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Consulting Career Pathways After a Few Years (Edition 1: Undergrad to Consulting)

Tom Spencer

However, staying in consulting means committing more time to the consulting lifestyle with the intense hours, frequent travel, and other consulting stressors. Additionally, it is always easier to stay in a career that you know than taking chances pivoting to a new career. Go to Graduate School (MBA and Other Programs).

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

Before outlining the benefits of internal strategy, I want to highlight a few things: I generally enjoyed my time as a consultant and view the firm I left with high regard. I know people who have boomeranged back to consulting after some time in internal strategy because they missed the consulting lifestyle.

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Ensuring Good Performance: How Consultancies Keep Their Employees Motivated

Tom Spencer

Given the project-based nature of consulting work, allowing employees to take breaks in order to raise families, learn, and pursue personal passions, is a viable option. It also helps to recruit or retain talented employees who might otherwise not opt for the consulting lifestyle.

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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Most consulting firms are up-front about the fact that the consulting lifestyle can be tough, and few recruits go in expecting a nine-to-five job. However: most firms allow you to travel wherever you want on weekends, using the budget that you would have spent flying back to your home office. Used wisely, this is a major perk.

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Consulting Bound – Personal Life Management

Tom Spencer

Throughout the consulting career recruiting process, I found it memorable that in both informal conversations and formal presentations, the issue of personal life management did occur as a poignant topic of conversation.

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Why Consulting?

CaseInterview.com

The third challenge is coping with the additional hours and travel demanded by the consulting lifestyle. But for those committed problem-solvers willing to pay the price, management consulting can be an ideal career choice. The second challenge is continuing to grow and develop amid potentially strict up-or-out policies.

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Flying High: How to Build Travel Rewards as a Consultant

Tom Spencer

If you are transitioning into consulting from school or a job in industry or government, you will likely begin traveling more than ever. Sure, maybe you have gone to a few conferences or travelled to your company’s annual meeting, but once you begin a consulting career you will be on the road much more frequently than before.

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