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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

As I went through my medical training I even came to the point where I just knew I would be a surgical oncologist. I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world.

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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. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Distribution & Wholesale. Healthcare.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

In addition, BCG hosts combined Training & Development events between the San Francisco and Palo Alto offices to incorporate team-building across offices and engage them in learning together. There are many inbuilt programs and training modules for employees at various levels in their career to upgrade both hard and soft skills.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business

Firms in the cluster design, manufacture, and assemble packaging machinery for a wide range of products, such as baked goods, confectionery, beverages, tea, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. The fruit of their travel was first the gestation and then, around 1844, the foundation of a technical school named after them.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

You are trained on how to get into a CEO’s mindset within a lifetime of an engagement while being an outsider. “I am competitive in nature and always give the best in whatever I do and my passions include photography, travelling and embracing new cultures and languages. Very intellectual job – can I do it?

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Why More Cities Should Offer Summer Jobs for Teens

Harvard Business

For some teens, working has been replaced by other activities such as coding camps, preparing for academic tests, or travel — all of which look good on a college application. To what degree did the program’s formal career readiness training enhance outcomes? in August 1978. Teen employment has fallen for two reasons.