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Experienced Hire Recruiting in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Experienced hire recruitment can be a puzzling, confusing environment. Compared to on-campus recruits (undergraduates and MBA students), experienced hires confront much more irregular processes, prolonged timelines, and unclear standards. Experienced hires are anyone in the recruitment pipeline that are already in the workforce.

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The Applicant Experience – a recruiters guide

The Management Centre

Following on from our 5 Ways to Improve Your Recruitment Process, we asked our latest recruits how they found our process, and what advice they would give to recruiters. It’s really important to review your recruitment approach from the point of view of your applicants, so we asked them for their honest feedback and views.

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New Meets Traditional: How Project Teams Benefit From More Options 

PM Alliance

Mixing newer workflows with the processes and tools of the past can also give you an edge when recruiting for positions on your project team. If the primary collaboration tool is unavailable, for example, you can redirect everyone to a fallback system, such as an alternative tool or old-school email.

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HR Guide to Company Culture: 5 Tangible Leverage Points

LSA Global

From recruitment and onboarding to leadership, performance management, and learning and development, HR business practices serve as mediums through which culture permeates the organization. Recruiting: Assessing Cultural Fit Hiring is the gateway through which individuals first become members of an organizational culture.

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How to avoid being blacklisted from consulting (or any other) recruiting

Tom Spencer

Meeting people early before you are polished will end up burning a lot of bridges. For example, after a very disorganized meeting the consultant will come back and skewer the coffee chat, recommending everyone else in the firm not to meet with this person.

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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

For example, you could take classes in statistics, data analysis, or programming, or join a student consulting group or business club. For example, you could try interning in adjacent roles that also involve problem-solving and project management. Plus, many consulting firms recruit MBA graduates directly from business schools.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

Employees who take advantage of the situation may neglect or avoid participating in virtual meetings, discussions, or projects. Schedule regular check-ins, team meetings, and one-on-one discussions to stay connected. Establish a culture of sharing ideas, knowledge, and best practices by leading by example. Also, do it yourself.