Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Self-analysis alone won’t give you a holistic picture of why you did not get an offer, so start by getting feedback from the recruiter and the interviewers. For example, doing a course on LinkedIn on ‘ Communicating with Confidence ’ could help you develop your interview skills. Refine Your Search.

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews How To 88

Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Risk Management – assists CFOs and other finance executives on matters of finance and risk, global risk and trading, and compliance and governance.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

The Class of 2015 had a full 35% of its graduates accept offers in the consulting field, and Kellogg has become a hot recruiting spot across top firms – but especially for McKinsey. Kellogg has also recently placed a focus on recruiting more women in to its program, and women made up 35% of the Class of 2015.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

That of course, is a very broad generalization because, as we’ll talk about soon, NERA has 30+ practice areas ranging from bankruptcy to statistical sampling and analysis. Finance: Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection in Financial Services, Financial Institutions and Banking, Financial Risk Management. . Exit Opportunities: .

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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Management Consulted

JUNE 1, 2009

Everything from recruiting to lifestyle, daily work to client relationships. Berkeley undergrad who received Navigant and FTI Consulting offers – our interviewee shares insights on recruiting from a large public university , and his thoughts on the relative merits of Navigant Consulting and FTI Consulting. Favorite recent posts.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 9, 2019

So maybe you’ve gotten to the second round, maybe you’re still waiting to hear back, or maybe you’re hoping to interview again in the next recruitment cycle. Similarly, if you happen to go down the wrong path and the interviewer course corrects you, they want to see that you’re able to adjust based on their feedback. Image: Pexels.

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Interviews Case Interview Consulting ROI 110

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

A desired response from a recruitment manager would be “most cover letters I’m falling asleep. Stage two of the process may find you in front of your webcam, coming face to face with the recent recruiting tool developed be Hirevue. You’re going to want to have top grades and a diverse range of life experiences.

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Cover Letters Interviews How To Recruiting 68

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

” In today’s tightening labor market, HR leaders must work relentlessly to develop and recruit people who advance digital transformation across their organizations. For example, HR can work with marketing for guidance on search engine optimization (SEO), a skill that can help HR improve its recruitment efforts.

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Data Talent Survey Recruiting 48

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

We’re talking about the basics like 100% employer paid health, medical, and dental insurance, but also fun stuff like an onsite gym and fitness center, free healthy meals prepared by an on-site crew of chefs in their corporate cafeteria, subsidized daycare, employee scholarships, and, of course, major restaurant discounts.

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Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

After being dropped from multiple courses during registration, I was in desperate need for a 4th class. I begged my favorite Econ teacher to let me into his Industrial Organization course and fortunately I got a spot. When I started out in the program, I quickly realized I was never cut out for finance or accounting.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI Consulting has 5 areas of expertise, but excels in Forensic & Litigation Consulting and Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. FTI’s Summer Internship program has met with great success for the company and is fast becoming their main source for full-time recruitment. Internships.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Bridgespan’s Leading for Impact is a six-month-long course that brings together nonprofit executive directors/CEOs and their senior staff to build capabilities across the critical dimensions that enable nonprofit leaders and their teams to become highly effective. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Networking Groups.

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Interviews Culture Bain Consulting 150

Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

Of course, competition for these plum positions is growing. Even if you prefer not to tell colleagues about your intentions so far in advance, creating your own internal timetable can allow you to plan your finances and any life changes (moving, selling your house, etc.) Start recruiting clients. Do a skills analysis.

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Consulting How To Recruiting Recruitment 29

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Well, I grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT for – BS (finance), MS (nutritional sciences), and PhD (cell and molecular biology). A few years later I was recruited for a position by one of the government consulting companies who had previously made me a contingent offer.

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Interviews Consulting Government Case Interview 100

Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

High turnover incurs costs for recruiting, training, and onboarding new employees, as well as potential disruptions to workflow and productivity. Of course, this is ignorance and not a viable excuse. Poor Leadership: Many leaders at the top come from a finance background and this inhibits their focus on people.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2016

That’s not unique, of course. ” During the first week of work at Twilio, every new employee is asked to sign up for a week-long crash course that teaches them to code. But as a company created by developers for developers, early on we all had the job of talking to customers constantly.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Specializing in economic, financial and market analysis, specifically for cases in litigation, Cornerstone Research touts itself as the one player major law firms turn to when navigating the obstacle course that is the American and European legal systems. Many former employees go on to programs in business, finance, economics and law.

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Interviews Research Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. The Consulting Bible course not only provides specific tips on how to answer each question, but it tells you what the interviewer is looking for and offers example answers that you can emulate to craft your own response.

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

The Fearless Marketer

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Then he writes about how he does it: HOW I DO IT: I provide “do it yourself” online courses, 1-on-1 private and group coaching and written materials that help Business Coaches & Consultants discover how to generate more business for themselves using LinkedIn and Webinars. __. Pretty clear and simple right?

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Marketing B2B Media Course 54

Confessions of a Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Back in my GE days, the Finance Director was skeptical about the merits of the HR function which he labeled the ‘Health and Happiness Department.’ As the doors opened in Hell she stepped out onto a beautiful golf course. The Devil looked at her and smiled: “Yesterday we were recruiting. Ensuring HR adds real Value.

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Benchmarking Development Case Interview Sports 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

It suggests that Kalanick initially saw the HR function as a means of recruiting staff to support fast growth. All of this indicates that Uber leaders prioritized immediately useful services like recruitment over, for example, legal compliance systems, audits, and leadership development.

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Recruiting Recruitment Finance Agile 42

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The best ones are permeable membranes that transfer knowledge from the outside in: Steve Jobs recruited the Dean of Yale’s Business School to run Apple University, while Jeff Weiner recruited business coach and thought leader Fred Kofman to lead leadership development for LinkedIn. Ritz Carlton and Zappos follow a similar model.

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Leadership Recruiting Recruitment Training 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

Of course, we all want to make good decisions, and it makes for an appealing can-do story to identify the job you want and land it. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. Veterans often place an inordinate amount of pressure on themselves to identify the “perfect job” after they leave the service.

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Real Estate Case Interview Deloitte Leadership 43

Asamby Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This blog post gives you the comprehensive answer: Why compensation is important How to structure your fixed salary components What options for variable pay are there How to pick the right perks and benefits What allowances are and what to pay them for What long-term incentives are out there How strategy and finance influence compensation Let's go!

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Harvard Business

JULY 24, 2017

So four years ago, when I was CEO of GE Capital Retail Finance and tapped to lead a mega change initiative — splitting off our unit into a new, publicly traded company, Synchrony Financial — I’ll admit I viewed it as a huge challenge. Of course, the journey isn’t over.

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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. ” Lastly, by looking at historical data on publicly traded companies, a team of finance professors set out to build an algorithm to choose the best board members for a given company.

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Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

It started off with contacting – actually, I reached out to recruiters specifically and sent in my application, and they were mostly very quick to respond to me. Because sometimes, for example, for a great recruiter, that might actually matter more to them than it would to a junior level person. All for the Boston practices, exactly.

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Healthcare Case Interview Consulting Interviews 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 4, 2015

We’ve published new consulting videos , planned speaking tours to aid students and experienced hires for consulting recruiting, and created several surprises just for our MC subscribers. Summer internships range from a short 10-week period (par for the course in the U.S.)

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Boston Consulting Group Deloitte 100

Harvard Business

MAY 2, 2016

Over the course of a couple of decades, meditation has migrated from Himalayan hilltops and Japanese Zendos to corporate boardrooms and corridors of power, including Google , Apple , Aetna , the Pentagon , and the U.S. Is the answer to simply recruit leaders and board members who engage in contemplative practices? It can’t hurt.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. Of course, traditional consultants and other providers of corporate advice are unlikely to disappear.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

He led the finance team. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty. The CEO even seemed to reference them at the all-staff meeting he’d called to announce the new rules—“Of course, we’re not trying to break up any happy couples!”—which They left together.”

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Under increasing scrutiny, and mindful of the benefits of diversity on the bottom line, many companies are trying to recruit and retain a more diverse workforce. On some teams, members were assigned distinct roles (Artistic, Event, and Finance Manager), thus increasing diversity of viewpoints. Success has so far been marginal.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 23, 2015

We’re not going to send you to Canary Wharf to work in finance. We have a curriculum of four or five particular training courses that we send people on over the first two years. In terms of the training courses we offer, for example, a three day strategic problem solving course, and a two day course in performance improvement training.

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Cover Letters Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 60

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

As such, I’ve increasingly seen case interviews being used to recruit for corporate strategy roles in all sectors and business operation (“BizOps”) roles at startups. Of course, there are some differences which you do need to be aware of, and I will run through them below.

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Case Interview Interviews Consulting Case Study 78

Management Consulted

APRIL 24, 2016

Boeing, however, changed course and began building home furnishings and boats to counteract its lack of aviation sales. Boeing Shared Services Group : Responsible for the recruiting and supporting Boeing offices worldwide, you can thank these guys and gals for offering the hands on support that allows you to thrive in the workplace.

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Culture Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

In later-stage ventures, important skills include recruiting specialist employees, communicating vision to new employees, and managing company culture. A founder must be able to assess their own strengths and weaknesses and know how to recruit and motivate complementary founding team members.” ” Finance is less important.

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Engineering Survey Finance Recruiting 47

Management Consulted

JANUARY 27, 2009

In it, you’ll find: Over 50 key fit questions that will arise specifically in consulting interviews (there are important differences versus finance interviews). What you should never say when asked questions about your recruiting status (pg. Of course, nothing’s perfect. Why 50 and not 500? 50 case studies.

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