Booz.Allen & Hamilton is one of the biggest, oldest and best-known names in the field of general management consulting. Founded in 1914 by Ed Booz, one of the early pioneers in the management consulting field, the firm that bears his name now has more than 8,000 employees spread across 80 offices around the world. About 2,500 of these employees work in Booz.Allen's World Commercial Business (WCB), which is the focus of this guide. (The rest are in World Technology Business, which works mostly with government organizations.) WCB consults with Fortune 500 companies and their equivalents abroad and unlike many of its competitors (such as McKinsey and BCG) is divided by practice. What's the rest of the story behind this major player in the management consulting arena? This WetFeet.com Insider Guide will tell you.
You have questions about Booz.Allen & Hamilton, and our Insider Guides have answers. You'll be ready to ace your interviews after reading the WetFeet Insider Guide on Booz.Allen! You'll learn: * What's the difference between the Commercial Business and the Technology Business? * Acronym soup - MIG, KOL, EMG - what do they mean? * What are the key elements of BoozAllen's recently overhauled Worldwide Consultant Program? * What are examples of actual projects that BoozAllen consultants have worked on? * What happened when the firm went public in the 1970s? * What are the pluses and minuses of the practice approach to consulting? * How should you prepare for your Booz interview? * What's the deal with the dot (between "Booz" and "Allen")?
