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Competitive Advantage in Consulting and in Life

CaseInterview.com

My thoughts on this topic are widely applicable to CIBs (Case Interview Beginners), F1Ys (Future first years), and CIFMs (Consulting Isn't for Me). Sometimes, the advantage is a physical asset (we have factories in 30 countries), other times it is a skill (Apple), or a culture. But, I'm half-decent at this case interview thing.

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Myths of the Gig Economy, Corrected

Harvard Business

A fast-moving startup can secure talent as it needs it, outsource more quotidian tasks like payroll, and stay lean and mean; indeed, I see entrepreneurs employ this approach through my work at EY supporting creative, successful startups. A gig-based businesses can’t transmit “a culture” in a traditional sense.

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How Volvo Reinvented Itself Through Hiring

Harvard Business

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. . The CHRO needs to be at the center of any acquisition of talent from the outside. “Once, you needed mechanical engineers.

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PR Agencies Need to Be More Diverse and Inclusive. Here’s How to Start.

Harvard Business

In January, fashion retailer H&M came under fire for an advertisement featuring a young black boy in a green hoodie bearing the words “coolest monkey in the jungle.” The CEOs also told me that retention of diverse talent was particularly challenging.

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Things You Shouldn’t Do During Interviews, Employers

Harmonious Workplaces

Can you believe we still need to write about these interview sins? After a phone screen and an in-person interview, a potential employee met with one of the firm’s executives. However, they shrugged it off and went to the office for the interview prepared with questions. Don’t get angry or defensive.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. The culture is really crisp with very intelligent people around; in fact, some of the “best” longest-standing McKinseyites in the world are in NYC and McKinsey has significant support staff in the office as well.

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How Winning Organizations Last 100 Years

Harvard Business

We got under the skin of each organization, to understand how they live and breathe, by interviewing people who work (or worked) with them, observing them in action and reading everything about them. ” Talent is drawn to them, to help them achieve their purpose. But they don’t just wait for talent to turn up.

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