Managment Consulting as a career

Solomon Pleasant

Hi everyone,

I'm heading into final year of business studies and German in Trinity College and I'm considering applying to Accenture, the big 4 etc. for grad programme positions in management consulting.

Can anyone tell what it's like as a career? In terms of pay, career progress, hours, job satisfaction etc?

How difficult is it to land a position on a grad programme in consulting? Would the foreign language give me an advantage over other candidates?

Thanks very much for any help anyone can give!

enfant terrible

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Jim2007

A very important skill is being able to research a topic... there are plenty of resources out there for you to discover all about the career offerings and then come back with specific questions.

And in any case real management consulting opportunities only comes when you get to about my age 50+, when you have a lot actually experience and can talk to senior management with credibility and offer real solutions.

The vast majority of the work you will do in places like Accenture is the same as that at any other outsourcing operation - business analysis, financial analysis, software engineering etc...

If you want to build a career in management, you’d be better of joining the graduate program at one of the European MNCs, such as Nestle, Roche, Novartis etc., there you could also make use of your German.

fungie

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I'm heading into final year of business studies and German in Trinity College and I'm considering applying to Accenture, the big 4 etc. for grad programme positions in management consulting.

Can anyone tell what it's like as a career? In terms of pay, career progress, hours, job satisfaction etc?

How difficult is it to land a position on a grad programme in consulting? Would the foreign language give me an advantage over other candidates?

Thanks very much for any help anyone can give!

Accenture and the big 4 wouldn't be top tier consulting companies, so if you want to do consulting, best try get into one of the top ones.

Solomon Pleasant

Hi everyone,

Thank you for the answers and feedback, it’s much appreciated!

Do any of you know how tough is it to get onto a management consulting grad programme?

Would a 2.1 degree and some kind of internship do the trick?

Jim2007

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

Would a 2.1 degree and some kind of internship do the trick?

You will not know until you try. Certainly applying to European MNCs you may have an advantage as college attendance is not so common there.