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CNN Rates Management Consulting 3rd Best Jobs

ibh — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:01:46 +0000

December 2, 2010. The November 2010 issue of CNN Money Magazine released a study of the 50 Best Jobs in the United States. The study used a number of criteria to rank positions, including:

Satisfying nature of the position
Potential position growth
Flexibility
Median salary
Stress

Among jobs like ER Physician, Physical Therapist, Risk Management Manager, Test Software Engineer, Sales Director etc, Management… Read the rest

Top 10 Ways To Know You’re Dating/Married to A Consultant

ibh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:54:34 +0000

1. Referred to the first month of your relationship as a “diagnostic period”.
2. Talks to the waiter about process flow when dinner arrives late.
3. Takes a half day at the office because, “Sunday is your day.”
4. Congratulates your parents for successful value creation.
5. Tries to call room service from the bedroom.
6. Ends any argument… Read the rest

Top 10 Things You Shouldn’t Say at Consulting Interview

ibh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:52:23 +0000

1. I’m a t-shirt and jeans kind of person.
2. Do you pay overtime?
3. I hate flying.
4. I’m useless without ten hours of sleep a night.
5. There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
6. Do you cover rental cars for collision?
7. Stanford taught me that working in teams is great for slackers.
8.… Read the rest

Top 10 Ways to Know You’ve Got the Consulting Bug

ibh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:13:24 +0000

10. Can’t stop using words that don’t exist.
9. Worried that he who dies with the most frequent-flyer miles wins.
8. Use so much jargon in conversation, friends think you’re speaking a foreign language.
7. Constant urge to give advice on subjects you know nothing about.
6. Always-hyphenating-words-that-don’t-need-to-be-hyphenated.
5. Keep seeing bullet points everywhere.
4. Can fit the thematic… Read the rest

Top 10 Things a Consultant Should Never Tell a Client

ibh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:11:42 +0000

10. That was my first guess as well, but then I really thought about it.
9. You should see the hotel I’m staying at.
8. Hey, I just realized that I was in junior high when you started working here.
7. I like this office space. I’ll have them put me in here when you’re gone.
6. My rental car looks… Read the rest

Top 10 Things You’ll Never Hear from a Consultant

ibh — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:08:59 +0000

10. You’re right; we’re billing way too much for this.
9. Bet you I can go a week without saying “synergy” or “value-added”.
8. How about paying us based on the success of the project?
7. This whole strategy is based on a Harvard business case I read.
6. Actually, the only difference is that we charge more than they do.Read the rest

Top 10 Signs You Work in Management Consulting

ibh — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:59:59 +0000

10. You lecture the neighborhood kids selling lemonade on ways to improve their process.
9. You get all excited it’s Saturday so you can wear casual clothes to work.
8. Refer to the tomatoes grown in your garden as deliverables.
7. Find you really need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.
6. Normally eat out of vending machines… Read the rest

You Know it is Time to Get Out of Consulting When…

ibh — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 20:36:56 +0000

1. You ask the waiter what the restaurant’s core competencies are.
2. You decide to re-org your family into a “team-based organization.”
3. You refer to dating as test marketing.
4. You can spell “paradigm.”
5. You actually know what a paradigm is.
6. You understand your airline’s fare structure.
7. You write executive summaries on your love letters.Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from McKinsey & Company

ibh — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:01:28 +0000

Written by Kevin Gao, an Associate at McKinsey & Company. Prior to joining the New York City office of McKinsey, Kevin received his B.S. degree from Stanford University in 2006.

Background – I am on a 4-member team (manager and 3 associates). We are staffed on an operations turnaround project with a focus on personnel (read: reward the best employees, train… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from Kurt Salmon Associates

ibh — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:20:51 +0000

Written by Chantel, a Consultant at Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA). Prior to joining the San Francisco office of Kurt Salmon Associates, Chantel earned her B.A. in International Relations and B.A. in Spanish Language from Stanford University.

Client: Private equity firm evaluating the purchase of a mid-sized premium apparel company growing at 20%+ per year.
Timing: Day 5 of a 3-week… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from OC&C Strategy Consultants

ibh — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:09:12 +0000

Written by Kate Unsworth, an Associate Consultants at OC&C Strategy Consultants (Outram Cullinan & Company). Prior to joining the London office of OC&C, Kate graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics in 2003 and a M.A. in Economics at New York University in 2005.

8:30am to 10:00am. It’s most often a fairly relaxed start to… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from Accenture

ibh — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 01:55:22 +0000

Written by John Greenhough, an Associate Consultant at Accenture‘s London office. Prior to joining Accenture, John graduated from Edinburgh University with a M.A. degree in History in 2001.

10:30 am. The plus side of signing up for evening shifts is that I can come in a bit later which on a Monday is always very welcome. I work for Accenture and am currently… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Retail Banking Consultant from CIBC

ibh — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:05:20 +0000

Written by Leslie Michaels, a Retail Banking Consultant at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Leslie earned her MBA from the Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in 2005.

My entrance to the business world was not a typical one. Prior to embarking on an MBA I was a professional opera singer. Performance careers are very… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from Pariveda Solutions

ibh — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:50:26 +0000

Written by Lisa Breytspraak, a Principal at Pariveda Solutions. Prior to joining Pariveda Solutions, a management and technology consulting firm based in Dallas, Lisa earned her MBA degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 2004.

After graduating with my MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, I joined the management team of Pariveda Solutions, a… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from GE Healthcare

ibh — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:37:21 +0000

Written by George Thomas Mathew, MD, a Customer Black Belt Consultant at GE Healthcare. Prior to joining GE Healthcare Milwaukee office, George earned his MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business in 2003.

My current job responsibilities at General Electric Healthcare, Performance Solutions revolve around leading and driving hospital operations projects. In short, with a team composed of both GE and… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Consultant from Ivey Business Consulting Group

ibh — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:20:38 +0000

Written by Kelsey Leigh Kitsch, a Senior Consultant and Project Manager at Ivey Business Consulting Group. Kelsey earned her MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in 2004.

Since July, 2004, I’ve been reporting to the president and founder of Ivey Business Consulting Group. (The founder is an Ivey MBA from 2001.) Our… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Management Consultant from Oracle Consulting

tony — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 19:17:25 +0000

Written by David Olivencia, Director for Oracle Consulting. Prior to joining the Troy, Michigan office of Oracle Consulting, David graduated from the MBA Class of 2004 at Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business.

I am currently a director for Oracle Consulting (ORCL). With nearly 50,000 employees, Oracle is the world’s leading enterprise software company. I work out of Oracle’s office in Troy,… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Strategy Consultant from Sequitur Consulting

tony — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:16:38 +0000

Written by Adam Watson, a Managing Partner at Sequitur Consulting Inc. Prior to founding Sequitur Consulting, Adam earned his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in 2002.

Sequitur is a consulting firm that I founded in 1997. We have four partners and a cadre of 15 full-time and about 15 contract staff. Though we’re… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Strategy Consultant from McKinsey & Company

tony — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:18 +0000

Written by Greig Schneider, an associate at McKinsey & Company‘s Boston office. Greg earned his MBA from Harvard Business School and MPP from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1996. He kindly agreed to share his one “typical” workday at McKinsey, noting that no day at McKinsey or any other consulting firm can be called typical.

6:15 am.… Read the rest

A Day in the Life of a Strategy Consultant from Accenture

tony — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:30:25 +0000

Written by Alexa Michl, a Strategy Manager at Accenture. Prior to joining the New York City, NY office of Accenture, Alexa earned her MBA degree from Columbia Business School in 2001.

I work for Accenture, a global consulting services firm. I’m based in the New York City office — though I’m rarely there — and I’m a manager in the strategy group with… Read the rest