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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company also acquired the revenue management software company Concuity, and the year after, 2011, the firm acquired Cielo MedSolutions, an ambulatory patient registry software provider, and PivotHealth, a physician practice management firm. Modern Healthcare , Best Places to Work—2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

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Fixing the Recruiting and Retention Problems in Britain’s NHS

Harvard Business

One of the reasons for the current lackluster response is that the NHS is increasingly struggling to recruit and retain its health workforce. higher than the 2011 drop-out rate. million on locum agency fees, and only £55,000 recruiting doctors. This is 19.3%

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Revenue: $1.3B+ (2011). He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank. BOOZ & COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

In 2011, Oliver Wyman ranked 7th in Vault’s Consulting 50 (combining “best to work for” and overall prestige). Oliver Wyman actively recruits for internships at target schools, and interns are typically in their junior/penultimate year of university studies. OLIVER WYMAN INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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Research: When the Economy Is Good, Employers Demand Fewer Credentials

Harvard Business

Economists have recently begun to suspect that the shift was caused by a decrease in “ recruitment intensity.” Lower recruitment intensity increases the time it takes to fill a job, which means more unfilled jobs and a higher job openings rate for a given level of unemployment.

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

When Caesars Entertainment, a gaming company, reorganized operations in 2011, the senior team not only developed a database on the performance and the potential of the company’s top 2,000 managers but also analyzed the ability of the top 150 to take on new and different jobs.

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People Want 3 Things from Work, But Most Companies Are Built Around Only One

Harvard Business

They’re not just fulfilling basic needs; they’re aiming to fulfill every need, providing conveniences like meals and gyms, and competing to be the best places to work (from 1984 through 2011, those that won outperformed their peers on stock returns by 2.3% In those environments, survival isn’t in question.

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