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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 affords a break from [...]

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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
Percentage: 12%
Mergers and Inquisitions [...]

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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 a Plan B but [...]

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Interview with Marquis of McKinsey and Marquis’ Weblog – Life as a Consultant series

The Life of a Consultant series continues. The guest today is Marquis – former McKinsey consultant, Stanford GSB graduate, and author of the popular consulting blog Marquis’ Weblog. Previous interviews covered consultants from Booz Allen, AT Kearney, and Nortel.
Some background: I’ve been reading Marquis’ blog for several years. He is a prolific and insightful [...]

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Interview with Steward from A.T. Kearney Shanghai – Life as a Consultant series

This is the second post in my “Life as a Consultant” series. The first was with a Booz Allen consultant. Expect more soon from current and former consultants at firms such as McKinsey and Bain!
Some background first: Steward was one of the first commenters here at MC. Upon further discussions and email exchanges, I learned [...]

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