Category: management consulting

Target Schools For Consulting Firms

The target schools for top consulting firms - an area of perennial interest for consulting candidates and those interested in consulting careers. It’s easy to see why that’s the case - consultants at top firms often start out making close to or even above $100,000 a year. So, students aspiring to break into consulting often…

Off-Cycle Recruiting: 2021 Busiest On Record

March has come and gone - and with it, the advent of the busiest period of off-cycle recruiting. Here at Management Consulted, we affectionately call it Second Season. 2021 was the busiest period of off-cycle recruiting we have ever seen, and it has continued into the winter months. We see no sign of off-cycle recruiting…

Consulting Hiring Amidst Covid

Covid has adjusted consulting firms' hiring practices. Firms - across levels and functions - are hiring more candidates in 2021 from non-traditional backgrounds. Why? There are a couple of reasons: Virtual recruiting has evened the playing field for students at non-target schools. Firm recruiting teams can no longer travel to target campuses. Therefore, they have…

2021 Consulting Salaries Analysis

Because 2020 was a disruptive year for business around the world, we expected to see disruption in consulting salaries. We were not disappointed. At both the pre-MBA and post-MBA entry levels, 2021 consulting salaries remained steady on average, and in many cases, unchanged from 2020. This is remarkable for 2 reasons: The decade-long winning streak…

What Is Change Management?

What is Change Management? Change is the one constant in business, and Change Management is a process that ensures people are able to embrace organizational change successfully. People comprise organizations and they will make or break the success of an initiative - whether it be a merger or acquisition or the implementation of a new…

Strategy Canvas: Charting a Company’s Future

The strategy canvas has become something of a go-to process to guide companies through the difficult and fraught process of strategic planning. Still, there are many companies and consultants who remain unfamiliar with the strategy canvas and the potential it offers for navigating the future. Used correctly, the strategy canvas can be a remarkably useful…

Why Businesses Should Focus On The Top Line In Crisis

In a crisis, like what we're experiencing with Covid-19, should businesses focus on the "top-line", (gross sales), or the "bottom-line", (profit after expenses)? Each have their own pros and cons, with long-term repercussions from each decision. So which should businesses do in times of crisis in order to keep their organizations solvent and sustainable? Of…

Job Outlook for Consultants 2021

The management consulting job outlook for 2021 is something thousands of ambitious new graduates – and experienced industry hands - are looking forward to with anticipation and concern. The consulting job market has been improving steadily year over year for a decade, with each turn of the calendar bringing an expanding job market. This has…

Stakeholder Analysis

Stakeholder analysis is one of the most important things anyone in the business world can do as they prepare to start any new project. In business, as in life, no one is an island. You may have started your career thinking you’re purely out for yourself. However, as you continue to rise up within your…

What Is the GROW Coaching Model?

The GROW coaching model was created in the United Kingdom by Sir John Whitmore in the 1980s. It is one of the world’s most popular coaching methods to identify ways to solve problems and achieve goals and is appreciated for its simplicity and consistently positive results. Even though the GROW coaching model is adored by…