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What it’s really like at a top consulting firm: the good and the bad

Tom Spencer

Amid the intensity of recruiting for consulting, few stop to think what it will really be like once they’ve achieved their mission to get into a top-tier consulting firm. So, 10 months into my BCG career, I’m here to tell you what I view to be the 3 best and the 3 worst aspects of the consulting life. Bad #2: Travel.

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Unspoken truths of top-tier consulting: things every consultant knows, but no one says 

Tom Spencer

When you first start consulting, it can seem like a sort of corporate utopia: interesting work, a new client every few months, access to leaders of industry, great colleagues, endless career development and training, generous dinner budgets, extensive travel, nice hotels, international travel.

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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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6 Ways to Move Beyond the Commodity Mindset

Consulting Success

A man named Kyoji, who had grown up on this island but had spent 40+ years travelling around the world building several international brands and businesses. As consultants and business owners, you have many ways to enhance the perception of value for your services. Present higher-priced options. Instantly Got My Attention.

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Management Consulted Goes to London (and Beyond)

Management Consulted

For our last major tour of the year, we started our crazy adventure in Philadelphia – joining all the wannabe consultants at Wharton’s annual Consulting Club Conference (featuring Jenny Rae as wannabe suitcase model). For those who are clueless, WUCC = Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club.). consulting bootcamp'

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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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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: What In The World Is A Deliverable?

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

If there is one constant in consulting it is the production of deliverables. This is one of the first lessons in consultantese that new consultants learn. Deliverables are pretty much what we consultants do: Deliver stuff. Now I loathe The Deliverable a little less, since its usually just a presentation. Consulting SME.