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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Here are 5 tips that will put you on the right track to navigating the recruiting process: 1. Find firms and alumni in industries you are interested in through on-campus recruiting events, firm websites, and LinkedIn. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume. Explore and ask questions.

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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Consulting firms are very good at selling themselves to potential recruits. In this post, I explore the other side of the value propositions presented by consulting firms during the recruiting process: “You will be exposed to a wide range of problems and industries”. You’ll get great learning and development opportunities”.

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Going Above and Beyond with Behavioral Interviews

Tom Spencer

Recruiters are assessing your background, your project experience, and your ability to fit into the company. A structured method to present your response. This could include personal communications, presentations, developing deliverables, brainstorming, managing people, or implementing policies. Knowing Yourself.

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How to Solve 3 Modern Cross-Cultural Leadership Challenges

Organizational Talent Consulting

Regardless of your industry, you will likely experience vast differences between cultural expectations among employees, challenges in attracting and retaining culturally diverse talent, and the growing need to develop intercultural professionals and leaders. Cross-cultural leaders are not born; they are developed.

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

Historically stable jobs such as those in software development, information management, and mathematics have seen some of the most dramatic drops in the workforce , with reductions in hiring of as much as 50% in some sectors and layoffs reported by watchlists on TechCrunch and other sites. References Indeed & Glassdoor.

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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Analytical skill sets also need to include: negotiating consulting communication developing others quantitative analysis Also, organizations need analytical leadership at every level, not just in the CTO or IT department. Simply saying thank you for presenting a decision using data analytics is a social reward.

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How to Activate Team Creativity and Innovation

Organizational Talent Consulting

Maybe you're skeptical of whether it is possible to develop a creative and innovative team and believe you should just hire for it. A common argument presented in support of team development is that if people were born with creativity, we would observe more consistency in creativity among team members.

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