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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Consultants – depending on firm – travel anywhere from 25-75% of their time. This attitude permeates all interactions.

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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

If you’re an undergrad with a desire to break in to consulting, an economics degree will train your mind to tackle problems and make you an attractive prospect for internships and Masters’ programs. To be successful in Finance and consulting, you don’t need just intelligence, but personality also.

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From the Bench and Bedside to the Boardrooms (How to transition from academia into consulting, Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

MD or PhD), is whether to pursue residency training for newly minted physicians or a post-doctoral research fellowship for PhDs. This is a very difficult decision for many because deciding not to follow further training may eliminate the possibility of going back to the academic and clinical realm that they spent so much time in.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

Subcontractor data calls present challenges and opportunities. And that training does not have to cost a great deal of money or time. If you want to invest in your pricing team to pay you great dividends, this is an important expenditure of company training. Make Early Subcontractor Pricing Data Calls a Priority.

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Conversation with Marakon

Tom Spencer

I had a few friends working in consulting and started talking to them and going to the careers fairs and presentations. That being said, the travel model will vary depending on the needs of the client. Tom: What kind of training and mentoring can graduates expect to receive at Marakon? How do you work with clients?

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

You are trained on how to get into a CEO’s mindset within a lifetime of an engagement while being an outsider. “I am competitive in nature and always give the best in whatever I do and my passions include photography, travelling and embracing new cultures and languages. Very intellectual job – can I do it?

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Coronavirus: Analysis, Conclusions & Takeaways

CaseInterview.com

When I’m not teaching about case interviews and working with clients, I volunteer and train as an emergency medical responder. I’m trained for urban search and rescue, wilderness search and rescue, emergency medical response, basic life support, and mass casualty events.] I’ve never been terrified in my life before.

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