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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

Then ask several senior staff to use those phone screens in parallel on all the candidates who pass the first resume review. (I Mark Kilby and I developed a self-study Remote Interviewing workshop you might like. I wrote about this in Hiring Geeks That Fit.) Ask an HR person to assess the candidate with the dirt-bag questions.

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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

Joining a consulting club can provide you with numerous benefits: networking, learning how to do a case study, assistance with resume and cover letter writing, and access to resources to prepare for interviews. The sole purpose of clubs is to provide students with practical experience through learning and relationship building.

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Create a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts, Part 5: Write Your Bio

Johanna Rothman

Here's my speaking bio, in specific lines, so you can see how I use that template: Johanna, known as the Pragmatic Manager, offers frank advice for your product development challenges. She works with individuals, teams, and leaders across the organization to resolve risks and see alternatives for their product development.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

In this job I managed investigator initiated clinical trials, scientific messaging and key opinion leader development. I work in the area of therapeutic/vaccine development for the Department of Defense (DoD). Thus, the DoD will contract with companies to develop novel therapeutics and vaccines specific to the service member’s needs.

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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business

We found that, months after attending the workshop, employees reported engaging in more of the research-backed strategies for mitigating bias highlighted in the workshop than they had prior to the workshop. So, what made these long-term outcomes possible?

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What Colleges Have the Highest Tuition? How To Save $244,000 On Your Education; Avoid the College Debt-Trap

MishTalk

The State University of New York, the largest public university system in the country, has a special partnership with Coursera , developing shared solutions to enable more of its students to follow flexible paths toward a degree. They also offer networking and mentoring opportunities, and a growing online course channel. .;

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McKinsey International Offers

CaseInterview.com

For me, your workshop videos and LOMS program really helped to build an understanding of how consultants approach problems while your newsletters served to constantly reinforce it. I know it is common practice to have alumni from a particular school screen resumes and CVs of applicants from that school. over the last 30+ years.