Management consulting as a career option
This page evaluates management consulting as a career option. It provides information that can help you answer a question of the form Should I pursue a career in management consulting?
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We have not researched management consulting as a career option in detail. Wikipedia has an extensive page, and Management Consulted has many relevant articles. Some links below:
Overview
Management Analysts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Career Overview: Management Consulting from Wetfeet
What are the advantages and disadvantages of working in consulting?
Considering a career in consulting? Avoid these 5 stupid mistakes
The nature of the work
What is it like to be a management consultant
Typical day in the life of a McKinsey consultant - why your McKinsey boss expects so much from you
I Consult, Therefore I Am: Full Transcript: an interview with Steven Levitt (author of Freakonomics)
Income
The truth behind management consulting salaries: from analyst thru partner
Management Consulting Salary, Average Management Consultant Compensation
Work-life balance
The Dark Side of Consulting Careers
Balancing Work and Life as a Consultant
Management Consulting Work-Life Balance
Social value
What value do consulting firms (like McKinsey, Bain, et al.) really add to an operation?
6 reasons why companies spend $2 million to hire management consultants