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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Management consultants assist organisations by providing advice to address specific problems and to improve organisational performance. In stark contrast, it is normal for consultants to travel up to 80% of the time.

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Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent: Unveiling the Secrets

LSA Global

Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent: Unveiling the Secrets The benefits of virtual interviews have caused most employers to conduct initial interviews online, rather than in person to open up their talent pool, inject flexibility into the recruiting process, test candidates remote technical savvy, and reduce travel expenses.

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. Manage and provide support on how to use the technology and interact effectively. Select and organize virtual tools in a way that optimizes interaction and best supports activity management. Chief Learning Officer, 9,44–47. Gnilka, P.

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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

But the comparison at least provides a benchmark. Recently on a radio show discussing my research, a former suburban hiring manager called in to echo this sentiment: “We had a difficult time finding applicants for our low-level clerical positions because those applicants lived in the city.

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Who Are You When Things Go Awry?

Cheryl Cran

I have been traveling for work for over twenty years- many people ask me how I do it, how do I manage the time zone differences and how do I handle the stress of travel? Quickly though I shift to more optimal thinking which is: I would rather be safe than worry about being delayed, which is a minor inconvenience in comparison.

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4 Steps to a Strong Conclusion in Your Case Interview (Part I)

Tom Spencer

Structured thinking and structured communication are at the crux of what management consultants are doing day in and day out. Highlighting this number is a next-level insight because it sets up comparisons for the client about how they are able to compete in another market and whether 6% sounds feasible to them. Caveats and next steps.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

This results in a misplaced comparison between the abilities of an experienced consultant and that of a student one. The comparison is misplaced because nobody would expect a student to work at, or even remotely near, the same level as a professional because they are students.