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Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

This group has a startling 300 companies in its portfolio in sectors ranging from travel, telecommunications, health, financial services, leisure, music, space travel, and renewable energy. History & Culture. Interview Tips & Tricks. Virgin even allows you to take an unlimited amount of vacation hours!!!

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

As we were looking through your responses, we realized you were answering as if you were in an interview – and that’s smart. These days, it pays to practice being in “interview mode” so you’re ready for the real thing – whether it’s networking with a neighbor at Starbucks or sitting in the hot seat.

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Undergrad Bootcamper Breaks into McKinsey Chicago

Management Consulted

This is a transcribed phone interview between Rachel (name changed) and Jenny Rae – enjoy her insights about failing the first time around but coming back for consulting success and landing an offer with McKinsey in her senior year. I feel like that’s what impressed the interviewers most this time. So I did two internships.

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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. Do I want lots of international travel — or no travel at all? Cultural fit. ” You will not be able to negotiate or change the organization’s culture , of course, but it is helpful to know beforehand what you’re getting into.

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How to Apply for a New Job After You’ve Been Fired

Harvard Business

What should you say in an interview? Perhaps you didn’t fit in with the company’s culture, or you and your boss didn’t see eye to eye. Say, for instance, your dismissal was due to a personality clash with your manager or a mismatched cultural fit. This exercise will also likely provide job leads, he says.

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What the U.S. Military Can Teach Companies About Supporting Employees’ Families

Harvard Business

Here are a few of these practices, based on my interviews with experienced military service professionals in various branches and roles. If an officers’ meeting or training exercise is scheduled to end at 6 PM, it ends at 6 PM — not at 6:22. Keep work routines consistent — even when they aren’t.

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The Science of Burnout: Interview with Dr. Sangeeta Pati

Consulting Matters

Interview Transcript: Betsy: Good afternoon. Well I was born in the United States and traveled and got exposed to a lot of schooling abroad, which obviously ultimately has influenced where I have gone in medicine. I am Betsy Jordyn and I am so excited to have Dr. Sangeeta Pati here. I'm so excited you're here. Dr. Pati: Okay.