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Consultant, Contractor, Freelancer - Labels Matter!

Successful Independent Consulting

If you were a hotel chain, would you be a Motel 6, Courtyard by Marriott, or a Ritz-Carlton? By contrast, professional independent consultants operate as microbusinesses. Like independent consultants, they often operate as microbusinesses, and are hired as independent contractors rather than employees.

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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. Facing interconnected operational issues, members of the eight-person senior leadership team were turning against one another. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel.

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

Harmonious Workplaces

In 1997, Jim promoted me from CSR (customer service representative) to assistant manager of Blockbuster within a few months just prior to my graduation from college. I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations.

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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? Does that answer that question? Yes, absolutely.

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How to Balance Work and Life in Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Yes, I think it is, but you can't always manage it when you want to manage it. Sure, it was a very nice hotel, and it's really, really cool for the first four weeks. This also opens up the opportunity to get face time with other operating executives within ABC client. Last I checked, the rising star manager made partner.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Washington, DC

Management Consulted

Although historically not known for consulting services (unless you were consulting – ahem, lobbying – government officials), strategy, operations, and even tech consulting have exploded inside and outside the Beltway in the last 10 years. – Washington, DC. The leadership set you up for success.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

.’ In addition to industry specific knowledge, consulting equips you with highly transferable business and management skills. Management consultants get the opportunity to work on challenging real world problems for companies, governments and nonprofits. These are learned in a trial by fire manner. The joys of consulting.