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Why I Left McKinsey, Part 2

This is part 2 of my 2 article series on why I left McKinsey. In article #1, I explained why I left and dove into what I perceived to be McKinsey and the consulting industry’s shortcomings. Below, I’ll dig into why I loved working there and the general benefits of a management consulting background. As [...]

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2011 Management Consulting Salaries – Undergraduate, MBA, and More

Here are the companies which we have 2011 management consulting compensation data: -A.T. Kearney -Bain (post-MBA) -BCG (undergraduate and post-MBA) -Booz & Co (U.S. and Dubai) -L.E.K. (post-MBA) -McKinsey (undergraduate and post-MBA) -Mercer (undergraduate and post-MBA; includes all areas – human capital, actuary) -Oliver Wyman (Financial consulting) This is for fulltime jobs that start in [...]

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Consulting exit opportunities: grad school, Fortune 500, non-profit, and public sector careers

This is the concluding part 2 of my series on consulting exit opportunities. The previous post covered finance and entrepreneurship. Graduate school (MBA, JD, masters & PhD) Percentage: 25% Many undergraduate consulting hires pursue graduate school after a few years. Often paid-in-full by their firms (with the agreement to return post-matriculation for several years), it [...]

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Consulting exit opportunities: 28% of management consultants pursue finance

I’ve briefly discussed consulting exit options before. This article is part 1 of 2 that will “deep dive” into the topic (with a precise estimate of the percentage pursuing each). I considered bumming on a beach in Koh Samui when I left consulting, but for more ambitious folk, here are the main paths: Private equity [...]

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How to get a consulting job in a tough economy: notes from recruiting talks

Our Recruiting in a Down Market talks from last week covered a lot of useful material that I’d like to share with readers. The key takeaways for lazy people are: Networking is everything – focus on a few quality channels and be proactive Spread your net wide – you can’t afford to be picky Have [...]

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