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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Since consulting firms still utilize an “up or out” policy, this creates space for new recruits even during a period of economic downturn. Kearney and other firms have operations in the country and a variety of services are offered in strategy, management, digital, HR, financial services, public sector, energy, and healthcare.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Major Responsibilities Research Team Coordination (35%) Maintain meeting minutes while attending project and laboratory meetings Assign and follow up upon assigned tasks with team members within online project management software (e.g., Google Docs and sheets) Maintain integrity of confidential data (e.g.,

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

To venture capitalists and the financial market, no business model is more attractive than a platform. Recruit Holdings started out in the 1960s as an advertising company that published magazines for job seekers. Today the company specializes in HR and recruitment services; among its acquisitions have been the U.S.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

At the same time, recent trends in the automotive domain require serious investments into the vehicles being manufactured. This means that financial resources allocated for projects can be limited. . Manage the employees’ workload – this will protect them from being overwhelmed. . Talent deficiency .

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We Need a Better Way to Visualize People’s Skills

Harvard Business

How talent management is changing. Competency grids demonstrate precisely what people can do: This person can apply financial principles to solve business problems; this person can write memos by synthesizing data from multiple sources; or this person can evaluate web resources. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. Financial capital is relatively abundant and cheap. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP.