Welcome! Acorn Consulting Inc. is a small boutique consultancy offering four complimentary products. The unifying thread connecting them is our systemic approach to achieving results.

Our products, services, workshops and presentations are available in Spanish or English.

Résumés that Resume Careers: How’s your job search going? Are recruiters calling you in for interviews? If they are not, please consider the logic of this: using the same GENERIC, one-size-fits-all reverse-chronological résumé that lists your job duties EACH TIME you apply for UNIQUE positions, each of which has their own UNIQUE requirements. Does that make sense? No! To interest a recruiter so they will call you, YOUR RESUME MUST STAND OUT from your competition. With this process, you’ll learn to package your ACCOMPLISHMENTS and your SPECIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES and present yourself as the “ideal candidate” for each position you seek. Visualize a plate of spaghetti with one meatball on top. The meatball stands out; all the spaghetti looks the same. The meatball gets the call; the spaghetti gets nothing. You want your résumé to stand out like the meatball, not look like the spaghetti. Please click through and learn to present yourself as the IDEAL CANDIDATE, each time you apply.

Organizational Due Diligence: Why do so many mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures fail to meet the lofty profit predictions of those who put the deals together? The reason is that a due diligence that relies predominantly on numerical analysis is flawed because it is incomplete. Getting an accurate handle on the financial side of the deal is critical, but if the due diligence does not provide equally detailed information regarding the PEOPLE SIDE OF THE DEAL, the decision makers are making decisions with incomplete information. Financial analysis is a left-brain skill. People analysis is a right-brain skill. Without a PEOPLE ANALYSIS to compliment their financial analysis, decision makers are making decisions using only half a brain. Together, a financial analysis and the Organizational Due Diligence™ will yield a complete and balanced due diligence, enabling investors to proceed with greater certainty, or back away with justification. Take advantage of the Organizational Due Diligence® and Detect People Problems Before You Invest®.

Maximizing Hispanic Human Capital: As we slowly come out of the recession, the companies that will most quickly take advantage of new opportunities will be those that have laid the foundation NOW to mobilize their new workforces. The loyalty and work ethic of our LATINO WORKFORCE has been legendary for decades. If you are responsible for putting your workforce back together and want the benefits that come from earning the loyalty of your Latino employees by bringing them more fully into the mainstream of your company, take advantage of the tools and processes of Maximizing Hispanic Human Capital to assist you. In Spanish as well as English.

PlanWhileYouStillCan: People work all their lives to build their lives, but give very little thought to what they need to do to make a graceful exit when it is time to go. End-of-Life Planning can be a mountain or a mole hill. For responsible adults who have built their lives taking care of their responsibilities and moving on, making an effective and complete end-of-life plan is just one more thing to take care of and then move on. NO BIG DEAL. Unfortunately, too many people think that when they have their legal and financial ducks in a row, they are “good to go.” We have found that the financial and legal aspects comprise only about 20% of a comprehensive end-of-life plan. We have further found that those who responsibly and proactively complete the Plan While You Still Can™ process in a timely manner, before the need is immediate and suddenly upon them, greatly lighten the emotional and physical burden placed upon their children, loved ones and other critical care givers. Whether you are the elder in your family, or a child or loved one, we urge you to accept this final measure of personal responsibility for your loved one. Please click through to PlanWhileYouStillCan