QUOTE(firemelon @ Aug 9 2011, 12:12 AM)
I know that in consulting firm such as Accenture has a simple ranking of its employee, from analyst to consultant to...blah blah...
How is the career prospect in consulting firm? When you say you are a 'consultant', then you are suppose to be someone that has a lot of experience in a particular field, right? Since fresh grad does not have any experience, how do they consult? Even working for 2 years on consulting field, I doubt that a person have sufficient knowledge giving advice for companies.
Is anyone work in consulting as fresh grad? Did you learn a lot?
That is always the misconception. People think that consultant means expert in a certain field, well that is right in someways. But then again, that doesn't mean one cannot be a consultant without any experience. How is the career prospect in consulting firm? When you say you are a 'consultant', then you are suppose to be someone that has a lot of experience in a particular field, right? Since fresh grad does not have any experience, how do they consult? Even working for 2 years on consulting field, I doubt that a person have sufficient knowledge giving advice for companies.
Is anyone work in consulting as fresh grad? Did you learn a lot?
The fact that all major consulting firms employ fresh grads testifies to this. You join the firm, no experience? Never mind, the seniors mentor and teach you along the way. You get staffed into projects with seniors and juniors alike, you'll do the hard work and the principal or partner will sell the project to the client. Then as you grow with the firm, you get promoted and you in turn mentor the juniors. This is of course, if you survive the attrition rate. The half life for strategy firms is about 2-3 years. Large-one-stop service firms do not have such turnovers.
Career prospects are great. Can branch off to do something else later on because of the stuff that one comes across. Must be flexible and willing to move on and to learn. Most of all can quantify the difference that one has made. 4 of the core team members of Teach for Malaysia are consultants. You can see that they really want to make an impact.
This post has been edited by feynman: Aug 9 2011, 08:20 AM