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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

across your resume. Upon joining KPMG, you’ll have access to a wide variety of the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) courses that are made available to employees. In 2013 alone, 2,861 instructor-led courses were offered by the firm. Exit Opportunities. From thereon in, they’re going to assess your behavioral abilities.

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Optimists Are Better at Finding New Jobs

Harvard Business

But unhappiness actually serves a crucial function, signaling the need for change, prompting us to switch companies or fields, or even just motivating us to secretly update our resume at home (just in case). Optimists have also been found to make more money over the course of their careers and to be more satisfied with their path.

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The Right Way to Check Someone’s References

Harvard Business

After all, she says, the goal with any reference check is to “go beyond simply verifying facts” on a resume. Say that you know, of course, that “no candidate is perfect.” What you learn should form the basis of your questions for the references. Emphasize the value of having a reliable reference.