Tom Spencer

AUGUST 15, 2020

When you walk into an interview, even before you speak, shake hands or talk through your resume, something else is doing a lot of talking in your behalf: your appearance. In his study, 100 business students got interviewed by trained interviewers just as if they were competing for roles at large corporations. Reading Time: 4 minutes.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 28, 2014

As always, we invited group participation – below is a brave soul (who later joined us for the all-day bootcamp) sharing her elevator pitch. As if traveling across the ocean on the plane wasn’t enough, we felt it necessary to use as many forms of transportation as necessary…so we took a train up to Durham University.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2018

As I went through my medical training I even came to the point where I just knew I would be a surgical oncologist. I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world.

Healthcare 84

Healthcare Consulting Case Interview Resumes 84

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The common thread with this group is that they all went to an exclusively online MBA program. It is possible for an online MBA student to get an interview offer without networking if they have an interesting resume. It isn’t that they did anything wrong per-se or that they suffered from a less than stellar academic instruction.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 7, 2014

In 2000, the group launched its first website, www.bridgespan.org, and started operations from a Boston-based office. The Bridgespan advisors are a group of recognized leaders from nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and academic institutions, all whom share Bridgespan’s passion to accelerate impact in the social sector.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Boston Consulting Group : Bridge to BCG. MD or PhD), is whether to pursue residency training for newly minted physicians or a post-doctoral research fellowship for PhDs. One of the hardest parts of the application process, especially for those coming from an academic background is putting together a strong business style resume.

Healthcare 60

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

If you don’t live in the Bay Area, don’t whine – our attendees in NY flew in from Atlanta, Ohio, and London and took the train at 6AM from other spots to meet us. Get your on-campus group together and invite us to spend an evening together. What an impressive group of students , with incredible business experience!

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Management Consulted

JUNE 10, 2009

Say it’s May and there’s only one month left before Analyst training which effectively closes the window of opportunity. Networking Internally To Different Groups. What’s the best technique to make contacts with these people in different divisions and how do you go about networking from one group within a bank to a different group?”.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Note: To continue the merger and consolidation excitement, Willis Group (a large insurance provider interested largely in the actuarial practice of Towers Watson) and Towers Watson announced on June 30, 2015 that they had agreed to a $18B merger. Health and Group Benefits. Corporate Risk Management and Risk Financing. Employee Surveys.

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Management Consulted

MAY 22, 2016

While originally founded as an independent strategic firm, Archstone Consulting was acquired by leading enterprise benchmarking firm The Hackett Group in 2009. Fernandez, Chairman and CEO of The Hackett Group. The firm is small and internally loyal – poaching talent from one group to haul it over to another is frowned upon.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 18, 2020

Typically, large consulting firms are diversified across industry groups and functional areas. Although those experiences might look appealing to a recruiter on a resume or cover letter, an interviewer is more interested in exploring a candidate’s ability to problem-solve. Projects and client types. Workplace culture.

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Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 78

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

That being said, Alvarez & Marsal are still a prestigious and exciting firm, so working there will not look bad on your resume. While you will be working side by side with the firm’s top guns and while you will be working on some very interesting projects, Alvarez & Marsal offers very little in terms of formal training.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

AUGUST 7, 2016

THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP. The Cambridge Group is the embodiment of a “boutique” consulting firm. Acquired in 2009 by The Nielsen Company, a world leader in market research, and with only one location in downtown Chicago, the Cambridge Group has taken the most basic concept of “supply and demand” and concluded that there is a better way.

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1 to 1

MAY 4, 2020

Set up a peer-to-peer communication channel for informal conversations and collaborations, such as over a messaging app, in addition regular training and coaching sessions. An outsourcing partner that is experienced in rapidly training and ramping up sales teams is an effective way to extend resources. This is especially true today.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 16, 2008

At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. Managers rarely yell, coworkers try to help each other out whenever possible, and companies are organized to provide consultants support with training, expertise, etc. We offer resume editing and interview prep. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE. 30 years old and long a mainstay in European consulting, BTS Group has been steadily growing since its inception in 1986. BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. BTS GROUP KEY STATS. BTS Group Website: www.bts.com.

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The Nonprofit Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

If you're not already familiar with LinkedIn , it began, basically, as a place to post your online business profile/resume and connect with others in your field to grow your network using a "six degrees of separation" model. Best of all, the service is free to nonprofits ( business use of the Talent Finder can cost $1,000).

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Management Consulted

JUNE 12, 2016

Parthenon-EY is quickly becoming an even more well-respected name in the field of strategy consulting, and top graduate programs as well as top global firms see it as good training and proving ground for young professionals they are considering hiring. Looking to chart the next steps of your career? Internships.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview Bain 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 11, 2015

How in the world did Josh go from a PhD in cell and molecular biology to a job in federal consulting for The Tauri Group? A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. – Crafting a government consulting resume and preparing for job interviews.

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Interviews Consulting Government Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Prior to 9/11, the obligation of the military’s Reserve Component servicemembers — more commonly known as reservists — was typically limited to training one weekend a month and two weeks during the summer. They may also be weighing the cost of hiring and training a replacement. Corey Rich/Getty Images.

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Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

That would only send them slipping out the door with updated resumes in search of positions more secure elsewhere. Investment in a CEO group setting can contribute greatly to one’s overall success.”. Some of these groups, e.g., Boston, Baltimore, Dallas, also provide ongoing roundtable sessions that take place on a separate day.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2017

“They cause us to make decisions in favor of one person or group to the detriment of others.” Gino recommends managers look into providing workers with education and training on the topic. ” Go blind for the resume review. Allow surface demographic characteristics to play into your resume review.

Case Interview 28

Case Interview Interviews Resumes Software 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Founded in 1989 by three former consultants of the MAC Group (a boutique sales and distribution consulting firm), Cornerstone Research was established to be very different than the general management consulting firm it was birthed from; focused on unique clients, managing delicate client relationships, and offering specialized work.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

It’s harder to get an offer at a consulting firm once you’ve passed the resume screen than it is to get into MIT. ” “I bought your Consulting Bible training course several weeks ago in a frantic, last-minute attempt to prepare for upcoming consulting interviews. You’ll need every edge that you can get.

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

NERA consultants are impeccably trained to understand the rich complexities of the competitive landscape, and as such are confident in their abilities to develop competitive products and services. Diversity groups. . Diversity groups are called “Employee Network Groups” in Marsh & McLennan companies.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

My advice is to look to a group of people I call “global cosmopolitans”— highly educated, multilingual professionals who have already lived, worked, and studied for extensive periods outside their home regions. Global cosmopolitans don’t need training in cultural competence. Where can they find such talent?

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

What brought me to Pinterest was a bold move I hadn’t seen previously: in 2015, the company decided to set public, challenging goals to increase hiring rates of women and employees from underrepresented ethnic groups. We created a playbook and training for managers focused on inclusive leadership.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The experience in consulting is more akin to CEO-in-training-type experiences. They could tell you how to hire better CSRs, or implement a re-training program, but doing a cross-functional root cause analysis is not in their usual job description either. Ran a product management group at Paypal. Harvard or Stanford MBA.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 13, 2017

When identical resumes — one with the name Emily and one with the name Lakisha, for example — are sent to job openings, Emily’s resume gets substantially more callbacks. There is a growing body of research showing that minorities face bias in the job application process.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

That would only send them slipping out the door with updated resumes in search of positions more secure elsewhere. Investment in a CEO group setting can contribute greatly to one’s overall success.”. Some of these groups, e.g., Boston, Baltimore, Dallas, also provide ongoing roundtable sessions that take place on a separate day.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

” This is an international training week to learn more about the company and build a personal network within the firm. Lots of excellent training is available and other co-consultants are very helpful. What if your resume gets rejected by every consulting firm? All new hires start by attending “BearingPoint School.”

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Management Consulted

JUNE 23, 2015

In June, we launched BBS – our once-a-year program for aspiring consultants to work together, as a group, to be the best that we can be. If you want to be trained and equipped by experts in the field of consulting, this is the bootcamp for you. You have told us – over and over again – that you loved it.

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Interviews Case Interview Consulting Oliver Wyman 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

My first year was defining, and I got involved with different groups on campus. I was a soul singer in First Year Players (a theatrical group), where my stiff dramatic style didn’t exactly capture the hearts and minds of the audience. I kept a bag of balls in my room and borrowed a friend’s car to do the work.

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Bain Consulting Interviews Banking 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Participants in our Approach to Leadership Excellence training course frequently tell us that management today has a tendency to focus on finding what’s wrong and repairing it, or even punishing it, instead of finding what’s right and rewarding it. Photo Credit: Disney Institute.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 6, 2020

I'm committing to hiring black people in my group. Let's make it part of every hiring manager's responsibility to at least read resumes from people who didn't go to their school, or weren't at their most recent company or they don't know. We have few technical women, and no black people at all. What is wrong with us? Who's with me?”

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 9, 2015

Seeing an opportunity to gain greater access to the American market, OC&C merged with the Callidon Group (based in Boston) in June 2007. Each region is managed by the group of Partners elected to represent it; local ownership means local accountability and autonomy. How To Write a Management Consulting Resume. Social Media

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