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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

These professionals stand out as some of the best I’ve met in the biz When I worked as an executive or a consultant advising C-suite leaders and business owners, many of them complained about their inability to attract and recruit talent. During my career of 25 years, I have met and worked with dozens of recruiters and search firms.

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Captive contact center vs. outsourcing: The most overlooked part of retail CX

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As retailers contend with the latest slate of challenges—inflation, snarled supply chains, the return to experience spending—there’s no overstating the importance of having a high-quality contact center. This means retailers must be ready to offer support at any time, on any channel, in any language. Jon Stough. Tapping into expertise.

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Wealth Management 101: The Hidden World of Private Banking

Tom Spencer

Business conducted by each firm varies but the scope of financial services generally includes the following: Asset Management : managing assets and investments for retail and institutional clients such as stocks and bonds, real estate, and other assets Wealth Management : providing services such as financial planning and investment strategy to sustain (..)

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Holiday Human-Capital Culling Could Cost

Harmonious Workplaces

In-person, low-paying positions in retail, hospitality, restaurants, and healthcare remain in strong demand, though they may not attract highly skilled talent with college degrees or advanced credentials. News of layoffs or companies reporting the deferment of hiring decisions until mid-January.

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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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How Low-Paying Retailers Can Adapt to Higher Minimum Wages

Harvard Business

These increases will seriously affect low-wage employers such as retailers and restaurants, which means investors should be asking some tough questions to see which low-wage employers in their portfolios will benefit from the wage hikes and which will lose: How are you increasing your labor productivity? There are three possible approaches.

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Boutique vs Large Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Since graduation, I have had the pleasure of working for both a boutique and a large strategy consulting firm and wanted to share my insights on the differences in: Undergraduate recruiting. Undergraduate recruiting. Projects and client types. Workplace culture. Exit opportunities. With that said, why not give both a try?