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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

Consulting firms are very good at selling themselves to potential recruits. In this post, I explore the other side of the value propositions presented by consulting firms during the recruiting process: “You will be exposed to a wide range of problems and industries”. insurance) or types of work (e.g.

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Consultant Ninja: Reasons not to stay in Consulting: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Consultant Ninja. Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Reasons not to stay in Consulting. Mrs. Ninja is also a consultant. Posted by Consultant Ninja. Labels: Bitterness , Consulting.

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From Internship To Full-Time Job: The Best Way Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

If you are in your final year at university or you have recently finished your degree, there is a chance you are looking at jobs in management consulting. Consulting is not for everyone. No matter how set you are on a consulting career, it is still possible you won’t actually like the job. Stay flexible.

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How to Balance Work and Life in Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Is it possible to balance work and life as a consultant? Consulting is a client business. Sure, it was a very nice hotel, and it's really, really cool for the first four weeks. Many new consultants are not at all strategic about this as it relates to work life balance. Here is the reality. But I was never home.

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

Management Consulted

How did Charlie, a recent Harvard undergrad, navigate through the process of getting accepted to medical school and working for a biotech firm on the West Coast to finally finding his true passion in healthcare consulting (and landing an offer at Putnam)? They only have a New York branch, and there are about 40 consultants.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 2 of 2)

Tom Spencer

As a former advanced degree candidate who applied to consulting while finishing medical school, I would like to share my experience with those of you who are in the middle of making a similar jump out of academia. One of the nice perks of interviewing with consulting firms is that they will pay or reimburse all travel and lodging expenses.

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Technology and Wisdom: Where and How Do They Intersect in Life, Work and Play? (Part 2)

Women in Consulting

Oh, and they will pick you up at the airport for free, take you on a tour of Zappos and then back to your hotel. Eckhart Tolle, author and spiritual leader – talked about the many ways we use technology to distract ourselves and miss the present moment, the only moment we really have. 100% recruiter efficiency. The results?