Consulting is a career
Consulting is more than just a job. You develop a way of thinking, unique skills, and lots of professional relationships. There is no better general business training than consulting. You work with super smart people, interact with clients daily, learn excel ninja skills, and get more valuable daily. It is a diaspora that gets spread across industries, geographies, and functions. Regardless where you are on the S-curve of your career – it will be a career accelerator.
The key question is what happens after consulting?
Charles Aris is a search firm based in North Carolina that specializes in placing top-tier management consultants who go into industry. They have job boards here, which gives you a flavor for the kinds of work top-end management consultants get to do when they hang up their Briggs & Riley rollerbags.
Some recent positions include:
- Director of strategy and analytics, technology finance company
- VP of operations, manufacturer
- Director of strategic planning, natural resources firm
- Director of product strategy, PE-owned education company
Great mailing list
Their mailing list is worth the trouble. Oh, they also have a great salary survey. You will be surprised at how much big 3 consultants can make, if they stick it out 6-8 years after MBA. Interested now?