The 2002 edition of The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting provides invaluable job-search advice for the prospective management consultant. Harvard Business School graduates, students, and faculty reveal firsthand insights into the industry, describe what a consultant's work is really like, outline current industry trends, and offer guidelines for approaching the case-study interview. Also included are profiles of well-known consulting firms, a mailing list of recruiting contacts, and a selective bibliography of relevant books and directories compiled by the Harvard Business School Career Resources librarian.
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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
This book is a waste of money,
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This review is from: The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting: 2000 (Paperback)
I don't think this book is helpful. The industry profile is minimal; the Harvard alumni's stories (a few) are a bit more interesting. The main part of the book contains the profiles of 62 management consulting firms. However, 17 of these companies have only 60 or fewer professionals, and a lot of them have offices only in a couple of cities. Examples - John Barry & Associates: 10 professionals, offices in Newport Beach only; Alliance Consulting Group: 35 professionals, offices in Boston and Cupertino; Amherst Consulting Group: 20 professionals, offices in Boston; Corporate Directions: 40 professionals, offices in Tokyo only (! - this is the absolute record); Etc. It puzzles me why on earth were such obscure companies profiled in a career guide. Besides, the companies' information is general, collected from internal sources and will not help you too much in your research. If you are interested in management consulting go for the vault.com and wetfeet.com guides. Another excellent book is "Management consulting: a complete guide to the industry" by Sugata Biswas and Daryl Twitchell.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Geared for neophytes - not a useful publication for most,
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This review is from: The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting: 2000 (Paperback)
Provides a cursory look at a consultant's life and some of the companies one would normally consider, along with many smaller companies that many people wouldn't have access to. Better information is likely available elsewhere, including the Internet and other publications.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
good, but the Vault guides are better,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in Management Consulting, 2001 (Paperback)
In my opinion there is more and better objective information on consulting careers in the Vault Career Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms and in the Vault Guide to Case Interviews, which have the added benefit of being able to be purchased on vault.com and downloaded immediately. Good luck.
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If you're considering working in management consulting, you're probably just starting out in your career: you're either about to graduate from college or business school, or are within a year or two of either milestone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
performance appraisal system for consultants, upward evaluation process, applicants from other schools, formal summer program, turnover rate for professionals, many summer interns, consulting differ, compensation for day care, opportunity forpromotion, place for all offices, ongoing professional development programs, major strategy consulting firms, recruiting contact, lifestyle aspects, general management consulting firms, average hours per week, initial training programs, adoption leave, summer intern program, does your firm, leading management consulting firms, other consulting firms, summer associates, how many professionals, corresponding responsibilities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Company Description Describe, The Recruiting Process Describe, Towers Perrin, Total Number of Professionals, Human Resources Practices Describe, United States, San Francisco, Value Partners, Health Advances, Roland Berger, Cornerstone Research, Los Angeles, Abt Associates, Deloitte Consulting, The Cambridge Group, Braun Consulting, North America, Provider Consulting, Swander Pace, Harvard Business School, Kennedy Information, Menlo Park, Monitor Group, The Farrell Group New!
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If you're considering working in management consulting, you're probably just starting out in your career: you're either about to graduate from college or business school, or are within a year or two of either milestone. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
performance appraisal system for consultants, upward evaluation process, applicants from other schools, formal summer program, turnover rate for professionals, many summer interns, consulting differ, compensation for day care, opportunity forpromotion, place for all offices, ongoing professional development programs, major strategy consulting firms, recruiting contact, lifestyle aspects, general management consulting firms, average hours per week, initial training programs, adoption leave, summer intern program, does your firm, leading management consulting firms, other consulting firms, summer associates, how many professionals, corresponding responsibilities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Company Description Describe, The Recruiting Process Describe, Towers Perrin, Total Number of Professionals, Human Resources Practices Describe, United States, San Francisco, Value Partners, Health Advances, Roland Berger, Cornerstone Research, Los Angeles, Abt Associates, Deloitte Consulting, The Cambridge Group, Braun Consulting, North America, Provider Consulting, Swander Pace, Harvard Business School, Kennedy Information, Menlo Park, Monitor Group, The Farrell Group New!
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- Financial Services (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information on page 24, and page 34
- Directory of Management Consultants by James H. Kennedy on page 171, and page 173
- Financial Services (Ferguson's Careers in Focus) by Ferguson Publishing on page 44
- Principles of Corporate Finance by Richard Brealey on page 108
- Direct Marketing (Marketing in Action) by Margaret Allen on page 108
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