Bain & Company I received a return offer from ZS Associates after I finished my internship last summer. I have since then graduated, and had my start date pushed back to 2024. I was really looking forward to working there, and I have noticed a lot of other consulting companies have delayed their start dates as well. Is it worth it to try and get a job at a different consulting company/ are any management consulting companies hiring right now? Bain & Company McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Oliver Wyman

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Most top firms have delayed hire start dates for a year or more. You’re not going to have much luck with that approach.

If you’re not chomping at the bit to make some cold hard cash, I highly recommend you take gap year and try something new. E.g. one of my friends in the same situation is working as a sailing instructor in the Caribbean while working on his Spanish. It just takes a bit of creativity

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Yeah, OW 1 is right on the money. One thing I’d add is if you really wanted to rack up some experience and stay on the career track, you could always just switch industry for a year and chase healthcare, tech, or banking.

Banking is having similar layoffs / hiring freezes, and some would argue tech is too, but considering you’re going to have clients in both of these sectors as a consultant (and will probably exit for one of them too), you might as well as get to know their internal ops a little more while you’re on hold.

Good luck!

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The industry (consulting) as a whole is having probably one of the worst years in the past 2-3 decades (yes, including the 08/09 recession). It’s likely an anomaly so if you’re truly interested in consulting I’d wait it out

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