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The Ups and Downs of a Career in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Every year thousands flock to apply to top consulting firms such as McKinsey and Company, Bain and Company, and Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Consulting accelerates growth for ambitious careerists The learning and development opportunities afforded at MBB (the affectionate initialism given to McKinsey, Bain, and BCG) are pretty insane.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Using Online Platforms to Boost Your Billings

Successful Independent Consulting

SpareHire is an online work marketplace for finance and consulting projects.” TopTal is a network of the world’s top 3% of software engineering, design, and finance talent — available on demand to help companies accelerate, adapt, and scale.” The company claims to have 4,000 professionals in its network, all paid on a 1099 tax basis.

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List: Global Strategy Firms 2013

Tom Spencer

The firms are: Bain. Bain & Company. Founded in 1973 when Bill Bain and others left BCG to form Bain & Company. Bain has 49 offices worldwide including Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bombay, New Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Toronto, New York, and San Francisco. Archstone Consulting. Booz & Company.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. Interested in sales & trading?

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Risk Management – assists CFOs and other finance executives on matters of finance and risk, global risk and trading, and compliance and governance.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Boston

Management Consulted

” In fact, 2 of the MBB (McKinsey, Bain and BCG) elite firms, Bain and BCG, have their headquarters in Boston, MA. Bain : Founded in 1973, Bain is headquartered in Boston, MA. Located at 31 Dartmouth Street Boston, MA, 02116, the Bain mecca has a headcount of 650 in that one location.