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Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

My interest in consulting began at university , before then I was certain I would become a diplomat. My personal experience as a graduate and now working for a consulting firm shows that you can build upon your initial college experience to launch a successful consulting career. Join a consulting club.

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Selling Your Competitive Advantages in Consulting

Tom Spencer

Looking back to consulting recruiting in graduate school, I always think about how interesting it was that so much of the conversation among candidates was about getting an offer from a top consulting firm. Yet, I don’t remember many conversations about succeeding within a consulting firm after joining.

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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. If the virus isn’t under control by May 1 st 2021 and the economy hasn’t picked up, do recruiters have plans to push back start dates? Today, not so much.

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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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Volunteer Consulting: The Ultimate Consulting Career Gut Check and Primer

Tom Spencer

Compensation for your volunteer consulting work is at an exciting zero. Yet for graduate students seriously considering a consulting career without prior professional consulting experience, I would strongly recommend it. Let’s first clarify what volunteer consulting is and isn’t. Making Sure Consulting is a Good Fit.

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MBA vs Non-MBA Programs as a Pathway to Consulting

Tom Spencer

An MBA degree has long been known as a robust pathway towards accessing management consulting career options. The short answer is that people have done it, but it is often more difficult to break into consulting from another graduate degree program compared to an MBA. On campus recruiting serves two key purposes.

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Charting your consulting career direction

Tom Spencer

Consulting is a career where you hit the ground running. Having a clear direction and strategy for your career early on can grant you amazing advantages, but so can keeping your options open and exploring the opportunities offered by consulting. The joys of consulting. Consulting offers many attractive benefits.