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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.

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Future of Work There Will Be No More Recruiting & Retention

Cheryl Cran

In the Future of Work There Will Be No More Recruiting & Retention. Rapid changes in employees values and lifestyles are causing many highly talented people to seek out companies that offer work from home options, flex time, sabbaticals and more options as it relates to personal freedom. Workers and workplaces rejoice!

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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Looking back to consulting recruiting in graduate school, I always think about how interesting it was that so much of the conversation among candidates was about getting an offer from a top consulting firm. During the recruiting process, firms screen candidates for potential to succeed given the firm’s business portfolio and culture.

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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). But to the general public, and most clients, it’s clear as mud.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

Data science is becoming a reality for change management, and although it may not have arrived yet, it is time for organizations to get ready. The companies best positioned to change in the next decade will be the ones that set themselves up well now, by collecting the right kind of data and investing in their analytics capacity.

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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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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.