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An Ex-Consultant’s Jump into the Start Up World

Management Consulted

He co-founded MobileSuites, an app that puts travel concierge services and hotel information at your fingertips, and which you can (and should) find and sign-up for here. What else did you consider in the recruitment process, and why ultimately did you pick Altman Vilandrie?

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We May Not Have a Clear Path, But We Each Have One

Harmonious Workplaces

I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. In 2001, Michael hired a no-name like me after an informational interview to become the Associate Marketing Director for GIA Publications. What a funny place to find wisdom — a hotel lobby shop! References De Botton, A. The School of Life.

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

Tom Spencer

Excelling in the Interview. So, the rest of this post will focus on the two remaining areas: proper case practice, and things to remember during the interview. One of the good things about preparing for the case interview is that there is no shortage of resources to assist students in understanding the fundamentals.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel. In the case of the recruiting issue, we made faster hiring a competition, rewarding individuals and teams that showed the best results.

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How to Balance Work and Life in Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

At other firms, they often go to the client for meetings, to conduct interviews, gather data, etc. Sure, it was a very nice hotel, and it's really, really cool for the first four weeks. And finally, how good are you at recruiting clients to do the work for you? I recruited four clients to do the analysis for me.

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Technology and Wisdom: Where and How Do They Intersect in Life, Work and Play? (Part 2)

Women in Consulting

Oh, and they will pick you up at the airport for free, take you on a tour of Zappos and then back to your hotel. When they needed to staff up a service center, he went about it in a whole new way: no JDs, no interviewing, no hiring managers. 100% recruiter efficiency. Nicely done marketing! The results?

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What Nursing Parents Need to Know About Pumping During Work Travel

Harvard Business

” My interviews with people who have faced this challenge revealed some ways new parents can make this tough phase easier on themselves. Given the corporate climate, she felt enormous pressure to attend the company’s annual sales meeting, which meant leaving her 14-week-old son at home. Ask, Advocate, and Organize.

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