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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. There are three main types of business consultants. Shivani Shankar previously worked as a Cyber Security Consultant at PwC India.

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Conversation with Cartesian

Tom Spencer

Adam Fraser: At the business analyst level, you have the opportunity to engage with, and present to, clients and have quite a bit of client interaction, including traveling to client sites. Tom: What is the firm’s travel model? Some projects may require you to travel to another country and be on-site every day.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Marketing to safari clientele for funding, partnering with local safari companies for logistical support and networking to learn everything from charity fundraising to electrical engineering. The perks were fantastic – travel to new locations, work in different industries, client pays for the travel.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Travel & Transportation. The career levels in each of these are: Associate Consultant/ Associate Engineer-> Consultant/Software Engineer-> Manager-> Associate Principal-> Principal. Consumer Packaged goods. Medical Products and Services. Pharmaceuticals & Biotech. Financial Services and Private Equity.

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How Agile Teams Can Help Turnarounds Succeed

Harvard Business

All are putting that “hip” methodology to work in exactly the places where so many people have believed it was inappropriate. An exemplar of the new approach is WorleyParsons, a global engineering and construction firm that specializes in oilfield and other energy-related projects.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

The list includes a health care company that was once near bankruptcy (DaVita), a software firm whose stock price stagnated for a decade (Microsoft), a travel website that faced overwhelming competition (Priceline), a food giant that seemed to lose its focus (Danone), and a steel company that faced new pressure from lower-cost rivals (ThyssenKrupp).

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Interesting, the office in New York is very transient and has a hoteling system (so you don’t have an assigned desk) – so if you sign up for Deloitte NYC, be prepared to travel all the time. With HQ in New York, firm practices are based on the EVA methodology.