Asking for a friend: Which consulting firms are open to hiring someone who has not completed their bachelor’s degree but has 10+ years of industry experience plus a masters degree in progress? Any tips for navigating this in their resume and interviews?

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How did they get accepted into a master's program with no undergrad degree?

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A European grad school that considered their professional experience + recommendations in lieu of an undergrad degree

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OP, I don’t have any degree whatsoever and got hired at KPMG as a senior associate under cloud engineering. I do have a bunch of certifications though and over a decade of various IT (only a few years of cloud) experience.

There is hope!

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Is it University of Phoenix?

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What? How can they do a masters if they don't have an undergard?

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Many schools equate experience and might even interview to make those decisions. It’s unusual for sure but not impossible.

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Which industry?

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Accenture if you want to start at apprentice 😪

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I came in to EY as an experienced manager with an associates but 10 years of experience.

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Speed run a bachelors from somewhere.

Slalom would at least take a look if you were otherwise a good fit/good candidate with relevant experience and all. A lot of people have undergrad degrees that don’t at all relate to what they do for work, and I don’t see how that’s different than having an incomplete bachelors or none at all.

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