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The Benefits of Being Part of Your School’s Consulting Club

Tom Spencer

When it came time for interview season, I didn’t have to look hard for case prep partners, as many of us were recruiting at the same time. Thus, they were able to give lots of guidance during my own internship search and were members at the firm when I was recruiting for full time. Giving Back to your Community. Image: Pixabay.

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Band Parents?—?The Ideal Ad Hoc Team Model?

Harmonious Workplaces

Like sports, the work challenges the mind, body, and spirit, and it forms strong social skills and connections imperative to performing well. Effective Recruitment My wife coordinated the volunteer recruitment for the marching band. They pour themselves into working together to make music. link] De Clerck, T., Willem, A.,

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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. Just make sure you link them back to the role you’re applying for, for example, competition helping to thrive in sales or a team captain which demonstrating leadership.

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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

Management Consulted

This was a pretty ambitious goal considering no banks recruited from my school. My networking process with PwC entailed: Introducing myself to a recruiter on the University of Oregon campus at the end of my senior year, and keeping in contact with her while I was in Australia. November 2013: Received offer.

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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

Make sure you take time to find who the recruiting contacts are for your region of the country or even your specific school and be comfortable reaching out to those individuals. If you happen to attend a non-target school then the next best thing would be to attend a virtual recruiting and case interview workshop. Image: Pexels.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

AlixPartners is headed up by an Executive Leadership team that consists of their CEO, General Counsel, Chiefs, Regional Leaders and Practice Leaders. Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness. ALIXPARTNERS INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING . AlixPartners now has over 1,000 employees and 20 offices in 10 countries. Practice Areas.

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Growth by Acquisition Isn’t for Everybody

Martinka Consulting

Just talk to any executive recruiter. Here are some statistics from an executive recruiter, which explains why it’s tough to find good people. Leadership, or the lack thereof, is the top reason management people switch jobs (not money). It’s very much like sports, the more the team wins, the greater the number of fans it has.