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Travel, Training and Mentorship

Tom Spencer

Three significant aspects in the life of a management consultant: travel, training and mentorship. When it comes to travel, different consulting firms have different policies. Bain and BCG often spend a lot of time with the client at the beginning and end of the project but less time in between.

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Why I Never Wanted to Be a Consultant: Confessions of a Bain Consultant

Management Consulted

This is Part 2 of a 12-part “Transparency” series, tracing Jenny Rae’s slightly crazy life from her early (5-year-old) roots in business to her travels and then to Bain and beyond. Plus, they expressed a preference for her to take a traveling companion – but they didn’t offer to pay for the buddy.

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Management Consulting

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This may involve traveling to the client’s site to collect data, interview employees, and examine daily operations. It actually follows the career of Mitt Romney, who worked at BCG, Bain and Bain Capital, but it gives an insider’s view of these firms as they were just starting.

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First Six Months – Adjusting to Consulting Life

Tom Spencer

Bill Nielsen graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business last June, and began working at Bain & Company in Chicago in September 2018. I’m on a local assignment, and while I may be around physically, the workload isn’t necessarily any lighter than it would be if I was travelling regularly.

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What is Consulting? Is Management Consulting a Good Fit for You?

Tom Spencer

The main downside voiced by many people is that consulting is very travel intensive. Consultants are almost always on the road, travelling to client locations to view the issue first-hand and exploring how your team can fix it; it’s not uncommon to hear a consultant traveling 4+ days a week with long days of 12+ hours.

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Coronavirus & Consulting Offers

Tom Spencer

The travel and hospitality industries have been decimated, stock markets around the world have tanked, and governments struggle to combat this devil on so many fronts. The larger firms like Bain, BCG, and McKinsey kept their promises. Commerce has ground to a halt. As the world goes mad, what will you be doing this summer?

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

Bain & Company , One Embarcadero Center, Suite 3400, San Francisco, CA, 94111. There is so much hype about Bain in the consulting world, it shouldn’t surprise you that it sits pretty on our list at #1. Vault recognized Bain as the “Best place to work in 2015” in the entire U.S. San Francisco, CA, 94104.