Sentences with phrase «on hiring consultants»

From this perspective, some of the funds designated for «failing» schools — focusing on hiring consultants, developing new strategic plans, and implementing new programs — are likely to be better spent on thoughtful improvements to libraries, playgrounds, or other aspects of the physical environment that can serve both the neighborhood and the school community.

Not exact matches

Odds are that you don't have the money to hire a second consultant to clean up the first one's mess, so don't skimp on a crucial hire.

If a potential consultant has not worked on similar projects in the past, this should be a deal breaker in the hiring decision.

The company wasn't doing it alone, however, and hired Accenture (which also worked on Loblaws» integration) as the lead consultant on the project.

«The best way to make some progress on this... wasn't to go out and hire a consultant, as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day,» says Toronto Mayor John Tory.

(Accenture, which Target hired as a consultant on SAP, said in a statement: «Accenture completed a successful SAP implementation for Target in Canada.

Steve Buckley figured that out and thought the best way to make some progress on this, and I think he's right, wasn't to go out and hire a consultant as we often would have done, but rather get some of these people in from the DMZ and so on who are spending their lives developing these things that will hopefully be a big score for them one day.

If you have the budget for it, hiring a social - media marketing firm or independent consultant can help you measure — and increase — the overall impact your social campaigns have on your revenue.

Hoffman also hired a 28 - hours - a-week consultant to head up the company's on - line recruiting efforts, which include searching through Web databases, placing banner ads on third - party recruiting sites, and attending on - line career chats.

Feinberg, who most recently advised on compensation issues related to the Boston Marathon bombing, was hired by GM as a consultant to advise the automaker how to respond to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for possible ignition switch defects.

It was then when we hired a turnaround consultant to get on the top of it,» Variava said.

So whether you're a seasoned consultant, someone just starting out or a manager wondering how to hire outside expertise, here are five behaviors that successful consultants demonstrate when embarking on a trusted and fruitful consulting engagement.

For people without the budget to hire an image consultant, Benza suggests finding retail - clothing salespeople you can trust to help you achieve your new look, based on your daily business agenda, meetings and travel.

«I would hire a social - media marketing consultant to develop a strategy and fine - tune our brand on the residential side of our business.

An analysis by New York HR consultant Nat Stoddard pegs the price of a CEO mis - hire at a large - cap company at more than US$ 50 million, based not only on salary and severance outlay but also factors like lost productivity and opportunities.

In many parts of the country, companies that would rather not take on the logistics of live streaming a meeting themselves can now hire a live streaming producer or consultant to do the work for them for hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on the length and complexity what's being produced.

Finding ways to stay on the radar of people who will either hire you or refer you to new business is a critical challenge for freelancers and consultants.

Then he spent months working on a corporate makeover that included hiring a consultant, Jackie Lauer of the Heart of Culture, to help identify core values for the company, such as trust, teamwork and accountability.

The company hired a compensation consultant, and many employees on the news and editorial side recently received raises.

Our general and administrative expenses increased sequentially in absolute dollars during 2009 and 2010, as we invested in our infrastructure to support our growth in operations by hiring employees and utilizing outside consultants on project initiatives, including international expansion efforts.

Choosing between hiring a full - time employee or a consultant should be based on your business needs.

Doreen F, Puyallup, ON, Canada Hired at World Travel Holdings as Virtual Travel Consultant Work Flexibility: Telecommuting

DO NOT HIRE AN IMAGE CONSULTANT, Unless you're ready to take on board critiques and willing to follow your image consultant's dCONSULTANT, Unless you're ready to take on board critiques and willing to follow your image consultant's dconsultant's directions.

Our Board then hires Cook & Co. a consultant to advise the Board on its own compensation.

They hired a management consultant named Vicente Falconi, who put in place a system where, instead of basing budgets on the previous year's, managers started at zero every 12 months and had to make a case for why they should get more.

Ahead of Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, Facebook has hired a team from the law firm WilmerHale as well as outside consultants to coach him on questions lawmakers may ask, and on how to pace his answers and react if interrupted, according to people close to the preparations, who would speak only anonymously because the sessions were private.

Because of this, it is a certainty that the decision maker buying your services will eventually erode into a «stop - start» mode — that is, they will give up on link building for a short period to pursue other consultants or otherwise, hire an SEO in house.

Whether it's utilizing in - store surveys and mystery shoppers, conducting psychographic analysis of customers, or hiring consultants to measure the company's grasp on consumer trends, R&D factors into Golden Chick's business strategy significantly, Parmerlee says.

He decided to hire world - renowned restaurant consultant Michael Whiteman, who heads Baum + Whiteman International Restaurant Consultants (best known for projects like Windows on the World and the Rainbow Room in NYC) to conceive a project that nodded to the hotel's Art Deco past while appealing to modern diners — Butcher & Banker, NYC's first «steak - easy.»

If your hospital does not have one on staff, you can feel free to hire a private lactation consultant to visit with you during her stay.

«The administrators have embraced him and his ideas, and we've taken on a whole other identity just by hiring a consultant.

I hired an expensive lactation consultant who would come over every other day to check on my status.

The alliance hired environmental consultants and planners, who developed an alternative plan that would have put the center on Highland Avenue, away from Lyman Woods and sparing the adjacent trees now planned for cutting.

After hiring a lactation consultant, we were back on track.

A traffic consultant hired by the Park District estimated that traffic on Belmont Road increased by 15 to 20 percent between 1998 and 2000.

Libertyville has hired a consultant to see whether costs on parks operations can be trimmed and maybe even outsourced.

A traffic consultant hired by the Park District estimated that traffic on Belmont Road increased 15 to 20 percent between 1998 and 2000.

Has your district looked into the possibility of hiring a professional chef on a consultant basis just to get your kitchen staff up to speed with fast, healthy meals?

«Ok, regardless of what was said, there are generally five reasons why companies hire consultants, so if you just tell me which ones are true of this organization, we can get the job done as quickly as possible and all get on with our other work:

Susan Del Percio, who handled media for Faso and was part of the team that helped him become the party's gubernatorial nominee at the convention four years ago, has signed on as a consultant to Levy's campaign in the run - up to this year's GOP confab, a source familiar with her hiring confirmed.

Kaminsky, who has hired The Parkside Group, the consultant firm favored by the Democratic Senate conference, also spent $ 40,000 on polling with Global Strategy Group.

I was recently hired as a consultant by the NGO Res Publica to help them complete a research project for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on the topic of «e-advocacy in the global south».

The county Legislature will also consider hiring a consultant to help the body «reflect on the roles and responsibilities of a County Administrator,» and to «assist with the process and facilitate a discussion.»

Jason: Salary varies by cost of living, though from our perspective, candidates will waste way more money hiring a bad online ad consultant than they'd ever spend on salary, so we're encouraging folks to price themselves competitively.

The legal fund spent most of its cash — $ 41,169 — on hiring fund - raising consultants Harlem Strategies.

Eimicke also, according to media reports, hired Glaser for an adjunct teaching job at Columbia's Picker Center for Executive Education, and has worked as a consultant on projects that received state funding.

He said that among other hires, the town brought on Mondello's wife as a consultant and his daughter as an employee.

According to the Times, the probe focuses on a $ 20,000 signing bonus Adam Skelos, 32, received from a title insurance firm he never worked for, and why AbTech Industries hired him as a consultant.

As a result, the city hired a consultant to train police officers on harassment prevention, specifically within the department.

Trump has hired a top communications consultant who worked on Sen. Ted Cruz» unsuccessful presidential campaign.