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Volunteer Consulting: The Ultimate Consulting Career Gut Check and Primer

Tom Spencer

Looking back, that experience significantly shaped my successful recruiting strategy and confirmed my desire to enter the consulting industry. I also remember how much fun it was to learn about the client’s industry. I saw the merits of that business model, but also learned that for me it wasn’t fun to operate that way.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business

If any story demonstrates how far employers will go in today’s fierce war for talent, the tale of Snapchat’s geofilter recruiting campaign is it. The fight for new recruits is intense — not just in the tech sector, but across all industries. ” asked the clever riff aimed at Uber workers.

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5 activities or interests to add to your CV

freshminds

Here are a few tips on how to get you started: 1) Sport. Sport can be a great way to demonstrate everything from teamwork to dedication. Although if you don’t show how it’s relevant, adding your favourite sport to your CV could actually be hindering your application and seem out of place.

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OC&C Strategy Consultants Interview and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in Paris, and containing the spliced DNA of other major firms it acquired along the way (Ernst & Young Consulting being the most notable), OC&C Strategy Consultants is a global player in today’s consulting industry. Operational Strategy. Industries . Industrial Products. Business Unit Strategy.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As such, AlixPArtners is known for being packed full of industry and consulting experts and the firm’s managing directors have been called upon by several leading publications such as Bloomberg, WSJ, the Financial Times, CNBC, and Fox Business. Industries. ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . Effectiveness. Automotive.

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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

In doing so, make sure you not only get a sense of the various industries their clients come from, but also read about other aspects of the company in terms of diversity and inclusion, career path and roles, and community service projects that the company puts on and sponsors. Conclusion.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

Just talk to any executive recruiter. Great employees with industry knowledge and experience are in the job market even less. Here are some statistics from an executive recruiter, which explains why it’s tough to find good people. It’s very much like sports, the more the team wins, the greater the number of fans it has.