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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

. BRIDGESPAN INTERVIEWS & CULTURE . Bridgespan was birthed out of Bain’s desire to expand its support of nonprofits. In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. KEY STATS FOR BRIDGESPAN.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Who gets invited to interview? Based on prior research showing that hiring in top professional services firms is highly skewed toward applicants from wealthy families, we expected that an applicant’s social class background would play a decisive role in determining interview invitations.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide. I was selected to interview at both the NIH and the DoD and subsequently was offered positions in both organizations.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 2)

Management Consulted

Today, we continue Part 2 (see Part 1 here ) of our interview with Charlie, an experienced Harvard grad who took an unusual path into healthcare consulting, yet leveraged his experience and hard prep work into an offer at Putnam. And so when I ask questions during an interview, I can ask “What’s the size of your firm?

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Joining a Nonprofit Board of Directors: The Why and How of It

The Nonprofit Consultant

Perhaps you have had some experience giving your time and efforts to local nonprofit organizations, but find something lacking in the experience. Perhaps you are looking to add a leadership component to your volunteer activities and resume. Typically, the Executive Director and the Board Chair will want to interview you.

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Proposal to Funding Conversion Rates

The Nonprofit Consultant

An established, larger, or older nonprofit might be only working with the same foundations year after year, and only responding to direct invitations to submit a proposal. If you're preparing for a job interview, you can figure out some of those answers by going to guidestar.org and downloading their 990 tax returns for the last few years.

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The Fifth Requirement

The Nonprofit Consultant

Data-Scribe provides database, Web site, Internet branding, and software training services for nonprofits, associations, and small businesses.) But a good fit is also essential - particularly for nonprofit organizations. Tags: nonprofit , consulting , freelance , mission , client , interview What do they believe in?