Harvard Business

JULY 29, 2016

You think you’ve found the right candidate to fill your open position and now it’s time to check references. Checking references is often seen as one small piece of the hiring protocol—the final motion to go through before you extend a formal offer to a candidate. Should you ask each person the same questions?

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Interviews Case Study Case Studies 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

BearingPoint Interview and Culture. BearingPoint started at the height of the consulting boom years in the late 1990s, and was a part of KPMG’s worldwide consulting practice. Read on to discover interesting nuances of culture and competence that are unique to the global consulting firm. They repurchased $381.3

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BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Harvard Business

JUNE 9, 2016

We identified 38 incidents where a CEO’s behavior garnered a meaningful level of media coverage (defined as more than 10 unique news references). 21% involved a sexual affair or relations with a subordinate, contractor, or consultant. 16% involved CEOs engaging in objectionable personal behavior or using abusive language.

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Study Apparel Media Resumes 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

A couple of years ago, however, I decided to try a new approach, one that that is both more humane and better for the company culture and the business. I have reviewed their resumes at their request, made introductions and offered to serve as a reference. I call them “transparent separations.”

Case Interview 34

Case Interview Resumes Management Advertising 34

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

What are the Top Consulting Firms? While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost.

Oliver Wyman 81

Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

For nearly a decade, I worked at Catalyst , a nonprofit focused on helping women advance in the workplace, consulting with progressive companies who began investing in diversity initiatives in the ‘90s. But businesses have long struggled to increase diversity across all levels. Pursuing diversity requires plenty of course correction.

Engineering 28

Engineering Talent Recruiting Recruitment 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Once you have a sense of the aspiring manager’s interest level and past experience, you need to get a handle on her “understanding of the organization—its culture, its needs, and where she thinks it’s going,” says Ranieri. What would you like to put on your resume here in the next two years?’

Management 28

Management Engineering Leadership Case Study 28

Tsavo Neal

APRIL 13, 2017

What’s one big difference between a global consulting firm and a small consulting firm? Small consulting firms and independent consultants don’t have the same sized marketing budget. Small consulting firms and independent consultants don’t have the same sized marketing budget.

McKinsey 68

McKinsey Consulting Tools Talent 68

Management Consulted

JANUARY 29, 2009

This is the second post in my “Life as a Consultant” series. The first was with a Booz Allen consultant. Expect more soon from current and former consultants at firms such as McKinsey and Bain! Upon further discussions and email exchanges, I learned that he’s currently a part-time consultant at A.T.

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