Recruitment and Freelance Interim Consultant Articles by Mindbench

January 2009

MCA Breakfast Briefing - "Recruiting and resourcing in a recession", January 2009 >>

The next year will present a major challenge for how consultancy firms manage their people and adapt to the new environment.  In this article Richard Stewart suggests four key areas that firms need to consider if they are to benefit from upcoming opportunities and how to minimise the risks of the recession.

Mindbench held an MCA Masterclass on the 28th January at Ognisko, South Kensington.  We hosted the following eminent speakers: Warren Chester (Partner, Deloitte), Adil Khan (Director at Boxwood), Paul Winter (CEO of Corpra), Dev Sharma (Delivery Service Line Leader at WCL), Tony Restell (co-founder and Director of Top Consultant) and Richard Stewart (Founder and MD of Mindbench).

‘I thought it was most interesting and a worthwhile event' - Dr. Ian Daniell, Master, The Management Consultants Company

'Thanks again for a well-organised workshop' - Henriette Smith, AT Kearney Consultancy

'It was really useful and insightful' - Rachel Carr, Capgemini Consulting and Technology Services

'Thank you very much for an inspiring event' - Vanessa Wheeler, Fujitsu Consulting Services

Mindbench is delighted to announce that over £900 was raised for Depaul UK

www.depaultrust.org

April 2007

MCA Breakfast Briefing - "Best Practice in consultancy recruitment",  April 2007 >> 

The above link is a summary of survey results presented at the MCA Breakfast Briefing in April 2007.

This extensive industry survey was conducted to better understand the ways in which consultancies utilise recruitment professionals to find and assess candidates, as well as the major issues and problems faced during the interview process.

 

October 2006

Freelance associate consultants >>

Mindbench first researched the associate consulting market for the International Management Consultancy Association (IMC) Annual Summer Conference in 2005. We were invited to update the findings and present the results to a workshop of MCA members in September 2006.The following is an overview of the findings – for full details of the study, please contact Richard Stewart at Mindbench.

June 2006

Interview techniques >>

Recruitment at management consultancies is highly bouyant but the competition for these positions is still intense - according to one survey there are over two hundred applicants for every role in strategy consulting! The vast majority of these will be screened out at the C.V. stage and go no further – but if you do get through to the interview stage the following advice may prove highly valuable.

 

May 2006

Consultancies Return to MBA Hiring >>

Consulting remains a popular career choice for MBA students and there is no shortage of work for them as demand for business school graduates continues to grow. These days a top MBA is almost a prerequisite in order to reach senior or even mid-management levels at many of the major consulting firms.

 

December 2005

Transforming the way Consulting Services are Delivered >>

The past few years have born witness to a sizeable surge in the demand for experienced associate consultants. Many consultancy firms, including top brand strategy consultancies are discovering the benefits of associate staffing as an answer to volatility in the consultancy market and the increasing need for experienced specialists.

 

October 2005

Update
Career Choices for Consulting Super Stars >>

The consulting world has changed dramatically over the last 20 years and with it have the career options open to the best consultants. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the brightest consultants joined one of a handful of elite strategy firms. They stayed loyal to the firm, were sponsored to do an MBA at an Ivy league business school, and if they stuck at it and made the grade, they would be rewarded handsomely by being promoted to Partner.

 

June 2005 

Mindbench publishes the results of its June 2005 survey of staffing at 21 consulting firms>>

Associate consultants: the intelligent staffing solution for the consulting  industry?