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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. Consultants are the primary asset of a consulting firm, and top consulting firms invest a considerable amount on formal training and development programs.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Recruitment Process

The Management Centre

We are currently recruiting for trainers here at =mcLearning, and it is a very interesting process given the current challenges with recruitment in the UK. Here, lead recruiter and =mc Director Yvette Gyles shares her thoughts on the process so far, and what can be done to make a recruitment process successful.

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How a Collaborative Culture Can Attract Young Professionals

Tom Spencer

Even if such initiatives are meaningless in practice, failing to include them as part of a firm’s recruitment talking points could result in top graduating talent flocking to other firms. As a result, high salaries, travel opportunities, prospects for promotion, and lucrative exit opportunities may not always be enough to fill the ranks.

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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. PwC 'Graduate Recruitment Video' Australia 2006. Ernst & Young 'Recruiting Commercial' Sweden 2007. This definitely wins for most amusing recruitment video! Deloitte 'Graduate Recruitment Promo' Russia 2012.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. If the virus isn’t under control by May 1 st 2021 and the economy hasn’t picked up, do recruiters have plans to push back start dates? Commerce has ground to a halt.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you’ve already landed a job, taking additional online courses can help to accelerate your on-the-job training. As a marketing consultant, training in areas such as research, active listening, and behavioural psychology can help you to understand the target audience and craft more effective marketing messages.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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