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Before Day 1: Taking Advantage of the In-Between

Tom Spencer

You successfully interviewed for a position at your dream consulting firm, and you have received and accepted an offer. Maybe you interviewed in the fall but defend your thesis in the spring. If you are in a technical field, maybe learn a new software or computer language, for it could come in handy one day. You did it!

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10 Ways that AI is Turbocharging Productivity

Tom Spencer

AI-powered tools offer individuals a range of ways to boost their individual productivity including assistance with task prioritization, time management, professional development, and a range of other activities. By using AI-powered time management tools you can reduce the time spent on manually scheduling tasks.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.

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Make Sure Your Employees Have Enough Interesting Work to Do

Harvard Business

Is it a problem of time management? I also interviewed the partners and a cross section of employees to better understand the anchors on raising Aristide’s productivity. It was clear that the firm needed to make more investment in engineering design software. Have you invested in appropriate software?

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The 20 Most Common Things That Come Up During Reference Checks

Harvard Business

Along with job applications, resumes, and interviews, a reference check is one of the most common parts of the hiring process. Yet the top themes for work improvement appeared to be more job specific, compared to those themes provided for the strengths. We then looked at the most frequently occurring themes in the work-related strengths.

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How to Manage Managers

Harvard Business

but you should make time to do things like participate in their team meetings, watch them give feedback, or conduct job interviews. Regularly seek feedback on how you’re doing as their manager. Matt Van Itallie, the vice president of customer support at a Maryland-based software company, took on a new role last December.

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Minimum Efficient Scale

CaseInterview.com

In the software startup world, “to scale up” means to “get big fast.”. If you found this post useful, I suggest becoming a registered member (it's free) to get access to the materials I used to pass 60 out of 61 case interviews , land 7 job offers, and end up working at McKinsey. Let’s take a look at what this phrase means.