I left Consulting for industry and increased my salary by 60% + doing much more interesting work. Idk who needs to hear this but there is so much more out there!!! If I stayed I was going to settle for crap pay and unwarranted stress!! I’m so happy I got out.

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ALOT OF INTERVIEWING AND REJECTION! I really practiced interviewing and highlighting my worth. But literally interviewed a lot until something clicked. Moving to industry at a Fortune 500 as a strategy manager!

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Kind of - but I also leveraged the fact that I’m in an evening mba program graduating this may

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100 vs 160

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Wow you give me hope - what kind of skills are needed for the new job

Kpmg 😂 so i think I definitely made the right decision

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Which practice at KPMG?

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Congrats OP, stories like these give us hope!

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I was a senior though

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What consulting firm tier were you?

How did you go about leaving an finding next venture?

What did you move to? Been trying to find an exit but unsuccessful and not 100% sure what I want

Don’t worry too much about not being sure what you want. If you’re still an associate just take a role that sounds interesting and that you’ll learn from. And obviously that pays more

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HOWWWWWWW

What was your salary and TC at KPMG vs the new firm?

@OP. Which Industry?
I’m targeting a similar exit in the insurance sector as a manager. No luck so far.

Soooo...Taleo? lol

How many years were u in consulting?

What’s the area of experience and function?

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