Hi everyone! Clueless young consultant here looking for advice. Been at a Tier 2 strategy firm (mostly PE due diligence but also some Corp strategy projects) for 10 months out of undergrad. Eventual dream job would be F500 corporate strategy role. What would be an intermediate step to exit to in order to move along my ideal career progression?

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Honestly pretty easy I think given your background

Reach out to recruiters and pass a few interviews and you should get offers in f500 strat

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Yeah you don’t need an intermediate step. I exited directly to F100 corporate strategy from consulting at 1.5 YOE

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What firm or what kind of firm if you don’t mind me asking?

Would add that I’m planning to stay at my firm for another year or so, but no desire to stay long term, and have no idea what my exit goal is, so figured I would start thinking about it.

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LEK not treating you right?

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Same here but looking to exit into corporate strategy at a tech firm

Secured an interview with Microsoft and was successful with less than 1 YOE but they thought I was a little too junior so was rejected nonetheless ... gonna try in few months when I’m over 1 YOE

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It's never too early to exit.

But it will be hard to get hired at a higher rank in the same role type with 1 yoe if you are looking at corporates

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Assuming the firms you’re targeting have strategy groups, should be no issue going straight there. You could probably get a few interviews even applying now.

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1 year at a F100 Corp Strat group directly out of undergrad (no consulting experience). DM me if you'd like.

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Following! Also what constitutes tier 2?

So EYP.

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