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Intro to Consulting Case Frameworks

Management Consulted

As you’ve likely already figured out, the case interview is a very unusual creature. In the consulting case interview, your time is even more precious: you have only 4 minutes to develop and present a plan (2 to structure your case and 2 to present). Overview of consulting case frameworks.

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Risk vs. Fear

CaseInterview.com

In this case, people’s fear of sharks vs. mosquitoes is widely different than the statistical risk of death. Here are a few guidelines: If the statistical risk of a negative outcome is unknown, the high/low range of the risk must necessarily be extremely wide. For example, most people fear sharks a lot more than mosquitoes.

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Double trouble…Launching the Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd Edition

Management Consulted

It was simple – you wanted 3 things: more practice cases for use by yourself or with partners. simple and easy-to-use frameworks for structuring cases. guided interview prep homework and practice plans. Starting today you can get BOTH for the price of the Consulting Case Bank. What had they wanted more of?

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Writing the Perfect Consulting Resume: 4Tips toWriting Your Resume with an Example.

CaseInterview.com

This piece will cover four essential guidelines that you should follow when preparing your resume for a consulting opportunity. By following these steps, you will be in a much better position to impress your employer and secure an interview. How to Get an Interview. Stand Out from the Crowd. Additional Resources.

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Senior Executives Get More Sleep Than Everyone Else

Harvard Business

In our assessment of 35,000 leaders and interviews with 250 more, we found that the more senior a person’s role is, the more sleep they get. Our conclusion is that the latter is the case. Here are a few guidelines that will help you. That blue light suppresses your pineal gland, and in turn, the production of melatonin.

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Research: Family Firms Are More Innovative Than Other Companies

Harvard Business

About the Research We collected all available publications, working papers, and dissertations that compared family and non-family firms when it comes to their investments in innovation (in terms of R&D expenses) as well as their innovation success (in terms of introducing new products, patents, and patent citations). Why might this be?

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Lots of Employees Get Misclassified as Contractors. Here’s Why It Matters

Harvard Business

In one telling case , construction workers went home at the end of the week as employees only to be informed on the following Monday that, perhaps by the magic of some unknown force, they had become, “member/owners” of hundreds of limited liability companies, effectively stripping them of federal and state job protections.