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Can anyone help identify what company posted this job description on craigslist?
About a year ago this job description was posted on Craigslist - Chicago. Anyone know what company is responsible for it?
International Strategy Consultant (Greater Chicago)
Reply to: job-na2w8-1071157005@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-03-11, 10:02PM CDT
Seeking 4 international-oriented consulting professionals more than 2 years experience in strategy consulting, operations consulting, real estate consulting, financial consulting, legal consulting, logistics consulting, import/export consulting or anything where you had to use your head more than your hands/feet. You must be very meticulous at preparing powerpoint decks, running financial models in excel, building financial and nonfinanciual assumptions, building scenarios to model, conducting due diligence, distilling trends, and identifying risks and opportunities in emerging markets like: China, Poland, Brazil, Egypt, Russia, Chile, Vietnam, Iran, Philippines, etc. etc. You must have good writing skills in English. We are are looking for someone who has traveled the world and has a head for geography, currencies, history, cultural influences, etc. You must be presentable, academic, and polite in front of clients. We are a bit geeky about business, but we are also stylish. If you make the interview, dress to impress. Also, take extra time to make your resume as professional as possible, as this is your first and maybe only chance to show us that you know how to present information in an intelligent and attractive way. 2 pages max, and be prepared to refer us to one reference.
We are primarily looking for native English speakers, BUT, we are also looking for specialists with passports from key emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam, etc.. So, if you are not from the US, CAN, UK, IRL, AUS, NZ, it's ok!. But, you should have some degree of expertise in some part of the world in some discipline. Africa, Latin America, South-east Asia, or law, customs, utilities, real estate, etc.
Your role, at first, will be primarily to research countries around the world and provide Partners with research and analysis. Sooner or later you will be in front of clients. Do you have good business and/or government connections around the world, or at least on one or two countries? Do you know people in consulates in Chicago or NY, or embassies in DC?
We are looking for 4 full-time consultants to join our team in April 2009. Your should include "Career Objectives" at the top of your resume. You will probably be working from home as we all prefer to work from home, but we meet every other week for a long working-lunch to share insights, challenges, etc. We will provide benefits. We will not provide you with a computer at first, but will comp your internet and any travel.
Your compensation structure will be based on your experience. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE carefully check your resume before you send. This is your first, and maybe only, opportunity to demonstrate your skills at packaging information in a logical and attractive fashion. We will not respond to cut and paste applicants, or individuals lacking rudimentary grammar and spelling skills.
About a year ago this job description was posted on Craigslist - Chicago. Anyone know what company is responsible for it?
International Strategy Consultant (Greater Chicago)
Reply to: job-na2w8-1071157005@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-03-11, 10:02PM CDT
Seeking 4 international-oriented consulting professionals more than 2 years experience in strategy consulting, operations consulting, real estate consulting, financial consulting, legal consulting, logistics consulting, import/export consulting or anything where you had to use your head more than your hands/feet. You must be very meticulous at preparing powerpoint decks, running financial models in excel, building financial and nonfinanciual assumptions, building scenarios to model, conducting due diligence, distilling trends, and identifying risks and opportunities in emerging markets like: China, Poland, Brazil, Egypt, Russia, Chile, Vietnam, Iran, Philippines, etc. etc. You must have good writing skills in English. We are are looking for someone who has traveled the world and has a head for geography, currencies, history, cultural influences, etc. You must be presentable, academic, and polite in front of clients. We are a bit geeky about business, but we are also stylish. If you make the interview, dress to impress. Also, take extra time to make your resume as professional as possible, as this is your first and maybe only chance to show us that you know how to present information in an intelligent and attractive way. 2 pages max, and be prepared to refer us to one reference.
We are primarily looking for native English speakers, BUT, we are also looking for specialists with passports from key emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam, etc.. So, if you are not from the US, CAN, UK, IRL, AUS, NZ, it's ok!. But, you should have some degree of expertise in some part of the world in some discipline. Africa, Latin America, South-east Asia, or law, customs, utilities, real estate, etc.
Your role, at first, will be primarily to research countries around the world and provide Partners with research and analysis. Sooner or later you will be in front of clients. Do you have good business and/or government connections around the world, or at least on one or two countries? Do you know people in consulates in Chicago or NY, or embassies in DC?
We are looking for 4 full-time consultants to join our team in April 2009. Your should include "Career Objectives" at the top of your resume. You will probably be working from home as we all prefer to work from home, but we meet every other week for a long working-lunch to share insights, challenges, etc. We will provide benefits. We will not provide you with a computer at first, but will comp your internet and any travel.
Your compensation structure will be based on your experience. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE carefully check your resume before you send. This is your first, and maybe only, opportunity to demonstrate your skills at packaging information in a logical and attractive fashion. We will not respond to cut and paste applicants, or individuals lacking rudimentary grammar and spelling skills.
Yeah, it definitely sounds like a smaller, less well-known consulting firm of some kind.
Perhaps it's a startup that couldn't afford office space? Or perhaps it's a startup whose employees travel so much that it's assumed that when they aren't traveling they can just work from home.
Hard to give a better answer than that from the information provided.
posted by dfriedman at 5:52 AM on February 16, 2010
Perhaps it's a startup that couldn't afford office space? Or perhaps it's a startup whose employees travel so much that it's assumed that when they aren't traveling they can just work from home.
Hard to give a better answer than that from the information provided.
posted by dfriedman at 5:52 AM on February 16, 2010
Honestly, I would look at it and think it was a scam.
posted by anniecat at 6:44 AM on February 16, 2010
posted by anniecat at 6:44 AM on February 16, 2010
ha. this sounds like a guy i worked for a couple of years ago. lasted about a month before the paycheck bounced. he had an office then ... but closed it up a month or so after i left.
posted by lester at 6:55 AM on February 16, 2010
posted by lester at 6:55 AM on February 16, 2010
My experience in the last couple years of helping people with Craigslist ad problems tells me that any job ad that doesn't mention a company name is either an amateur no-money trial-balloon, market-research/lead-generation scam, or a freelance/wildcat recruiter.
Beyond that, no reputable company would micromanage so much of the resume process. "Dress to impress?" "2 pages max?" "Career Objectives" is required? LOL.
posted by rhizome at 7:55 AM on February 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
Beyond that, no reputable company would micromanage so much of the resume process. "Dress to impress?" "2 pages max?" "Career Objectives" is required? LOL.
posted by rhizome at 7:55 AM on February 16, 2010 [3 favorites]
Ditto what rhizome said. The ad was not written by a professional. If a legit company is looking for people to work in the financial industry in emerging markets, it will already be a given that the people they are looking for would know what an emerging market is, how to write a reume, that the candidate should know how to use excel (duh), etc. SCAM....
posted by MsKim at 8:02 AM on February 16, 2010
posted by MsKim at 8:02 AM on February 16, 2010
FWIW, it doesn't look like a scam to me. I know people who have placed similar ads (but for jobs in a different field.) No clue who posted it, though. Why are you asking?
posted by metametababe at 9:20 AM on February 16, 2010
posted by metametababe at 9:20 AM on February 16, 2010
I'm not saying it's necessarily a scam, just that it's unprofessional. People who know how to create financial models and distill trends don't have to be told how to dress or write a resume.
posted by rhizome at 8:22 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by rhizome at 8:22 PM on February 16, 2010
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Beyond that, I don't know. There are a ton of strategy consulting firms out there. If you're interested in that type of work, Chicago is definitely an area you can find a lot of places doing that type of work. If you don't need to work from home and don't mind long hours and lots of travel, check into the larger consulting firms I've listed above.
posted by xingcat at 5:46 AM on February 16, 2010