Harvard Business

JUNE 29, 2016

Know that funding alone is not going to solve the recruiting problem. Gayathri Vasudevan , a 2015 “ Entrepreneur of the Year ” in India, is a cofounder of LabourNet Services , which provides training for the unskilled. Training and skill development solves another problem too. But they need help. Fair enough.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Women engineers have a visibility problem. In 2014 we interviewed 50 women engineers in three leading FTSE 100 organizations in the UK. All three organizations said they were committed to diversity and were attempting to hire, retain, and promote more women engineers. Peter Cade/Getty Images. They embraced feminine stereotypes.

Engineering 70

Engineering Management Case Interview Interviews 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Even though we were following the typical playbook — posting open positions on job boards that specialize in attracting candidates from underrepresented groups, sponsoring events, giving scholarships, and training our employees on inclusion and hidden bias — we weren’t seeing progress. Native American, 18.1%

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The other creates output for machines to consume like models, training data, and algorithms. Data science for machines: here the consumers of the output are computers which consume data in the form of training data, models, and algorithms. Modeling scientist: Models, training data, algorithms. They are decision scientists.

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Data Engineering Software Operations 132

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Hi readers: I hate to pause the blog train, but for the next few days I will be traveling and enjoying the last moments of 2008. Here’s what’s coming up: -A series of posts on “breaking into consulting” from non-business/economics backgrounds (eg, engineering, liberal arts, etc).

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Over time, they should commit to supporting training programs that can broaden the talent pool beyond those who’ve graduated from elite universities. Recruiting diverse sets of people will also help to improve and reinvent AI user experiences. Engineers conduct testing in labs and research facilities before a product launches.

Engineering 133

Engineering Talent Productivity Ethics 133

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

You are trained on how to get into a CEO’s mindset within a lifetime of an engagement while being an outsider. Marketing to safari clientele for funding, partnering with local safari companies for logistical support and networking to learn everything from charity fundraising to electrical engineering.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

We see three common scenarios that can cause employers to recruit outside their ranks for talented people (albeit at their own risk). Here’s a common scenario when it comes to the former: A hiring manager shares a healthy list of job requirements and asks their recruiter to find someone who fits the bill. Sponsored by Korn Ferry.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2017

Their key finding: “Many college majors that lead to high-paying roles in tech and engineering are male dominated, while majors that lead to lower-paying roles in social sciences and liberal arts tend to be female dominated, placing men in higher-paying career pathways, on average.” Music majors show a similar pattern.

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Engineering Data Research Industry 139

Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2017

These are areas in which recently available, off-the-shelf AI tools, such as Google’s Cloud Speech API and Nuance’s speech recognition API, can be used, and they don’t require massive investment in training and hiring. This all leads to the question of how best to recruit the resources for these efforts.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 6, 2020

I didn't have the chance to hire until several years later, but I found recruiters who “discovered” women and people of color. So, I said to the one black engineer I knew, “Please help me find more black people. ” He nodded and showed me ways I could source more black engineers.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

If you’re an undergrad with a desire to break in to consulting, an economics degree will train your mind to tackle problems and make you an attractive prospect for internships and Masters’ programs. Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is the most operationally focused). The knock on engineering?

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Cheryl Cran

OCTOBER 23, 2014

How do we align our need for talent with our willingness to teach and train new hires? These questions are a great starting point for outcome based recruitment and there are additional questions that can help to shed light on what needs to be done to improve the recruitment process.

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Recruiting Recruitment Talent Engineering 36

Epicflow

DECEMBER 14, 2023

VR and drone scanning can make project information more accurate – technical engineers will be able to get the exact size and projection of buildings faster, and project managers will be able to sustain value. It’s also essential to attract young people and make recruitment in construction firms attractive for them (e.g.,

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Construction Trends Industry Energy 157

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2018

As a startup founder, I’m constantly struggling to recruit top talent without breaking the bank. How do you recruit a developer making well into six figures, or an experienced salesperson with four kids in private school? Invest in training and professional development. HBR Staff/Phatharapol Nopharat/EyeEm/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

For example, while women typically make up roughly 16 % of software engineers in the U.S. and almost no companies report engineering data specifically), Pinterest’s goal in 2016 was to hire women engineers at nearly twice this rate. We created a playbook and training for managers focused on inclusive leadership.

Engineering 73

Engineering Talent Recruiting Recruitment 73

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Corporate job openings pull in about 250 résumés apiece, and over half of surveyed recruiters say shortlisting qualified candidates is the most difficult part of their job. Machine learning makes it possible to detect anomalies in the temperature of a train axel that indicate that it will freeze up in the next few hours.

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Company Software Data Sports 136

Harvard Business

AUGUST 1, 2018

” A chatbot trained using Twitter was shut down after only a single day because of its obscene and inflammatory tweets. Machine learning models used in a popular search engine struggle to differentiate human images from those of gorillas , and show female searchers ads for lower paying jobs relative to male users.

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Data Training Training Metrics 123

Tom Spencer

JULY 29, 2022

If you are early in your career, you may be engaging a lot with recruiters. Especially if you join a class structure, such as an “analyst class”, the recruiting team may also be responsible for onboarding and training. For example, in many technology companies software engineers are organized in a leveling structure.

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Resources Management How To Balance Sheet 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 26, 2015

Georgia was extremely helpful and was kind enough to answer some questions I had about Accenture and its recruitment process. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at Accenture? Is training provided online or does Accenture bring consultants together as part of a regional or global training program?

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Let’s break this last one down: I met the job requirements listed on their hiring page, which outlines the colleges from which they recruit: * They wanted someone who uses data and analysis to make decisions — CHECK! Organizations should begin with job analysis performed by trained I-O Psychology professionals. Wish you all the best!

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Handbook Case Interview Education Training 98

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Yet even in STEM fields where unemployment rates are low, many highly trained scientists still work in jobs outside of their field of education. My coauthor and I set out to find some answers, particularly for science and engineering. The population of workers employed outside STEM fields may be an overlooked recruiting ground.

Engineering 70

Engineering Education Policies Training 70

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

As usual getting into McKinsey is tough, but it’s even tougher in NYC – with many target recruiting schools nearby and hundreds of aspirants swarming to locate in NY, it’s a highly competitive office. The NYC office offers a great place to start a career; there is a great training system and great working environment.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 28, 2021

Implications for Consulting Recruitment. Unlike other professions, like engineering or accounting, there is not a single type of degree that management consulting firms look for. Interpersonal – the ability to recognize and understand other people’s moods, desires, motivations, and intentions.

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Education McKinsey Recruiting Recruitment 88

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Implicit bias training has been shown to decrease negative, implicitly held beliefs and attitudes about women’s capabilities in STEM. The program has improved retention rates for mid- and senior-level technical women and increased the number of women considered distinguished engineers.

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Leadership Healthcare Education Research 124

CaseInterview.com

MAY 31, 2022

It means you recruited well. I will be doing a training exercise in a few weeks where I’ll command an incident simulating a multiple-casualty situation after a major earthquake. The entry-level engineer seeks to become a more advanced engineer. The entry-level salesperson seeks to become a more seasoned salesperson.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For instance, in 2014 only 10% of Yelp’s engineers were female. These goals include aiming for Yelp’s sales teams to match the composition of the diverse communities in which they operate, increasing its proportion of female engineers, and making its culture more inclusive. The numbers were grim.

Recruiting 73

Recruiting Recruitment Interviews Engineering 73

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I have been training for over seventeen years now. To receive a job offer you must write a resume and cover letter, attend recruiting sessions and coffee chats, network with current consultants, and practice interview questions. But through my training and intense focus, I blocked out all distractions mentally.

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Interviews Case Interview Consulting Cover Letters 88

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Self-analysis alone won’t give you a holistic picture of why you did not get an offer, so start by getting feedback from the recruiter and the interviewers. There may be training or informal coaching you can undertake to help you develop. The key thing to do after a rejection is to reflect on the interview process and ask for feedback.

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Case Interview Consulting Interviews How To 88

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

” “I bought your Consulting Bible training course several weeks ago in a frantic, last-minute attempt to prepare for upcoming consulting interviews. What you should never say when asked questions about your recruiting status (pg. I just received an offer to Booz Allen Hamilton, it is for an engineering/tech role.

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Case Interview Bain McKinsey Interviews 175

Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2017

These include customer service (39% of companies), marketing and sales (35%), and even the managing of noncustomer external relationships (28%) where brand power is key, such as in attracting top talent into the organization’s recruiting pipeline.

Ethics 130

Ethics System Development Talent 130

Tom Spencer

JUNE 28, 2015

Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at Cartesian? Adam Fraser: There is a two-week [on-boarding] training process, followed by Brown Bag sessions (internal training) and external training. Beyond this, you receive a great deal of on-the-job training. Adam Fraser: Yes, they do.

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Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview Travel 60

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 23, 2015

We train people in how to think and it’s never quite as simple as saying we’re doing a performance improvement project, not training. I was in touch with a government contact yesterday offering them some training in strategic problem solving. Much of our work in this area in the last few years has been training and mentoring.

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Cover Letters Recruiting Recruitment Case Interview 60

Management Consulted

APRIL 24, 2016

The first of William Boeing’s planes, created in 1916, was a single-engine craft with room for two people. Boeing Shared Services Group : Responsible for the recruiting and supporting Boeing offices worldwide, you can thank these guys and gals for offering the hands on support that allows you to thrive in the workplace.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 24, 2017

” The experience might, for instance, “cause you to lose your train of thought” or “suppress what you originally planned to communicate.” “I said: ‘We have a goal of recruiting a certain number of participants by a certain date. Today Ash provides leadership development for engineers.

How To 142

How To Case Study Case Studies Study 142

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

Each of these leaders hold advanced degrees in economics, engineering, finance, management from top universities around the world. THE BRATTLE GROUP INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. As an RA, you will build your knowledge and skills through both hands-on and formal training. An interest in leading, training, and developing staff.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 2, 2015

Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at A.T. We have a series of formal and informal training sessions which consultants must join as part of their development – certainly the formal training. Tom: When is the next round of recruitment application deadlines? Tom: Does A.T.

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