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Issues to consider as you build your consulting career

Tom Spencer

Of course, the challenges of the management consulting industry are offset by many benefits: an attractive salary, formal training, real world business experience, variety of projects in different industries, and strong networking opportunities. For some people, constructive feedback is not an easy pill to swallow.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Construction. Intern pay and training are on-par compared to what you will find at many other consulting firms, and prior interns have found it a good foot in the door for landing permanent positions. The average process starts with an initial phone call (15-30 minutes) covering your background (practice walking through your resume!),

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

If you’re an undergrad with a desire to break in to consulting, an economics degree will train your mind to tackle problems and make you an attractive prospect for internships and Masters’ programs. You won’t succeed without having a firm grasp on numbers, markets, analytics, economies of scale and much, much more.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

A year after graduation, my rugby career started to show promise and I quit my analyst job to focus on training and competing. This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience).

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Cornerstone Research is a well-respected name in the field of economic consulting, and top graduate programs as well as firms in the realms of finance, law and economics see it as good training and proving ground for young professionals they are considering hiring. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Internships.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. Construction. While each practice also has its own formal training program to develop skills, FTI is like most firms in that the majority of your learning will happen “on the job”, so don’t expect to be fully prepared for whatever work ends up coming your way.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 1)

Management Consulted

Around the November time period, I started gathering my resume and doing some applications. It started off with contacting – actually, I reached out to recruiters specifically and sent in my application, and they were mostly very quick to respond to me. I was focusing on L.E.K., All for the Boston practices, exactly. Yeah, definitely.