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By: Raymond

Raymond — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:34:10 +0000

What challenges do director level candidates face when attempting to land a role at a top tier firm? Should one expect a horizontal move? Or is it better to target roles at the project leader or consultant level?

Also, do top tier firms shy away from recruiting professionals with 10+ years of experience that is focused in fields other than management consulting? If so, what are your suggestions to changing perceptions?

Technically speaking, I have served in a consultant role working as a group director of strategic media planning for 2 of the top 3 global advertising networks over the past 13 years. I am confident the skills I have developed translate well to management consulting as I am experienced advising clients, managing projects, developing new business, leading teams, and directing strategic plan development and execution for Fortune 500 & 1000, start-ups, and turnaround businesses. I’ve also increased my marketability by attaining a dual concentration MBA in Finance and Strategy/Entrepreneurship from the Cox School of Business at SMU while maintaining full time employment.

I am very interested to land a role with a top tier firm so your advise is greatly appreciated.

Regards

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:56:41 +0000

I am going to be graduating from Seton Hall University December of 2009. I will hopefully complete the degree with a perfect 4.0 while having double majored in both Finance & Management. Additionally, I obtained a masters level certificate in Entrepreneurship and a Black belt in Six Sigma. I am an Operations Manager with Allstate for the past 6 years. Not knowing anyone in the consulting industry and not coming from NYU, Harvard, Columbia, etc, I am fnding it very difficult to get in for an interview with anyone.

I have been at it for almost 6 months now.

I network with everybody under the sun, I apply for jobs on company sites, I attend seminars, I do everything I am supposed to do, and still, BIG OLD GOOSE EGG?????

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:28:41 +0000

It’s an awkward spot since you graduated more than 3 years ago and have a Masters. I’d say you’d probably be put into the “experienced hires” pile, depending on where your resume was sourced (eg, did you submit it on-campus, directly to a recruiter, etc). Hope that helps.

By: David

David — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:15:03 +0000

Question for you. I recently graduated from Georgetown University with a Master’s degree (not in Business) this past May. Even though I just graduated a few months ago would I still be put into the pile with experienced hires? And if so…..would my resume be given more leeway for having less job experience? I am only 25 and graduated from undergrad in 2006.

Thanks!

By: Narasimha

Narasimha — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:24:17 +0000

Hello Sir,

I have few related queries pertaining to Management Consulting career switching from Engineering Professional area.

* Is acquiring MBA, a pre-requisite necessity for Consulting career ?

* Please identify the mainline personality, characteristics, skills and knowledge to be pursued before getting into the Organization / Corporate Functions and commit duties uprightly. What are the pre-requisites in terms of his/her Personality & Characteristics skills towards achieving successful Consulting Career in leading companies ?

* In this Seven plus Years span of my IT / Embedded Semiconductor Systems Career, I have worked in five companies ( approx one company every year ), with four companies being served abroad ( Taiwan, China, Singapore ). Would this mean anything to the Company Recruiters. Now, at this point of time, is it the right choice / path of applying for
Associate / Consultant position ? Kindly extend your suggestion on this.

* Technically, in what ways could I reflect my IT / Embedded Systems Technical background experience with Management / Technology Consulting areas so that large organizations such as McKinsey, Bain, Booz-Allen-Hamilton, Boston Consulting Group and others could identify my potential thereby switching from pure Technical position to Management
consulting position ?

* Further, what do you think about the skillsets and points that must be incorporated in resume to strengthen and made suitable in relation with Organization interests ? And what are the implementation specific skills I need to possess [ both in Technical & Personality-wise] before embarking from my present field to Consulting / Strategy / Operations field in companies such as the above mentioned ? I wish to post my profile for
your reference and I appreciate if you could pin-point certain ‘good’ & ‘to-be-improved’ points.

Thanks and I look forward to your honest suggestions / ideas.

Regards, Narasimha