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Does Getting an MBA Dual Graduate Degree Help with Consulting Recruiting?

Tom Spencer

As a volunteer graduate school advisor, I often get asked if acquiring an additional graduate degree in addition to an MBA as a dual degree student improves consulting recruiting opportunities. Reading Time: 3 minutes. History of outstanding academic and professional performance (however long or short the history might be). Conclusion.

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IMS Consulting Group (IMS Health) Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

By 1969 , they had proven themselves and were held as the gold standard in pharmaceutical market research in Europe and Asia. Obviously due to the fact that IMS Consulting Group has such a narrow focus, your exit opportunities will tend to skew towards healthcare/pharmaceuticals/biotech. IMS CONSULTING GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Exit opportunities from Simon-Kucher are plentiful, and vary greatly depending on your experience while at the firm.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

In a recent Gallup poll , the pharmaceutical industry was the most widely disliked private industry, ranking even lower than lawyers. This may sound obvious, but it was in sharp contrast to typical patterns in the pharma industry of recruiting from within, resistance to new thinking, and sclerotic bureaucratic structures.

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Why (and How) HR Needs to Act More Like Marketing

Harvard Business

This year, I have been working on an in-depth evaluation of recruiting practices for a Fortune 500 company. Why wouldn’t we take a more balanced, recruiting-centric approach to our web presence? Use influencer marketing to recruit. Wouldn’t HR recruiting efforts benefit from a similar strategy?

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Getting Your Career Back on Track After a Catastrophic Error

Harvard Business

A client we worked with, a senior pharmaceutical VP, was accused of violating U.S. A year after his sabbatical, our client resumed his career as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. You may be asked to explain obvious chronological gaps in resumes or a recruiter may unearth the info online or through references.

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Is M&A the Cure for a Failing Health Care System?

Harvard Business

In the CVS-Aetna case, the care provider, a pharmaceutical retailer and pharmaceutical benefit manager, provides a very limited set of health services: drugs, drug purchasing, and selected, basic, routinized primary care at more than 1,100 local Minute Clinics located in communities around the United States.

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