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Starting a Job Virtually

Covid-19 has changed a lot of things for a lot of people, and employment has definitely changed. Just a few months ago, it would be unheard of to never have a face to face meeting before you were hired. It's quite possible now! Starting a job virtually has some unique aspects that you'll want to…

How to Use LinkedIn to Network

LinkedIn has become one of the most widely used tools for connecting professionally – especially in our increasingly virtual world. If you find yourself looking to make a career move, knowing how to use LinkedIn to network is an invaluable skill. LinkedIn is the largest professional networking site in the world, with ~660M members in…

Source Your Own Internship

In times of disruption, one of the most challenging things can be matching up your skills with an employer. And in times of uncertainty, like we’re in right now, that can be one of the biggest challenges for employers to bring someone on with either uncertain skills. Or, just in a time of uncertainty for…

Mindfulness Meditation: A Workplace Benefit

Mindfulness is one of the newest business buzzwords around the proverbial water cooler. If you are a Type A personality like us, you may have the idea that mindfulness involves sitting cross-legged for hours trying (and most likely failing) to empty your mind of everything superfluous and meditating on the great mysteries of life. Well,…

What Is the GROW Coaching Model?

The GROW coaching model was created in the United Kingdom by Sir John Whitmore in the 1980s. It is one of the world’s most popular coaching methods to identify ways to solve problems and achieve goals and is appreciated for its simplicity and consistently positive results. Even though the GROW coaching model is adored by…

Virtual Networking

Networking has always been central to success in the management consulting recruiting process (and business in general). Building relationships is how businesses and careers grow. However, in the era of Covid-19, with so many people working remotely, in-person networking has become something of an impossibility. Fortunately, the same technologies that have facilitated the rise of…

Career Change at 40: Breaking Into Consulting as an Experienced Hire

Every non-pandemic year, management consulting firms across the world send current and former employees to recruit a fresh cohort of talent from university ranks. This might give you the impression that management consulting is a young person’s game. If you don’t start your career with the right internship, you won’t have a shot at breaking…

KPMG Lakehouse: KPMG Professional Development Center

KPMG Lakehouse is changing the training game. Prior to the launch of the KPMG Lakehouse training center in Orlando, Florida, you’d never hear a KPMG consultant saying, “I really love corporate training. It’s so much fun. It’s especially enjoyable when combined with stays at ‘Hotel Ho Hum’ after endless traveling to and from those training…

What Is Critical Thinking Skills?

Critical thinking is critical – pun intended – in today’s problem-riddled workplace. Every single day we are faced with issues that require us to dig deeper than the surface level in order to find the solutions we need. That requires critical thinking. Critical thinking skills are what help you make fact-based decisions without being swayed…

Tipping Point Leadership

Leading in today’s business environment is not easy, and creating change is even harder. William Bratton understood that. In 1994, Bratton pioneered what has now come to be known as tipping point leadership, an unconventional method for approaching large-scale organizational change. Bratton is a former New York City Police Commissioner who took the reins of…