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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team members see PRTM's "sunny days" policy as an important counterweight to their demanding travel schedules. This policy allows firm employees who are away from home an average of four days a week to take every other Friday off. It's an important tool for recruiting and retention; as Tom puts it, "the choice between family and work is a no-brainer--so why make people choose?" When I say that four days of travel per week still doesn't seem normal, they argue that they "don't work on weekends" as do many consultants and most investment bankers...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Consulting Consultants | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...consultant that I haven't had all day. Even though some important issues are being discussed, the atmosphere is very informal and relaxed; the client contact seems to trust Mike and Wang to be on his team. The meeting wanders from a demonstration of a nifty PowerPoint presentation tool (a hallmark of consulting) to a discussion of engineering challenges (in which both Wang and Mike demonstrate their engineering expertise). They discuss the recurring subject of the client's political dynamics and the tendency of the sub-teams to be unproductive. The client contact expresses his feeling that he is unable...

Author: By David M. Rosenblatt, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Consulting Consultants | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

...will be] a magnificent recruiting tool," she said...

Author: By Andrew S. Holbrook, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stay in the state, pay less on your loans | 11/30/1999 | See Source »

...letter to Sullivan, Beaty wrote that some of the association's members are concerned that a historic district designation is "the wrong planning tool for such a diverse, mixed-use area...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Square May Be Designated as Historic District | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

Bial's index is not meant to replace the SAT or any other current standard, Bial said, but is instead a "tool that can be used to help college admissions officers broaden the way they assess and admit applicants...

Author: By Rachel S. Weinerman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Legos Integrated Into Aptitude Tests | 11/24/1999 | See Source »

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