What do you wish you knew about consulting when you first started your career? If you could teach your first year self a great lesson, what would you say? Be specific.

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I know you’re terrified every second of every day that you aren’t good enough and that you won’t make it. Keep going, keep working, keep believing. You’ll get there. It’ll be really hard but once you finally get the hang of things, get promoted and finally feel like you know what you’re doing (relatively)...it’ll be worth it. You’ll take those abilities and that confidence with you for the rest of your life.

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Glad to hear :)

In the industry you make half effort, work 50 hours and you’ll be a star (but no one will promote you). In consulting you’ll work your ass off, use your every ounce of your brain, and you will still feel inadequate (yet they’ll promote you anyway).

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That Partnership is overrated, and 99% of them have very limited to no life outside of work due to firm commitments.

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Wish I'd knew how to plan an exit strategy. Should have seen the signs when majority of people on my team thinks 5 years they make MD

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It’s funny, I worked in a team a few years ago and our leader left. Everyone in the team thought they would get the leadership role, hired from the market instead. I think either people need to be happy with their role or if they want the whole corporate ladder thing, they can go into industry positions.

Do not feel like you have to be always on or always accessible. Take time for yourself to make this a sustainable career or you will burn out. Took me about 3 years to realize

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Last wk Boss said I'll do more & my work was good, but today said I can't 2nd chair bc I don't have experience. I'm doing less now than my prior firm.

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Are the six sigma certs actually worth it to do?

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How to push for promotion? I am doing much more and much better than peers at the level above me. Ie: level of hires, time to fill, number of hires, building partnerships with internal stakeholders. Being recognized by candidates, hiring managers, nominations for awards each quarter, winning a couple. Been in this role for 1 year, foot on the gas the whole time.

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Hey Everyone!
I’m coming up on one year of working in consulting post under grad in a financial services vertical. I know I want to transition to corporate strategy down the road, but don’t have much interest in financial service strategy. Should I try and switch into a more applicable practice such as M&A or operations? Will I be able to break into corporate strategy without any past experience in that industry? I want to avoid getting pigeonholed into FS, but with COVID, don’t want to leave.

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Is having a CIA and CFE with no CPA worth it?
Is this looked down upon? Planning to just stay in forensics or hop back to IA down the line

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I recently switched company, but now i am realising that the role which i have been assigned is not the one which was offered to me.

I then decided to go back to my previous organization. They are ready to take me back. Salary difference is not much(about 15% less than my current ,but approx 65% from my last drawn salary in my previous org). But i used to love my work and role in my previous organization.i switched because of money.

Is the decision right to go back ?

Can anyone give any insight on what a strategy role is like. I’m currently in sales have been toying around with the idea of going into strategy because it seems a bit more interesting to me but what does a day to day actually look like for someone in strategy ?

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Anyone move over to a portco role at a more senior level? Positive or negative experience?

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Re: exit opportunities - which is better? Big law, highly specialized or boutique corporate firm where I do everything but “specialize” in m&a, VC and capital markets?

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Deloitte GPS Business Analyst vs Mercer Health Consulting Analyst?

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Concerns:

Exit opportunities
Pigeonhole-ing myself into health consulting / How hard would it be to join Big 4 in a year or two if I don't like it

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Dear fishes,
I am a dental doctor ,PGDHHM, MBA( hospital management).Worked for almost 5 years in prestigious tertiary care hospitals in India as Asst.manager operations & Program Manager Cardiac Sciences.
I moved to Netherlands with my husband & because of language constraint & government operated healthcare I didn’t get job. Now moving to USA(Dallas,Tx) on L2 visa & can do job immediately. I have a job gap of 5 yrs.What are the chances & opportunities toget job in healthcare management roles.

Hello, I do business development for an ADR firm. My background is in legal business management and development and I'd really like to transition to a similar role but not in a vastly different industry. I want to try shifting to SpaceX, Northrop, Amazon, etc. but most of the jobs say they prefer someone with experience in those industries. I love aerospace and tech. How can I transition to these types of companies with BD roles? TX

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Looking for a job switch. Currently working as NetApp Technical support Engineer for our NetApp project.

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