Halloween Party – Friday 2nd November in Chelsea

After much demand from last year’s party goers, our good buddies at 20 Days has once again teamed up with the lovely people from Corona to bring you ‘Trick or Treat: The Sequel’ (a bit like Scream 2 but with better clothes) Check out the pics from last year to see what you could be missing.....

Tickets are on sale now and are being sold Easyjet style i.e. the first 20 are only £5, next 20 are £10 and so on and so on ‘til you’re going to have to sell your granny in order to buy one so get in there quick as they’re already going like hotcakes!

To buy yours (and for more info) go to click here

Mole's Eye View - Management Consulting

What is management consultancy? It's a good question. I have been working as a consultant for nearly 5 years and still find it hard to explain. When people think of management consultancy they think of big bonuses and telling companies how they should be run. As ever, neither is really true, in particular the former. Before you stop being interested, you still can get paid well as a consultant, but you are expected to work for it.

One of the best (and worst) things about working in management consultancy is that you don't know where or what you might be doing in a few weeks or months, or where you might be working. You get paid for being flexible; and flexibility doesn't suit everyone. I have been lucky enough to have worked in the UK and the US as well as some small bits of work in Asia. Interesting, but that still doesn’t really tell you what I do. Everyone who works in management consultancy does something different, so you have to be very careful about choosing the right path; it can be anything from strategy, change management, human performance, project management, outsourcing and many will do IT implementation.

I have tended to work on more strategic type projects; that means looking at things such as how a market will grow, which products are expected to be popular and how the business can support it. It might also mean looking at new regulations and trying to figure out what effect it's going to have on people businesses. Having said all that, as a consultant you have to be flexible and learn quickly. You may end up doing something which you aren’t experienced in that will really stretch you. So if you don't like being outside of your comfort zone and stretching yourself (I pretty much always am!), then perhaps this might not be for you!

If you like working with clients, in fact, spending most of your time in their offices, then it could be for you. But remember, it's not as glamorous as it all sounds. There are plenty of very late nights, and travelling around can get quite boring. Make sure you speak to someone before you join a consultancy as it can really vary from company to company, role to role.

Do I enjoy it? Yes; it's a great place to learn, work with intelligent and challenging people and get the chance to get high levels of responsibility very early on in your career.

Decent Spoof?

So here we are again, at the start of another glorious weekend of Rugby. Can the English pull off the unthinkable and actually win the World Cup? Will they get destroyed by S. Africa? Can TheCareerMole play the drums?

All big, big questions. And we only have the answer to one of them... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf0TpatzRGk

Allez les blancs!

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Employee Referral 2.0

Hello All

This post is a little more serious than most but, If you've got a few minutes to spare, why not read our employee referral White paper. "Employee Referral Schemes: A Strategic Recruiting Imperative" lays down our vision for employee referral schemes and what has to change in order for everyone - candidates, employees and employers - to fully realise the potential benefits of employee referral.

Your thoughts and comments are welcome.

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