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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. Communicate the Unpredictability of Consulting.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

years in management consulting, I transitioned to a Fortune 50 US company in an internal strategy role. Having had about a year on the new job, I want to highlight the benefits of this transition to give the many consultants out there some perspective. Last year, after 2.5 Internal strategy isn’t for everyone.

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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

In larger offices that have consistent streams of work in many industries, new consultants may be pigeon-holed to particular industries (e.g. You’ll get great learning and development opportunities”. It’s hard to match the learning and development opportunities in consulting. insurance) or types of work (e.g.

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Why Consulting?

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Below is a recap of four key reasons management consulting provides a truly differentiated career opportunity. Generally, as the higher the prestige of a given consulting firm, the greater these benefits. Many consulting firms also invest significant dollars in their knowledge management and training programs.