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How to Win Your Consulting Case Competition

Tom Spencer

Are you signed up for a case competition , ready to showcase your skills and get a quick resume-building experience? Whatever the case may be, this article will outline the secrets to winning a strategy case competition and why winning does not need to be complex. Thus, it is useful to find people that have skill sets in those areas.

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Worried About Impending Layoffs?

Harvard Business

In this piece, the author outlines four ways to get started: 1) Just as it’s important to maintain your health by getting periodic check-ups, you should also update your resume and LinkedIn profile regularly. 3) Get your finances in order. It’s a prudent best practice to take care of these updates before you need to.

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Alternatives to a Traditional Summer Internship

Tom Spencer

In this article, I will suggest six experiential learning opportunities that can help you gain professional experience. By articulating the problems you solved in your resume and during future interviews, recruiters will be better able to understand your professional skillset. Developing the Right Mindset.

Finance 88
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Why Write and Publish Business Articles? For 5 Good Reasons!

Emerson Consulting Group

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Publishing articles can promote your business. Publishing articles offer higher levels of credibility.

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Why “Dumber” People are More Successful than You

CaseInterview.com

When I became an entrepreneur, I was by far the person with the most elite academic credentials amongst my peers (these were small businesses without venture capital financing). What is the X factor that not only compensates for any perceived resume shortfalls, it in many cases makes your resume irrelevant? That X factor is.

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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. But despite that impressive resume, it hasn’t always been easy. That’s up from zero in 2014, when Apple’s Tim Cook came out. Is there a glass ceiling for gay executives?

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Job Hub: Intuit Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Today, Intuit’s expanding portfolio serves customers in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and India, making it easier for small business owners and accountants to manage their finances, offering localized, desktop and online versions of their products. Not sure how to turn your resume in to a compelling story?

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