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To Better Train Workers, Figure Out Where They Struggle

Harvard Business

The business model of Generation, a youth employment nonprofit founded by McKinsey & Company, where we both work, is based on that assertion. The metrics we track include: productivity, cost savings in recruitment and training, quality, retention, and speed to promotion. Nor do they quantify the cost of high employee turnover.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A few years later I was recruited for a position by one of the government consulting companies who had previously made me a contingent offer. There’s no “hiring season” to follow, no case studies to prepare for, and frequently, candidates are hired to fill a specific position for an ongoing contract.

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The Importance of a Good Success Story

The Nonprofit Consultant

Here's a quick look at six months of strategic, happy, thinking: The old mission statement: "We recruit, train and support volunteer host home families to shelter abused, neglected and at-risk children and youth." Tags: case studies branding vision Nonprofit success stories mission. But to what purpose?