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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. For instance, you have consulting within Business Strategy, Marketing, IT, Management and so on. In any case, try to get as much experience as you can and evolve your skills, to become a better consultant. Where to find work? What is consulting? Why consulting?

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How to Pass the McKinsey Problem Solving Game

CaseInterview.com

In the case interview process for McKinsey, one of the early evaluations is “Solve,” McKinsey’s digital assessment game (formerly called the McKinsey Problem Solving Game). The second is a strategy + adapting to new data mini-game. Time management is certainly a factor. It is unclear why this is the case.

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3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For

Harvard Business

We’d all like to spend our time at work on high-value activities: setting strategy, fostering innovation, mentoring promising employees, and more. Another technique, for those who prefer an incremental approach, is the “small drip strategy.” Rather than mourning these lost chances, however, he embraced them.

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Prioritize Your Opportunities with This Checklist

Harvard Business

Attend a strategy summit? Your Team’s Time Management Problem Might Be a Focus Problem. In my own case, making complex ideas simple is a skill I have honed and that I enjoy to such a degree that if the answer is “yes,” I would rank this a 4 or a 5. Should you speak at that event? Author a book?

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Make Sure Your Employees Have Enough Interesting Work to Do

Harvard Business

Is it a problem of time management? Take for example the case of my recent client, an engineering consulting company I’ll call Astride. I also interviewed the partners and a cross section of employees to better understand the anchors on raising Aristide’s productivity. What could be the cause? Dig deeper.

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How Being a Workaholic Differs from Working Long Hours — and Why That Matters for Your Health

Harvard Business

Michael, the director of strategy for an American insurance company, does not work as much as Hanna. The experiences of Hanna and Michael, individuals whom we interviewed separately, outside of this study, align with these results. She hasn’t had to worry about her health. But a common defense is that they love their jobs.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

But viewing reference checks as a formality is a mistake, according to Priscilla Claman, the president of Career Strategies, a Boston-based consulting firm and a contributor to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job. Claman recommends referring to information gleaned from the candidate during the interview process. Seek input.