participants. Westfield Malls operates shopping malls that help retailers and shoppers to get together.

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Operations B2B Groups Software 28

Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

They start recruiting like incumbents. Once systems are in place and the company stabilizes, many companies begin to highlight this in recruiting. Somehow it has become a good thing that they are big and bureaucratic, and rely on complex systems to operate. Recruit the “black sheep.” We are a winner.

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Recruiting Recruitment System Talent 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

These goals include aiming for Yelp’s sales teams to match the composition of the diverse communities in which they operate, increasing its proportion of female engineers, and making its culture more inclusive. The figure at the end of this article gives an idea of what companies might report as a start.

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Recruiting Recruitment Interviews Engineering 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Moving from economic consulting to a more broad-based focus may be a bit tricky, as you have superior experience in one particular facet, but minimal experience in others – and no experience in actual operational changes that are the bread and butter of most major consulting firms. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2017

However, based on our experience of advising CEOs, operating as CEOs, and sitting on boards, we have found that executives can be effective in the new environment by revamping their interactions with their boards. The CEO quietly recruited the lead director and chair to restore order, which they did. It consists of four approaches.

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Recruiting Recruitment Talent Meeting 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are major changes that will affect every aspect of how the firm operates — from the services it offers to the structure of her organization. At that same bank, the director of retail operations wrote about how customers wanted the banking process to be faster.

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Banking Interviews Retail Survey 53

Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency. Try HR Retrospectives.

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Agile Software Case Interview Video 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

“ Employer branding ” is no longer simply a concern for recruitment marketing; it is also a key component of effective organizational leadership. It then provides tailored content related to 10 of its core functional areas, including Research & Innovation, Sales & Business Development, and Operations.

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Talent Recruiting Recruitment Survey 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

This isn’t all that surprising given the level of innovation activity in these sectors, but directors operating in similarly disrupted sectors should take note. Director Recruitment and Skills. Recruiting directors with technological expertise is one avenue through which boards can boost their innovative capabilities.

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Telecommunications Survey Biotechnology Industry 36