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Don’t Give Up on Unconscious Bias Training — Make It Better

Harvard Business

There’s a growing skepticism about whether unconscious bias training is an effective tool to meet corporate diversity goals. Critics of such training contend that it doesn’t visibly move the needle on diversity numbers, and can even backfire. Clearly, not all trainings are equally good — and none are a silver bullet.

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Improve Your Resume by Turning Bullet Points into Stories

Harvard Business

Updating your LinkedIn profile and resume. So how can you make your resume, profile, and interview more effective? Let’s look at how to do this by analyzing the resume and LinkedIn profile of a startup marketing executive. You’re searching for a new job. You know the standard advice. ” Résumé Story.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

We set out to answer this question in a series of studies reported in the December 2016 issue of American Sociological Review. Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. Who gets invited to interview?

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How to Talk to Your Boss When You’re Underperforming

Harvard Business

” Possible interventions include more frequent check-ins or some sort of training to boost your skills. Matt Lee works at ResumeGo, a resume writing service company. Matt joined the company in 2016 and has consistently been a strong performer — until he recently found himself in an unexpected slump.

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A Commercial Pilot’s 2-Year Plan to Break into Consulting

Management Consulted

Is my resume where it needs to be?” We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Do you want to talk about your resume and your experience first, or do you want to talk about the questions that you have? Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?

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Black Belt Supreme 2015 closes May 31 (or when capacity is reached)!

Management Consulted

For the last 2 years, we’ve been running our popular Black Belt interview training courses – with tremendous success. Do I have to complete my resume/cover letter edit right away? I might only apply to consulting later in the fall, or even 2016. Want some even better news? Should I join now?

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Elite Performance - What It Really Takes

CaseInterview.com

One question asked of Gold Medalist Jordyn Wieber was, "When did you first start doing gymnastics, and how much do you train?". If I told a room full of my old McKinsey colleagues that Jordyn Wieber, who is now 17 years old, starting doing gymnastics at 4 years of age and trains around 5 hours a day, I kid you not. within 15 seconds.