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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

Joining a consulting club can provide you with numerous benefits: networking, learning how to do a case study, assistance with resume and cover letter writing, and access to resources to prepare for interviews. The sole purpose of clubs is to provide students with practical experience through learning and relationship building.

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7 Practical Ways to Reduce Bias in Your Hiring Process

Harvard Business

Job listings play an important role in recruiting talent and often provide the first impression of a company’s culture. ” Go blind for the resume review. Allow surface demographic characteristics to play into your resume review. Case Study #1: Work to understand biases and set diversity goals.

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Launching the Consulting Case Interview Bootcamp – Online

Management Consulted

What started off as an informal blog about management consulting with just a few readers became interview prep sessions, resume edits, videos on YouTube and Vimeo, books and the presentations we give at colleges around the world. Over the years, we’ve come up with a lot of really great stuff ; our success has amazed even us.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The firm also launched their Talent Development Division – The Advisory Board Academies – to address “the leadership gap in health care” In 2003, The Advisory Board began to branch out into business intelligence and analytics launching the business Compass in the process. Felsenthal), a Chief Talent Officer (Mary D.

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Is Your Employee Ready to Be a Manager?

Harvard Business

As a manager, you’re always on the lookout for the next generation of talent in your organization. “What you’re looking for is behavioral evidence that this person has the potential and talents to manage.” If you believe the candidate has the potential and talent to lead, help her develop.

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How to Deal with a Chronically Indecisive Boss

Harvard Business

Reporting to an indecisive boss is an unquestionably “challenging and frustrating situation,” says Sydney Finkelstein, the Director of the Leadership Center at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and author of the book, Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

After all, she says, the goal with any reference check is to “go beyond simply verifying facts” on a resume. Case Study #1: Solicit feedback from team members to focus your questions. Case Study #2: Think about the role’s priorities and ask for specific examples.