McKinsey & Company I've been working at EY for a year now, and I'm realizing that the type of consulting work I want to do is more closely in line with McKinsey & Company or Boston Consulting Group. Does anyone have any recommendations for applying and making that transition?

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Apply, and if you are good enough they will hire you.

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The secret to winning is coming in first place

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I used to work at EY and literally just cold applied to get in here. No specific advice to give other than to make your resume shine as best as you can

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What type of consulting work

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Do you have any thoughts if I'm on the right track here or if I'm missing something about another place within EY where I can do this type of work?

Try hiring one of those coaches that help you get hired into MBB. I think they cost thousands of dollars though.

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Apply via a referral or b-school

Best of luck case prepping!! Would also apply to Tier 2 as a back up

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Although I know what you mean when you say b-school, my mind immediately thought of Marie Forleo... I doubt most people here know who that is though.

What are you doing now and what type of consulting work do you want to do?

You’re certainly on the right track. Highlight those experiences when applying for external roles. EYP offer some of these but for the real “strategy” work you’ll have to go to MBB or some of the tier 2 consulting firms. Transferring internally (to EYP) was possible when business was booming but I’m not entirely sure how deep the bench is right now.

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