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Consultant Profile Series: Dane Sequeira

Tom Spencer

Dane Sequeira was an advanced professional degree consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Consulting provided a good opportunity for me to apply my skills in research and development, but simultaneously get exposure to other industries and positions out there in the business world.

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Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms

Tom Spencer

In this short post, we will briefly explore how consulting firms work, the hierarchy within firms, the main types of firms, and a few ways to learn more about a particular firm as you chart your career path, prepare your applications, and get ready to matriculate into the consulting industry. How do Consulting Firms Work?

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Management consulting is an industry that offers assistance with this kind of high-level decision-making and problem-solving. Management Consultants help businesses make strategic decisions that directly impact the entire company. Consultants also have extensive knowledge in particular industries or topics.

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The Growth of the Consulting Industry in the Nordics

QEmploy

The Nordic consulting industry has experienced a drastic increase in previous years. When analyzing the market at a per-capita view, Denmark has the best performing consulting market in the Nordics. When analyzing the market at a per-capita view, Denmark has the best performing consulting market in the Nordics.

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Consultant Profiles Series: Billy Gerhard

Tom Spencer

Billy Gerhard is a consultant in the Philadelphia office of the Boston Consulting Group, a Big 3 management consulting firm. I wanted to get a broad experience across a bunch of industries and I knew that I would get this opportunity at a company like BCG. In 2019, he received his Ph.D.

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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

This leaves consulting firms with one other main question: can they and how will they do it? A common trademark in the consulting recruitment process is the case study interview. A case study concerning a business problem and scenario is given to an applicant or group of applicants to work through.

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The Barriers to Recruiting and Employing Digital Talent

Harvard Business

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live.

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