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Rescue from the trash…avoiding key resume errors that get your consulting application tossed aside

Management Consulted

That’s why we’re giving you some guidelines on key resume errors to avoid and things you can do to make it past the first round of reviews. Follow our tips to ensure your resume makes it into the interview pile, not the trash. Instead, ask the person for an informational interview. Best of luck!

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Labour Retention: How you can create ‘Sticky’ Talent

Confessions of a Consultant

Discussing salary surveys and benchmarking, particularly regarding key competitors (or referring to former staff and how great their ‘new job’ is). Follow these guidelines… Explain the purpose of the meeting and thank the person for their time. The interviewer replies, “ Yeah, but you started it.”. Are you kidding?”.

Talent 40
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How My Company Created an Apprenticeship Program to Help Diversify Tech

Harvard Business

I interviewed more than 50 people from underrepresented groups who have made it in the tech industry, asking them to help me understand why they weren’t applying for my open tech jobs. In order for our team to match the diversity of America , we’d need 13.4% Native American, 18.1% Latinx, and 50% women employees.

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