I am looking for some advice or opinions to apply for consulting jobs right now. I currently work at a mid-sized/regional firm, but plan move to a different city later this year. I have ~4 yr xp working on system implementations, IT policies/controls, and BPO, but my undergrad GPA wasn't the best (I did become a CPA and CISA though). Should I try to apply to big 3/big 4? Stay mid-sized? Get an MBA or Masters? Move and pray? Thanks in advanced for any comments!

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GPA only matters for your first job (I would know), if you have 4 years of consulting experience you should be able to network into an interview at least

Networking is how I was able to get in with my current firm, but thats when everyone could go out and meet people. I am going to have to step-up my LinkedIn gam over the next few months. Thanks for the help!

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