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Topic: Consulting
Sort Desciption: Management Consulting is currently a popular and competitive career field. ... Most students who ask about management consulting are interested in the ...
Content Inside: CAREERS IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING About Management Consulting Resources at Cornell Career Services Other Resources Frequently Asked Questions About Management Consulting Management Consulting is currently a popular and competitive career field. While we have seen an increase in the number of firms who are recruiting for management consulting at Cornell there are many excellent firms who do not recruit and who must be contacted directly or through networking contacts. Basically there are two types of consulting positions--the generalist and the specialist. Specialists offer process or functional knowledge to clients. Not surprisingly the hottest specialist area for management consulting has been in information technology and many of the firms that recruited at Cornell were specifically interested in students with background and interest in technology. Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and American Management Systems are examples of such companies. Other consulting specialty firms that send recruiters to Cornell are human resource management and marketing. Most students who ask about management consulting are interested in the generalist firms such as Bain McKinsey and Mercer. These firms offer advice to corporate clients on to operating more efficiently or opening new markets etc. They generally only hire experienced candidates or MBA's for the positions that lead to partnership within the firm. Typically they hire undergraduates to act as research analysts and assume that these "associate consultants" or "business analysts" will leave after two years to pursue an MBA. If you are seriously interested in a career in management consulting you must make the effort to learn as much about it as possible and demonstrate your resourcefulness in researching both the consulting industry and the individual consulting firms. Remember the firm needs to hire the type of individual who can demonstrate the ability to research thoroughly a ...
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