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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. Image: Pexels.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Distribution & Wholesale. Healthcare.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

This provided me with a steady income, a flexible schedule to travel and train and also helped me tap into my “inner entrepreneur” (I have started three businesses since this experience). – Crafting a government consulting resume and preparing for job interviews. – Where to look for government consulting jobs.

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Why I Never Wanted to Be a Consultant: Confessions of a Bain Consultant

Management Consulted

This is Part 2 of a 12-part “Transparency” series, tracing Jenny Rae’s slightly crazy life from her early (5-year-old) roots in business to her travels and then to Bain and beyond. Plus, they expressed a preference for her to take a traveling companion – but they didn’t offer to pay for the buddy. Then, enjoy! ** .

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

“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. Consultants get to travel quite a lot and meet different kinds of people and this makes them diverse and enables them to have insights, which others can only strive for.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As an outgrowth of a multi-district pharmaceutical case, the firm formed its technology practice, specializing in e-discovery solutions and software. It also means that interns are at times required to travel and interact with FTI’s clients. 1999: FTI Consulting began trading as a public company on the NYSE. Exit Opportunities.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

In 1982, Andy presented his and Prabha’s mathematical models for sales force sizing and territory alignment to the Pharmaceutical Management Science Association (PMSA), using an early Apple computer to display sales territories on-site. Pharmaceuticals & Biotech. Travel & Transportation. Consumer Packaged goods.