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Your Complete Guide to Subcontracting as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

[Note : Most people would break this into a few different articles but I want you to have all the info in one place. Traditional Agencies Business Talent Group (BTG) : Known for high-impact, strategic projects that often require senior-level expertise (e.g., It can be difficult for veterans, too! Here are some to consider.

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Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume

Harvard Business

Specifically, we used a technique — known as the resume audit method — that is widely seen as the gold standard for measuring employment discrimination. All in all, we sent fictitious resumes to 316 offices of 147 top law firms in 14 cities, from candidates who were supposedly trying to land a summer internship position.

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The Carrot and the Stick: Understanding What Motivates Employees

Clarity Consultants

After reading descriptions about both tactics, it seems like most articles are making a sales pitch for the carrot method. Employees today seek to pad their resumes, create a professional network and work toward reaching individual goals, not merely the company’s goals. Dangers of Just Using the Carrot.

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What to Do If Your Career Is Stalled and You Don’t Know Why

Harvard Business

Having assessed over 2,000 CEOs and over 18,000 C-suite leaders since 1995, we are struck by how often careers of talented executives stall or even derail because of seemingly trivial issues, many of which are utterly fixable. We often see talented executives hitting home runs in their own division and striking out with their peer group.

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What the Best Cross-Cultural Managers Have in Common

Harvard Business

Where can they find such talent? Even when international activity is listed on a resume, you’ll want to explore the exact nature of the personal and professional experience. Prompt them to assess and discuss the knowledge and skills they acquired through those experiences. You need to understand what the person did there.

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Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions

Harvard Business

Employers who exclude class from discussions about diversity and inclusion risk losing or alienating talented employees. As a banker asked to evaluate a series of resumes said, “ Anyone who plays squash I love.” The resumes were identical in terms of education and work experience.

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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?” Also – scroll down to the end of the article and see what came out of our conversation just 3 weeks after we talked! We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Commercial Pilot’s Resume. Is that right?