Pros and cons of consulting work? Leaving audit as a first year senior after busy season & trying to figure out where to go next.

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Consulting is a broad umbrella which entails a vast number of actual jobs. It's like saying "I want to be in public accounting" without picking a line of service. Except with more than 2 choices. You need to do more research into what you actually want to do

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I'm not sure what management consulting entails... enlighten me? Ive been considering Siegfried Group or this one, for instance:
https://careers-thinkbrg.icims.com/jobs/1587/consultant/job?mode=job&iis=Indeed&iisn=Indeed.com&mobile=true&width=375&height=559&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-300&jun1offset=-240

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