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Breaking into Consulting as a Non-Business Student

Tom Spencer

Develop Strong Quantitative Analysis Skills Consultants are often called upon to solve complex problems, so having strong quantitative analysis skills is essential. If your degree leans more heavily towards the qualitative humanities — as mine does — be sure to make special provisions to develop key quantitative skills. Keep on Trying!

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

Alex Formstone: It’s a combination of client development, client management, managing the team to deliver the project work and firm building. You would be expected to manage the junior client interactions for example working with the finance or marketing team, and be given opportunities to present work to senior business leaders.

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Bridgespan Non-Profit Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2003, Bridgespan created the “Bridgestar” initiative to focus on leadership development and to help professionals transition into nonprofit careers. Strategy Development. Youth Development. By the fall of that year, the organization had 27 employees and had already opened an additional office in San Francisco.

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Conversation with 2020 Delivery

Tom Spencer

I recently had the good fortune to talk briefly with Mike Meredith who is a Director at 2020 Delivery, and leads the firm’s people development function. We’re not going to send you to Canary Wharf to work in finance. We have a role modelling development structure. However, it’s not just development by osmosis.