Does MBB ever let people specialize in Life Sciences right off the bat at the post-MBA Consultant level or do you always have to start out as a generalist?

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PhD in Metabolism here 🖐 you can specialize fairly quickly but it depends on your home base/ (more healthcare in SF or boston) and natural pull from project managers. I've done about 80% healthcare. but you're still suspectible to market demands. I'm currently staffed on a 4 months procurement study 😑

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Physicians frequently get the opportunity to start with a focus in healthcare as a whole and quickly get to hone in on specific niches thereafter.

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Yes, just do your best to get those types of projects. You'll already be credentialed in the space so if there is work being sold there it shouldn't be too hard.

Do you work in the life sciences vertical/space at Deloitte?

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