Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Alex Formstone is a Principal in Marakon ’s London office, and heads up recruiting in the UK for graduates and MBAs. I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Alex about his career, Marakon and its recruitment process. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at Marakon?

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 9, 2022

If you are a manager, seek out these traits in people as you recruit and hire new people. Yes, this may in the beginning include tasks like arranging the conference room for the next staff meeting or making coffee when everyone else drinks it and leaves the coffee pot empty. Attend all the training available and then some.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 21, 2019

Many consulting firms also invest significant dollars in their knowledge management and training programs. Multiple day trainings off-site at each step in the career path in appealing destinations such as Cape Cod, Cancun, and Barcelona are common investments at top firms. Private equity firms also enjoy recruiting former consultants.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Resumes 91

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

As usual getting into McKinsey is tough, but it’s even tougher in NYC – with many target recruiting schools nearby and hundreds of aspirants swarming to locate in NY, it’s a highly competitive office. The office has a very hi-tech conference room that is used to connect with global Bainies at all levels.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

Managers rarely yell, coworkers try to help each other out whenever possible, and companies are organized to provide consultants support with training, expertise, etc. Call me biased, but I received the best years of business training possible in my time at McKinsey. This attitude permeates all interactions. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

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Cheryl Cran

JANUARY 30, 2018

The days of a recruiter requiring numerous interviews to hire someone are gone for now. For example an HVAC company I worked with put up a recruiting booth at a hunting and fishing conference and successfully recruited new employees that were a great fit for the company culture. Relook at your educational standards.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 20, 2015

Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at IMS Consulting Group? Steph: There are 2 weeks of onboarding training, including networking drinks and dinner. Consultants [based in Europe] usually come to London for the training. This is held in September and February each year. Steph: Not for 2015.

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Groups Consulting Case Interview Interviews 60

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

People with these traits can quickly pick up the technical skills through on-the-job training, industry certifications, community college courses, and modern vocational and skills education programs. Improve your engagement and outreach: Don’t limit yourself to the same old career fairs and recruiting programs of yesteryear.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Intern pay and training are on-par compared to what you will find at many other consulting firms, and prior interns have found it a good foot in the door for landing permanent positions. Every year the company pays for every employee to visit Germany for an all-staff conference. Internships. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2016

For all the talk of lifelong learning – as well as billions of dollars spent on training every year – scientific studies suggest that most organizational training programs have no long-term effects on people’s job performance. So how can managers do a better job of fostering learnability in the workplace?

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Cornerstone Research is a well-respected name in the field of economic consulting, and top graduate programs as well as firms in the realms of finance, law and economics see it as good training and proving ground for young professionals they are considering hiring. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Internships.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Our research and experience have shown us that the best way to develop proficiency in leadership is not just through reading books and going to training courses, but even more through real experience and continual practice. Recruit, develop, and reward a team of great people to carry out the strategy. Focus on measurable results.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 26, 2017

The results show that executives feel that they have a high level of understanding of their companies’ strategic priorities, while sales reps — who aren’t typically in the planning meetings, on the conference calls, or roaming the halls with the people crafting strategy — said they did not. There are other gaps, too.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

As a startup founder, I’m constantly struggling to recruit top talent without breaking the bank. How do you recruit a developer making well into six figures, or an experienced salesperson with four kids in private school? Invest in training and professional development. HBR Staff/Phatharapol Nopharat/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Henman Performance Executive

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Last week I had the privilege of hearing the new Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Mark Welsh, address the Air Force Association Conference. We will face unanticipated problems for which we have not been trained. Common Sense Can’t Have a Vacation. by Linda Henman on September 24, 2012. Leave a Comment.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

Companies less frequently offer formal training – a trend that has been on the decline for years. It’s not always possible to get noticed by senior leaders through your direct work so you might try volunteering for initiatives, such as charity work, company events, or on-campus recruiting. Drawn Ideas/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. Employers can also provide their business travelers training in a variety of stress management approaches and sleep hygiene techniques. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

.” As a result, Axelrod has worked to create a culture where everyone can have time for work and life, promoting flexible and remote work and opening an office closer to where people live to cut down on commutes – efforts which have reduced turnover and recruiting and training costs, and increased employee morale and productivity.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

.” For Helen, a mother of two and a VC executive, it was the outstanding quality of hotel service while attending a mandatory work conference with a 10-week-old at home.

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

I studied arts and it was my initial formal training. During some of the conversation afterwards, one of the young American military personnel, probably not much older than me, stood up in the conversation and he very emotionally, in a very heartrending way said, “I’m just so tired of being trained to hate.” Prayer helps.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2016

But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. Communicate across logos, taglines, ads, marketing, trademarks, media, trade shows, and conferences.” Built 20 new schools with well-trained staff teaching local-language curricula focused on practical skills. You know the standard advice.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

However, some of the most common beliefs about how this will happen, repeated by conference speakers, self-proclaimed gurus, and consultants, have been oversimplified, misunderstood, or misapplied. As a firm, McKinsey finds consulting projects and then matches them with people they have recruited and trained.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Today’s police managers — from chiefs and sheriffs to sergeants and watch commanders — risk losing officer morale and productivity in the form of de-policing (withdrawing from their duties), and are beginning to witness recruitment and retention problems. Provide opportunities for training.

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Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

Real-world applications range from medical diagnoses and judicial sentencing to professional recruiting and resource allocation in public agencies. ” In each of these case studies, the data scientists did what sounds like an alarming thing: They trained their algorithms on past data that is surely biased by historical prejudices.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

We recently posed these questions to Harvard Business School alumni founders while designing a new two-year joint degree program that confers both a master of science from Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and an MBA from HBS. Should Alice go to graduate school, or keep learning on the job?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2018

” A chatbot trained using Twitter was shut down after only a single day because of its obscene and inflammatory tweets. More recently, a study compared the commonly used crime risk analysis tool COMPAS against recidivism predictions from 400 untrained workers recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk. Annotate with caution.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

They’ve always enjoyed winning and strongly believe that you win if you’re fit, train hard, and have the right attitude. Investment can’t be delayed any longer and new staff is recruited so the school can start to breathe again. “We can’t help everyone”, one Surgeon explained.

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CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

I think this internalization is one of the key reasons I came out of the recruiting process with an offer, so thank you for making it so much more accessible! If they decline, it will be only due to time constraints, as you will be a very credible person asking them to lunch (and if not lunch, ask for a phone call or Skype conference).

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Although many organizations have attempted to fight gender bias by focusing on women – offering training programs or networking groups specifically for them — the leaders we interviewed realized that any solutions that involve only 50% of the human population are likely to have limited success.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

APRIL 14, 2009

they are: 1) watching those luggage cart trains speeding across the airport tarmac 2) getting free watery coffee at my clients offices 3) boarding my flight ahead of the common people 4) hotel upgrades 5) airline upgrades 6) eating out without having to pay for it 7) new laptop every 2, er, 3, um, 4, ah. Recruitment Consultants Chandigarh.

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Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

It’s Possible: Technology for conference calls is getting better and cheaper. While the cost of labour turnover is seldom measured – substantial recruitment and training lead times represent an enormous cost in some businesses. By rotating days off, the employer needs less office space and can save significant costs.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

” It means that training is going to have to be just as agile as the workforce — where speed, flexibility, and innovation are key. It means that more learning will happen in teams, and on platforms where training can be delivered any time, any place, at the user’s convenience. So does ScanDisk and Shire.

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