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Connecting Unemployed Youth with Organizations That Need Talent

Harvard Business

With low unemployment, the competition for talent remains fierce. Gap is joining a growing corps of large companies that are turning to an overlooked pool of entry-level talent: the 5.5 Sourcing eager talent is just part of the new equation. Across the U.S., Sourcing for Commitment. Screening In for Aptitude.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

When seeking new talent, Oliver Wyman’s consulting team says they are looking for employees who are driven, risky, and innovative. In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman joined with Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta to become Oliver Wyman groups (also includes Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting). Mercer buys Oliver Wyman.

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If You Offer Mid-Career Internships, Flaunt It

Harvard Business

Professional mid-career internships operate on the same principle as any other internship: they provide employees the opportunity to be evaluated on an actual work sample instead of a series of interviews by an employer that might want to hire them. But these perceptions are changing, for good reason.

Talent 118
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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company is perhaps best known for its membership platform which provides information, research and tools specifically targeted to companies pursuing operational and strategic organization improvement in the U.S. In 2007, The Advisory Board Company branched out again, launching membership programs in higher education.

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Does It Pay to Hire Consultants? Evidence from the Bordeaux Wine Industry

Harvard Business

Many outstanding wineries did not use consultants, preferring to use only in-house talent. From 1963 to 2007, wines were made by Jean-Claude Berrouet, an in-house winemaker. When he retired, in 2007, his son Olivier took over as the in-house winemaker.

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A Simple Way to Test Your Company’s Strategic Alignment

Harvard Business

The current mantra is “Move fast with stable infrastructure”, which speaks to the organizational design challenge of operating at scale in a fickle and volatile world. ” It further revealed a complex and siloed organization, with competing operating assumptions, values, and practices across the group.

Banking 132
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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business

Talented staff members, stretched to the breaking point, start fighting among themselves and even leave the company. In 2000, with more than $100 million in negative cash flow, the company agreed to be acquired by Star Cruises, a leading cruise operator in Asia. He’s just trying to manage the chaos and avoid catastrophe.

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