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5 Tips for Freshmen to Tackle the Recruiting Process

Tom Spencer

Here are 5 tips that will put you on the right track to navigating the recruiting process: 1. Find firms and alumni in industries you are interested in through on-campus recruiting events, firm websites, and LinkedIn. The most important tool at your disposal in the recruitment process is your resume. Explore and ask questions.

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RECRUITING AND HIRING WINNERS: 11 Excellent Tips

Rick Conlow

Your success as a manager is often linked to whether you are recruiting and hiring winners. Recruiters and managers need to understand good selection practices. Better Recruiting and Hiring Reduces Turnover. Research shows that a $60,000-per-year salaried employee costs $55,000 to recruit and train. Turnover is a pain.

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Fireside Chat – Consulting Recruiting at Target and Non-Target Universities

Tom Spencer

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with another blog contributor to the SpencerTom community, Jason Oh, to share our experiences about the consulting recruiting process. How is recruiting done at your school? Jeff : There are many advantages of campus recruiting at a target school.

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Here’s Why Succession Planning Matters

Brimstone Consulting

Here are five reasons why organizations need to focus on succession planning: Avoid leadership gaps Succession planning helps to avoid leadership gaps that may arise when key leaders retire, resign, or leave the organization. This can help to retain top talent and ensure that the organization has a strong leadership pipeline.

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Can high-quality thought leadership push up fee rates?

The Source

It’s no secret that justifying your investment in thought leadership with some clear, quantifiable financial evidence can be a tricky thing to do. Now, recently recruited to a role leading a business unit at a different company, Charlotte decides to give Firm A a call to see how they could help her meet a new set of challenges.

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Maximize Employee Retention by Mentoring “Spirited Patriots”

Rick Conlow

The pandemic highlights the dismal employee engagement tactics by companies which helped to facilitate the current nightmarish labor market. As a result, managers and companies are desperate to recruit and retain employees. In response to the tight labor market companies are increasing wages. Micro-learning at your fingertips!

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Lead to the future: leadership imperatives for success

Brimstone Consulting

McNulty, associate director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, and Leonard Marcus, founding co-director of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard, wrote , “The coronavirus crisis, like every crisis, is unfolding over an arc of time with a beginning, middle, and end. Focus on People.