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Consulting’s Unofficial Interview Hurdle – The Airplane Test

Tom Spencer

Attending a virtual office hour or recruiting event will net you some one-on-one time with a consultant or recruiter – another airplane test. Before an interview, you should receive the names of those you will meet. One big area is sports – many people have a vested interest in major sports. Local Level.

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Top 6 Consultancy Recruitment Videos

freshminds

Recruitment videos can either be a bit bland and dull or they can be epic. Dramatic music always makes something awesome (just ask Hans Zimmer) though I have to say that plenty of the images seem really random and irrelevant for the daily life of a consultant mainly being sitting in meetings and agonising over presentations and paperwork.

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

Tom Spencer

Internally, you’ll have the chance to meet other like-minded individuals who are all interested in consulting. 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. Networking with Firms. He recently joined Monitor Deloitte as a consultant.

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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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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. Looking for Millennials?

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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. I had a few conversations about his experience, and we determined it might be a good idea for me to meet his colleagues. After meeting the group in Seattle, I determined that this was an industry and company I really wanted to work in/for.

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Consulting Bound – Personal Life Management

Tom Spencer

Throughout the consulting career recruiting process, I found it memorable that in both informal conversations and formal presentations, the issue of personal life management did occur as a poignant topic of conversation. She just naturally hates talking on the phone and prefers meeting up in person, so we will have to work out a solution.