Month: March 2014

5 Questions with an Associate at BCG London

In today's post, we feature some love from across the pond - and an insider's look at consulting from an Associate at BCG London. This guest post comes to us courtesy of Inside Buzz - make sure you go check out their detailed information on careers in, amongst other things, management consulting. If you want…

Is Consulting Right For You? Video Series

Is consulting right for you? This question has two parts. The first part involves deciding whether working at a consulting firm would be a great fit and a great next step for you career-wise. If you don't know about consulting at all, first watch Why Go Into Consulting? The second part - the one we…

Advisory Board

Today we continue our firm profile series with an in-depth review of The Advisory Board Company, now referred to as Advisory Board after its acquisition by Optum. Advisory Board is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. Advisory Board is perhaps best known for its membership…

Consulting Firms 101 Video Series

There are 3 different tiers of consulting firms - Top 3 firms, Big 4 firms, and Tier 2 firms - and there are pros and cons of working at each level. Curious to find out what they are? In this video series, we compare the firms using 6 different metrics: Branding/prestige Salary/compensation Training Culture Exit opportunities Interviews…