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Business intelligence vs. predictive analytics: Turn key differences into advantages

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It encompasses data mining, data visualization, performance benchmarking, and descriptive analytics—techniques for parsing data to generate reports, performance measures and trends to reveal insights and make better business decisions. Business intelligence answers the questions, “who are our most valuable/least valuable customers?”

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

I seriously considered sales & trading (in fact, I spent a summer at Credit Suisse First Boston in NY), and was tempted to continue in that line of work post-graduation. Managers rarely yell, coworkers try to help each other out whenever possible, and companies are organized to provide consultants support with training, expertise, etc.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank. This idea became a theory, and he developed a practice. What about lifestyle?

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Why Aren’t Black Employees Getting More White-Collar Jobs?

Harvard Business

Forty years ago, two companies were known for aggressively recruiting minorities on college campuses: IBM and Xerox , both considered hot tech companies of that era. My senior year in college, a black sales rep from IBM encouraged me and a group of fellow black students to consider a career with the company.

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

” In the workplace, this “can stymie diversity, recruiting, promotion, and retention efforts.” Gino recommends managers look into providing workers with education and training on the topic. Job listings play an important role in recruiting talent and often provide the first impression of a company’s culture.