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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

Employees of major consulting firms like McKinsey and Accenture are called consultants, as are some in-house specialists deployed in an advisory role to work with teams outside of their own reporting structure (for example, an internal change management consultant). Freelancers use artistic or technical skill to generate work products.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

Because these firms tend to have slim margins and cannot pay Silicon Valley salaries, many have had to get creative in their recruiting and employee development. Accelerators tend to have different cultures than their parent companies — they have different language and jargon, management techniques, tools, and office spaces.

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How to Transition to Management Consulting after Law School

Management Consulted

Generally speaking, a lawyer’s workload is more narrow and less diverse than a consultant’s; add that in with little to no travel and minimal exposure to different industries, and many lawyers are looking for a change. Management Consulting straight after Law School. Don’t firms only recruit from top MBA programs?

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I did this while attending UChicago and picking up extra cash cleaning industrial carpets, being a production artist for GES Exposition Services during the summer, or working a Blockbuster. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. That’s a lot of bending!

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How to Grow Your Workforce without Sacrificing Your Culture

LSA Global

In our twenty-five years of culture change and change management consulting we have learned that a clear business strategy must come first. And when it comes to strategy execution, typically that means changing the way you recruit and hire when your workforce needs to grow fast to make sure you are not sacrificing your culture.

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Major Challenges Facing the Consulting Industry

QEmploy

This comes down to the automation of the recruitment process. This point comes down to the efficiency of the recruitment process, which is done through the means of screening and selection. Yes, there is a lot of administrative work, time spent on sales and uncertainties in the recruitment process.

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The 6 Top Leadership and Management Development Mistakes to Avoid

LSA Global

If you want to create higher performing leaders at your company however, your leadership and management development initiatives must keenly focus on your marketplace, your strategy, your culture, and the critical few scenarios – that if leaders had high levels of proficiency – would lift performance where it matters most.