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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

Make sure you take time to find who the recruiting contacts are for your region of the country or even your specific school and be comfortable reaching out to those individuals. If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop.

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Fixing the Gender Imbalance in Health Care Leadership

Harvard Business

Currently in the US, only 3% of healthcare CEOs are women, 6% are department chairs, 9% are division chiefs, and 3% are serving as chief medical officers. These numbers point to a clear need for better representation of female physicians in leadership. Men and women alike should work to enhance gender diversity in leadership.

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Boutique vs Large Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the differences in: Undergraduate recruiting. Undergraduate recruiting. However, boutique firms lack formal training programs – the culture is more of a sink or swim model.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. and around the world, with a premier niche in the healthcare space. The Advisory Board company also serves 4,100+ member organizations, most of which are in the healthcare industry.

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Towers Watson Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Even if you’re focused in just one practice area (and that can admittedly get boring and repetitive), you’ll get to touch multiple industries – often at the same time, which does offer great training and some skills-based flexibility. . Doing a few things will put you on track for advancing high up the leadership ladder.

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3 Ways Social Entrepreneurs Can Solve Their Talent Problem

Harvard Business

Know that funding alone is not going to solve the recruiting problem. Gayathri Vasudevan , a 2015 “ Entrepreneur of the Year ” in India, is a cofounder of LabourNet Services , which provides training for the unskilled. Training and skill development solves another problem too. But they need help. Fair enough.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Simon-Kucher is not a publicly traded company, and has a very unique leadership structure. Healthcare. Industries.