Everything about Consulting Groups

[Lianne Ysabel]

I would like to join a consulting group, what are the different opportunities for me? i have been working in my current job (which is related to the service industry) for over a year and i graduated from a prestigious University with honors, am in the
management position.

I am not into programming, what are the possibilities that i can land in a certain position like consultant?

[Leigh]

Here are some relevant threads that you might want to check out some of the people here discuss jobs in the different IT consulting firms.

For reference regarding the different consulting firms:
What are the best IT consulting firms in the Phils? (http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=45896)

There are some discussions here about the jobs that they are offering in the different consulting firms:

why/why not go to Andersen? (http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=32021)

Software Ventures Incorporated (http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=42198)

working at iberpacific (http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php3?threadid=10660)

[NoisyCricket]

Well, it's feast and famine, I can tell you that..! :D

But what specific kind of consulting did you want to go into, and maybe as an even more basic question, why do you want to go into consultancy? ;)

p.s. Nax naman, Leigh, ha? Very authoritative! :D

[Lianne Ysabel]

Thanks for answering Noisy Criket...and of course Leigh, who is now seriously taking my career as her career...

I want to have a career change. want to move to an industry where I know I can grow in a lot of ways...

Thinking of joining more into the business consultancy group. Tipong they pay you for your brains and your bright ideas. (meron bang ganun or sobrang idealistic lang ako???) I've been hearing a lot about Accenture, Headstrong and Arthur Andersen. But honestly speaking, I absolutely have no idea of what they do. I don't even know what the job title of a consultant is...in other words...i am left in the darkest deep blue ocean...zap...no idea....but i am willing to take the risks..

[aticus]

Well, to be realistic, I wouldn't expect to be able to work for those companies you mentioned if I didn't know anything about their operations. No offense, but that's the most basic requirement to working for anyone: knowing their business.

Why not visit their web-sites to get at least a better idea? :) Then analyze whether you have the skill set that the companies are looking for. A good academic and extra-curricular record would be very helpful.

Good luck! :D

[KuyaDanny]

The term "consultant" has been commoditized in recent years, so in making a career choice you must not only decide you want to do consulting, but also what kind of consulting you want to do. In my own business, I have had to work with the following kinds of people providing expertise and advice, and all of them are "consultants" at least according to them:
communications
public relations
human resources - recruitment and staffing
human resources - compensation
human resources - training
interior design
environmental impact
development finance (grants)
engineering (all kinds)
incentive marketing
personal and premises security
political risk and national security
I'd also like to mention that our principal business is financial advisory, also a form of consulting. Notice that my list excludes the most pervasive consulting of all - IT. I think Leigh's links in her post took care of that side.

For many years the term management consulting pertained mostly to that practiced by the strategy and business organization firms (McKinsey, Bain, BCG, and Arthur Little), and the major accounting firms (Andersen, KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and Ernst & Young). The accounting firms still have major consulting practices, here and abroad, which do not necessarily require an accounting degree, training, or experience. You might want to start there to determine if consulting really the career for you.

[Lianne Ysabel]

Thanks for enlightening me about these matter. I guess I am trying to do the shortcut of all things. I better start doing my assignment of researching on all these companies. Salamat ng marami!