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5 Cheap Ways for Consultants (or Anyone) to Develop Their Skills

Tom Spencer

Develop your own Product/Program Methodology. As an added bonus, you might be able to use these solutions to build a professional portfolio to elevate your resume. I personally have subscribed for courses around data science so I focus on learning R, SQL, and Python. Harvard Business Review Podcast. WSO Podcast. BCG on Strategy.

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Parthenon-EY Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This makes sense, as Parthenon’s founders (and Parthenon-EY Senior Managing Director Bill Achtmeyer) are ex-Bain and the methodology and persona of the two firms are similar. They will throw your group into a room for an hour, along with a massive binder of data, and ask you to come up with an executive-level presentation.

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Does Customer Prejudice Help Drive the Employment Gap Between White and Black Americans?

Harvard Business

Looking at 2014 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics , white Americans were 10% more likely to be employed than African-Americans were. A great deal of research — using methodologies such as resume studies and other models — has found that employer discrimination and prejudice plays a large role in creating this gap.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Survey and Data Collection. The very first stage of recruiting at Abt is their online application, where you will upload your resume for screening. Once you get to the face to face interviews, you need to make sure you know how to walk through your resume with precision. Implementation and Technical Assistance. Industries .

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

In the 90s, ZS evolved by developing a new sales force effectiveness and productivity framework, data warehouses for clients, as well as a range of analytical services, data-handling capabilities, and rigorous analytics to the marketing research function.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

I love to solve problems based on data mining. In adopting this methodology, it has become very natural to logically determine what new knowledge or skills are pertinent to understanding a problem thoroughly and synthesizing an appropriate conclusion. We offer resume editing and interview prep. Email us for info!