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The Benefits of Being Part of Your School’s Consulting Club

Tom Spencer

When it came time for interview season, I didn’t have to look hard for case prep partners, as many of us were recruiting at the same time. Thus, they were able to give lots of guidance during my own internship search and were members at the firm when I was recruiting for full time. Developing Key Skills and Competencies.

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Band Parents?—?The Ideal Ad Hoc Team Model?

Harmonious Workplaces

Like sports, the work challenges the mind, body, and spirit, and it forms strong social skills and connections imperative to performing well. They serve in project management roles, accounting roles, training and development roles, logistics roles, health and safety roles, and even roles in culinary procurement and sanitization.

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Tips for Case Prepping Alone

Tom Spencer

As fall recruiting season is on the horizon, it’s inevitably a busy time for many students looking to recruit into consulting. In developing your stories, be mindful that the way you tell your stories can be more important than the specific details. I wish you the best of luck! Image: Unsplash.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. The fight for new recruits is intense — not just in the tech sector, but across all industries. ” asked the clever riff aimed at Uber workers. So venture out.

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

Like the practice areas, OC&C Strategy Consultants have developed their personal strategy around smaller focus areas but promising big results. Your internship allows you access across all sectors; you could be working on an M&A project, developing corporate strategy or even being involved in planning major organisational change.

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Consulting Bound – Personal Life Management

Tom Spencer

Throughout the consulting career recruiting process, I found it memorable that in both informal conversations and formal presentations, the issue of personal life management did occur as a poignant topic of conversation. Communicate the Unpredictability of Consulting. It is also important to help others visualize what this means.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Here’s a list of notable AlixPartners alumni (okay, none of them are brand-name or famous but all are impressive) include: Reid MacInnes Cuming – Founder – Platform Development LLC. ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Financial Services. Healthcare. Heavy Equipment. Life Sciences. Media & Entertainment.