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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

If you were a hotel chain, would you be a Motel 6, Courtyard by Marriott, or a Ritz-Carlton? By definition, we stand outside of the system we analyze, troubleshoot, or design. As a professional independent consultant, you definitely want to be paid as an independent contractor. The definitions have become fuzzy and intermingled.

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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. Yeah, definitely. What else did you consider in the recruitment process, and why ultimately did you pick Altman Vilandrie? I started at Yale in 2008.

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Ensuring Good Performance: How Consultancies Keep Their Employees Motivated

Tom Spencer

It is a crucial question for management consultancies (and other professional service firms), which are – by definition of their core competence – dependent on good performers and dedicated employees. It also helps to recruit or retain talented employees who might otherwise not opt for the consulting lifestyle.

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‘Uberization’ of consulting: A major disruption or merely hype?

Tom Spencer

UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel industries, tapping into un-utilized excess capacities and ultimately making the economic system more efficient. Going to the office on a daily basis is no longer the definition of work. Changing attitude towards work.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable. The space makes use of a set-up known as “hoteling,” in which staffers aren’t assigned a designated work space. They reserve one only on days when they plan to come to the office. Cool, or not?

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 1)

Management Consulted

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. Yeah, definitely. I know that you state that consultants are a bit risk averse, and I think they definitely are. All for the Boston practices, exactly.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

If KPMG isn’t visiting your school, contact a KPMG recruiter in the city of your choosing – but first, network with someone who is a manager or above who is an alum at your school. Richard Solomons – Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group. KPMG CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING. Internships.