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Data-Driven Recruiting (Part 1 – Networking)

Tom Spencer

As consultants (or those recruiting to be consultants), we’re asked to handle and analyze vast amounts of information. However, while recruiting, how many of us actually pursue a data-driven approach to getting an interview? However, I hope to at least better guide your recruiting efforts with this series of posts.

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Data Driven Recruiting (Part 2 – Invite-Only Events)

Tom Spencer

Welcome back to the data driven recruiting series! Source: Stern Student Records and Student Survey. Regression analysis showed that, when controlling for an individual’s qualifications and recruiting efforts, the predictive power of an invitation to an invite-only event on the odds of receiving an interview are close to zero.

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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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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

There is a high demand for employees with data analytics skills, and it is very challenging to source, recruit, and retain those who possess these analytical attributes. Culture Lever #6 : How leaders recruit, promote, and excommunicate. What gets rewarded, how it gets rewarded, and what does not reinforce organizational culture.

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Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent: Unveiling the Secrets

LSA Global

Virtual Interview Tips to Hire Top Talent: Unveiling the Secrets The benefits of virtual interviews have caused most employers to conduct initial interviews online, rather than in person to open up their talent pool, inject flexibility into the recruiting process, test candidates remote technical savvy, and reduce travel expenses.

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How do MBA Programs Prepare you for Consulting?

Tom Spencer

We relied on marketing professors to learn current market analysis techniques and tools, online retail platforms for data, and customer surveys to generate a majority of our insights. However, as someone who recruited the full two years, I can say that my summer internship was instrumental to my preparedness for consulting recruitment.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

However, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk survey found that the average remote worker spent nine hours a week doing other tasks during work schedules besides working. In a survey conducted by Airtasker , remote employees worked 1.4 The real issue with whether remote work works involves a company’s commitment to people.