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Consulting Career Pathways After a Few Years (Edition 1: Undergrad to Consulting)

Tom Spencer

However, staying in consulting means committing more time to the consulting lifestyle with the intense hours, frequent travel, and other consulting stressors. Most commonly, the program considered is an MBA, but I have seen matriculants to law, policy, PhD, and all sorts of other programs.

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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

Before outlining the benefits of internal strategy, I want to highlight a few things: I generally enjoyed my time as a consultant and view the firm I left with high regard. I know people who have boomeranged back to consulting after some time in internal strategy because they missed the consulting lifestyle.

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Why Consulting?

CaseInterview.com

The second challenge is continuing to grow and develop amid potentially strict up-or-out policies. The third challenge is coping with the additional hours and travel demanded by the consulting lifestyle. But for those committed problem-solvers willing to pay the price, management consulting can be an ideal career choice.

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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. I’m sure that is true for many other future consultants as well.