Tom Spencer

JULY 18, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes. Networking is a normal part of student life. The term networking nowadays usually connotes interacting with business people with the goal of achieving a professional outcome, and this becomes increasingly important as the academic journey comes to an end. In the consulting industry networking is more than just gaining a few names and LinkedIn contacts, it is about building personal relationships and a portfolio of prospective business opportunities.

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Industry Recruiting Recruitment Consulting 88

Alan Weiss

JULY 18, 2020

I received two separate apologies this week from people who owed me responses but had found my original email in their junk folders. (Like me, they check their junk folders before erasing them.) I understand that these things happen, and was about to follow up anyway. Don’t assume someone has “gone dark.” And never assume that by following up you’re harassing or hounding someone.

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Examples Consulting 75

Tom Spencer

JULY 18, 2020

Reading Time: 3 minutes. I don’t remember anyone talking about it back when I was recruiting for consulting, but I have noticed that one major contributing factor to consulting workplace satisfaction is having friends at the firm. By friends, I don’t mean the typical “workplace friends” that you get along with at work, get coffee with, and maybe go to a work happy hour with every now and then.

Consulting 88

Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Groups 88

Jerry Fletcher

JULY 18, 2020

Time is of the essence.It is. Contracts for consulting may include this phrase followed by specific goals that must be met by a certain time. BUT Time is of the essence in multiple ways for a consultant. Here are a few: Billable hours Task schedules Appointment setting Completion agreement date Available hours. Let’s take those one at a time starting with the last.

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Marketing Consulting Meeting Exercises 64

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Seth Godin Blog

JULY 18, 2020

That story in your head? It’s invented. It has to be. It might be based on some things that actually happened. The story we tell ourselves might be a useful predictor now and then. The story might even have been put there against our wishes, over time. But it can’t possibly be a complete and detailed understanding of everything. That’s why it’s a narrative.

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