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Duke University undergrad prepares for BCG Interview Superday

Management Consulted

Ramit is a junior at Duke University who successfully aced his on campus interview. However, he did receive some puzzling feedback from his interviewers, leading him to contact Jenny Rae to guide him through how to use the input constructively for his final interview on site at BCG. Read on… _. Hello, how are you?

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LSA Global Delivers People Team Prioritization Session to Combat Massive Change

LSA Global

People Team goals , roles, success metrics, and interdependencies were unclear and misaligned. Conducted 360-degree interviews with key People Team leaders and influencers. Having constructive debate in a safe environment. New strategies, competitive pressures, leaders, products, and approaches. Assessed the Current Situation.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business

However, higher accruals can reflect either innocuous aspects of certain business models, such as in the construction industry, where the time lag between earning income and realizing cash is long, or that growing firms retain higher working capital to meet greater current and future customer demand. Corporate culture.

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Why Companies Are Creating Their Own Coworking Spaces

Harvard Business

We’ve separately toured and interviewed principals in more than a dozen corporate coworking spaces in the U.S., While open houses welcome almost everyone as part of their marketing and outreach efforts, campsites carefully vet participants according to expertise, personality, or cultural fit. The latter is crucial.

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

Dropping these terms in interviews can be good, but only as a Master’s student, and only when appropriately practical. In addition, Economics degrees are highly theoretical – which often doesn’t equate to the very specific, actionable and data-driven consulting culture. The knock on engineering?

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Make Civility the Norm on Your Team

Harvard Business

This starts in the interview process when you have the opportunity to articulate your values to prospects during the hiring process. This message is reinforced in meetings, at events, and with various awards for contributing to the culture. One of the metrics they follow is how long it takes to properly greet customers.

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How to Evaluate, Accept, Reject, or Negotiate a Job Offer

Harvard Business

“The purpose of the interview is to get the offer,” he says. Next, you need to think about what matters to you in both your professional and private life and then “assess the offer” against these metrics, says Weiss. Cultural fit. Be well-prepared, respectful, and constructive. Shift your mindset.

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