Why are a lot of companies looking for Consulting experience now a days? Every job I apply to wants consulting experience from a Big 4 or MBB is this a new trend?

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Talent exodus from consulting is happening now, smart companies are looking to capitalize on it.

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We be cool.

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We can take abuse and we burnout often

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What kind of position/job have you been applied to?

Realistically, consulting folks really are smart. In industry right now and you can definitely tell who has consulting experience and who doesn't. A lot of general skills in consulting translate really well regardless of company/position/industry

3 major things I see:

1) Frameworking and defining the problem-
Many people who don't have consulting experience will dive into the problem and start trying to find solutions. A good consultant will begin by spending time drawing up what the ask is and understanding all the parts of the problem and the downstream impacts.

2) Stakeholder management -
Consultants typically have a better feel on who will ask what types of questions and what their message needs to be on a deliverable in order to satisfy everyone involved. People in industry have this knowledge too, but it typically take years to refine, whereas consultants even with 2-3yoe have managed a lot of different stakeholders in multiple projects

3) honestly my excel skills are better than any one of my peers

What’s the problem? You have consulting experience...

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