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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. With your new-found free time upon securing a job, consider learning a new skill or two. You did it! Learn a New Skill. The Bottom Line.

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4 Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom during an MBA

Tom Spencer

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a rigorous program of study. While other typical MSc degrees require 30-40 credits, MBAs require 50-60 credits over the course of two years. Time management. During these times your best friend will become Google Calendar.

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Student consulting – it does more than deliver

Tom Spencer

It’s great CV and interview fodder. For most students, this will probably be the main reason why they join a student consultancy – it looks great on the CV and gives you something to talk about in interviews. From this, you can identify any potential problems and use the experience to find a way to manage or solve these problems.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Why Consulting: The 2019 Ultimate Guide

QEmploy

Preparing for interviews. Preparing for interviews. It of course really depends on your field of work, how much experience you have, your background, and if you’re a freelance consultant or not. Preparing for interviews. Did you get called in for an interview? Common interview questions. Where to find work?

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4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction

Harvard Business

After reading hundreds of studies, interviewing dozens of experts, and running the gambit of self-experiments (including attending meditation retreats and slogging through a monthlong period of self-induced boredom), I learned that countless strategies can help us mitigate distraction. So how can you gain back control?

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How to Know If Someone Is Ready to Be a Manager

Harvard Business

Is It Time to Quit Your Job? How to Get the Most Out of an Informational Interview. This sort of information may be better understood by an internal candidate, of course, but an avid, promising outside candidate will have researched these elements of the job, or at least will know the right questions to ask in the interview process.