Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Show up earlier to the airport than you’re used to, so you can pump before you take off, and reserve early check-ins at your hotels to facilitate pumping on arrival. Call your hotel in advance and ask about refrigeration options. The parents I talked to offered some other hard-won tips: Be early to everything.

Travel 121

Travel Hotels Transportation Policies 121

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

OCTOBER 11, 2007

Gotta be there for campus recruiting! Now I’m back at the hotel. I’m sitting in the hotel bar, and they don’t have wireless. I’m convinced that loud bar music is a covert government operation designed to make people with no life and sitting alone in hotel bars feel good about rationalizing why they’re not talking to anyone.

Wireless 40

Wireless Hotels Interviews Recruitment 40

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We recruited a total of 1,337 participants to engage in negotiations, and we found that gender played a role in how we negotiate for ourselves and others. We told them that buyers wanted to build a commercial high-rise hotel on the property, but that the seller would reject their offer if they knew about this intent.

Ethics 129

Ethics Study Research Hotels 129

Harvard Business

JUNE 22, 2016

We’ve seen how dramatically digital platforms have upended long-established industries across the spectrum from hotels (Airbnb and VRBO) to music (Apple and Pandora) to recruiting (LinkedIn) to retail (Wayfair and Amazon). Despite all these risks, digital initiatives are on the slate, and should be, for most firms.

How To 123

How To Metrics Pharmaceuticals Hotels 123

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

Travel 74

Travel Data Hotels Exercises 74

Tom Spencer

APRIL 12, 2015

Invest in one quality business suit that you can wear throughout the recruitment process. Ask burning questions: Research the firm and its recruitment process prior to attending a careers event in order to avoid asking obvious questions. If you still have some burning questions, feel free to ask them.

Consulting 60

Consulting Recruiting Recruitment Bain 60

Women in Consulting

MARCH 25, 2014

Oh, and they will pick you up at the airport for free, take you on a tour of Zappos and then back to your hotel. 100% recruiter efficiency. Takeaway: Becoming a big company allows you to give back to your community in a big way. Nicely done marketing! By the next day, job offers went out to those they wanted. The results?

Conference 108

Conference Deloitte Hotels Education 108

Management Consulted

JUNE 17, 2015

The original site offered short-term living quarters, breakfast and a unique business networking opportunity for attendees who were unable to book a hotel in the saturated market. Are you an employer,recruiter, or hiring manager? Again, depending on the position for which you have applied the interview process can vary slightly.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Cover Letters Travel 100

Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2018

If you want to figure out what really differentiates firms, company websites and recruitment events may not be enough. Other differences include the diversity of projects, the quality of flights and hotels, and the scope of support functions such as research and presentation design. Get to know firms and their differences.

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Consulting Case Interview Travel Recruitment 68

Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2020

However, the novelty of weekly business trips and lonely hotel rooms is likely to wear off quickly unless you stay organised and make the most of the wonderful experience this offers. Every year consulting firms hire new high achieving young graduates, meaning that recruits from last year must move up or move out.

Consulting 89

Consulting Industry Case Interview Culture 89

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

Fancy hotels and dinners, social contacts in the business world, and a reputation as a high achiever can tip the scale for some people. It also helps to recruit or retain talented employees who might otherwise not opt for the consulting lifestyle.

Consulting 76

Consulting Consulting Lifestyle Hotels Enterprise 76

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

We recruited a panel of expert judges (see the list below), who evaluated the companies through the lens of their own expertise and gauged which transformations were most durable and had the highest impact in their industries.

Methodologies 134

Methodologies Culture Company Metrics 134

Management Consulted

JUNE 5, 2016

It started off with contacting – actually, I reached out to recruiters specifically and sent in my application, and they were mostly very quick to respond to me. Because sometimes, for example, for a great recruiter, that might actually matter more to them than it would to a junior level person. All for the Boston practices, exactly.

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Case Interview Consulting Interviews 100

Tom Spencer

JULY 6, 2019

Amid the intensity of recruiting for consulting, few stop to think what it will really be like once they’ve achieved their mission to get into a top-tier consulting firm. Anything you don’t get to see on the company dime, you can still probably see for free – just in exchange for a portion of your accumulated airline and hotel points.

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Consulting Travel Case Interview Hotels 60

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 30, 2020

The investment banking sector became so big, so powerful, and so profitable that it started recruiting talent out of other industries. If you’re in a job function that is no longer valued (or legally allowed) in this economic environment (such as restaurant waitstaff, hotel room cleaners), you can control noticing whose hiring and why.

Financial 145

Financial Energy Real Estate Government 145

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

Hotel bar @ 7? Still, when just a few days after their drinks in the hotel, he’d asked her out on a “real date,” Elizabeth initially demurred, wondering if it was a good idea. Claudia was the newest recruit to the sales team—young, eager, pretty. FROM THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY. Brad: Just me.

Case Study 70

Case Study Case Studies Study Conference 70

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2016

Instead, they recruit participants, and then sell each group of participants access to the other group of participants. Airbnb, which seems to have come out of nowhere, is challenging the global hotel industry. They operate platforms that make it easy and efficient for participants to connect and exchange value.

Operations 70

Operations B2B Groups Software 70

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As an experiment, I invited a few dozen CIBs, 1Y, 2Y to a last-minute, impromptu Q&A session in the lobby of my hotel. I was hoping 5 people would show up, but when close to 30 did, the hotel kicked us out. Q: Do you know what the campus recruiting schedule is for this year? Lesson learned.). new clients). A: 2 years.

How To 75

How To McKinsey Hotels Meeting 75

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Westin, the hotel chain, awards its top innovators a five-day exotic trip each quarter. this was an HR innovation that transformed how we do college recruiting and now we have a flock of new innovative employees). Other companies give experiential rewards to reinforce innovative behavior.

Culture 70

Culture Talent Industry Financial 70

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 30, 2019

Sure, it was a very nice hotel, and it's really, really cool for the first four weeks. And finally, how good are you at recruiting clients to do the work for you? I recruited four clients to do the analysis for me. They all worked until 5pm, I stayed until 6:30pm and then went back to the hotel. But I was never home.

Management 75

Management Consulting McKinsey How To 75

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. Every business is, willingly or unwillingly, a competitor on a software playing field, no matter which sector it’s in.

Software 70

Software Company Intellectual Property Airlines 70

Tom Spencer

JULY 7, 2023

The consulting perks of fancy dinners and luxury hotels kind of lose their appeal over time. Lifestyle Preferences By the time most grad school-sourced consultants hit their 2 nd year in consulting, they are 30-something, and the world begins to look slightly different.

Consulting 78

Consulting Hotels Travel Groups 78

Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I also handled recruitment, payroll, inventory management, and other store operations. In a shop at the hotel in which she stayed, she found card decks published by The School of Life — a British organization committed to promoting fulfilling lives for people. What a funny place to find wisdom — a hotel lobby shop!

Hotels 52

Hotels Training Training Exercises 52

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 24, 2023

Benchmarking in the process of creating a culture of innovation in hotel companies. Life-changing leadership habits: 10 Proven principles that will elevate people, profit, and purpose. Organizational Talent Consulting. Gierczak-Korzeniowska, B., & & Gołembski, G. Economics and Business Review, 3 (17) (2), 101-113. Hjeltnes, A.,

Culture 52

Culture Leadership Journal Study 52

Confessions of a Consultant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Perhaps a more realistic telling of the tale was that I’d blagged my way into a paying gig (€200) for an afternoon session in the Hollybrook Hotel in Clontarf. On the Investment Banking side, new recruits regularly work 80+ hours each week (my nephew often slept under his desk or in a conference room in New York).

Fashion 45

Fashion Trends Banking Hotels 45

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

I would strongly encourage you to reserve flights and hotels in advance. The recruiting coordinator will usually hand these folders to you. This was a very pleasant surprise coming from academia where most people have to cover their own expenses when interviewing for graduate school and post-graduate residences and fellowships.

Case Interview 60

Case Interview Interviews Consulting McKinsey 60

MishTalk

JANUARY 26, 2015

The cost of finding, recruiting, training and keeping drivers is steadily rising,” Shevell says. That’s clearly a threat to the hotel business, which is using whatever political and regulatory connections it can to put limits on the company, even as it grows larger. Hotels fight Airbnb. Equipment costs are through the roof.

Hotels 28

Hotels Education Transportation Industry 28

Confessions of a Consultant

MAY 28, 2017

Some companies now use a Hot Desk system where people don’t have individualized spaces but ‘plug and play’ from a free slot – in much the same way as we rent hotel rooms for a single night. Lower Costs : 70 Square foot per person costs between €4,000 and €16,000 per annum, depending on the office location and fit out.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Banking Talent 40

Management Consulted

MARCH 26, 2017

The Washington, DC office’s recruitment team hires highly intelligent people who start as great communicators but are trainable. The space makes use of a set-up known as “hoteling,” in which staffers aren’t assigned a designated work space. They reserve one only on days when they plan to come to the office. Cool, or not?

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Bain 100

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2008

Furio, you need a great executive recruiter who focuses on industry opportunities for recovering consultants. Furio DOES need a good recruiter, because he is STUCK on a terrible project. 2 comments: Noah D. Head over to [link] and see if we are right for you. January 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM. Anonymous said. HOOK HIM UP! Consultantese. (8).

Consulting 40

Consulting Hotels Recruitment Recruiting 40

Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 7, 2022

recruiting, rewarding, recognizing, and developing innovation champions. Cultures that produce innovation create innovation teams, address the "lack of time" barrier, hold employees accountable, provide persuasive prompts for innovation, and recruit, reward, recognize, and develop innovation champions. Space News. & Golembski, G.

Culture 52

Culture Boston Consulting Group Leadership Recruitment 52

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

But this is also happening across the economy, with women in tech and law, saleswomen (particularly in retail), waitresses, hotel maids, and many others. Male-dominated management teams have been found to tolerate, sanction, or even expect sexualized treatment of workers, which can lead to a culture of complicity.

Training 71

Training Training System Report 71

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

APRIL 14, 2009

they are: 1) watching those luggage cart trains speeding across the airport tarmac 2) getting free watery coffee at my clients offices 3) boarding my flight ahead of the common people 4) hotel upgrades 5) airline upgrades 6) eating out without having to pay for it 7) new laptop every 2, er, 3, um, 4, ah. Recruitment Consultants Chandigarh.

Hotels 40

Hotels Airlines Consulting Conference 40

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

APRIL 15, 2013

We declare ourselves experts and recruit a choir to sing our praises. Truthfully, the difference between success and failure of a project has much more to do with charisma and salesmanship than content! Theres a great deal of posturing involved in consulting. We dress better, speak better, and are far more worldly than our customers.

Consulting 53

Consulting Hotels Airlines Recruitment 53

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

If KPMG isn’t visiting your school, contact a KPMG recruiter in the city of your choosing – but first, network with someone who is a manager or above who is an alum at your school. Richard Solomons – Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group. KPMG CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING. Internships.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

APRIL 14, 2018

UBER and Air-BNB are the companies who have perfected this model and have radically democratized the taxi and hotel industries, tapping into un-utilized excess capacities and ultimately making the economic system more efficient.

Consulting 84

Consulting Talent Enterprise Industry 84

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

JANUARY 29, 2010

Girls who are hospitable and who have flair to serve people with the best fun services have been recruited by the New York escort agencies thus satiating every pleasure need of clients. Also, you can take an escort girl to a hotel or to a resort where you can spend some quality time with her for a lifelong experience. Consultantese. (8).

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Consulting Airlines Hotels Sales 40