Vault.Com Career Guide to Consulting

by Vault.com

• ISBN13: 9781581311167
• ISBN10: 1581311168
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Consulting is one of the best-paid professions for recent grads, offering new graduates lucrative salary packages and the chance to rub shoulders with top management of Fortune 500 companies, while working on some of the most interesting issues that these managers face.

Table of Contents

OVERVIEW OF CONSULTING
Introduction	3	(2)
The Scoop	5	(18)
Industry History and Trends	5	(4)
Consulting Categories	9	(8)
Finding a Firm that Fits	17	(3)
Transitioning from Other Fields	20	(3)
On The Job	23	(24)
Types of Consulting Projects	23	(3)
The Project Life Cycle	26	(4)
Job Descriptions	30	(2)
Day in the Life of an Associate	32	(2)
Day in the Life of a Consultant	34	(4)
Career Progression in Consulting	38	(6)
Lifestyle in the Industry	44	(3)
Getting Hired	47	(24)
The Consulting Template	47	(4)
The Introduction	51	(4)
The Resume/Behavioral Interview	55	(4)
The Case Interview	59	(8)
Guesstimates	67	(2)
Brainteasers	69	(2)
Our Survey Says	71	(418)
LEADING EMPLOYERS
American Management Systems	82	(8)
Andersen Consulting	90	(12)
AppNet	102	(4)
Arthur Andersen Business Consulting	106	(8)
Arthur D. Little	114	(8)
A.T. Kearney	122	(10)
Bain & Company	132	(10)
Booz-Allen & Hamilton	142	(12)
Boston Consulting Group	154	(10)
Cambridge Technology Partners	164	(8)
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young	172	(12)
Charles River Associates	184	(6)
Computer Sciences Corporation	190	(6)
Dean & Company	196	(6)
Deloitte Consulting	202	(10)
Diamond Technology Partners	212	(10)
Electronic Data Systems	222	(6)
First Manhattan Consulting Group	228	(8)
Greenwich Associates	236	(4)
Hewitt Associates	240	(6)
IBM Global Services	246	(6)
Integral, Inc.	252	(6)
iXL Enterprises	258	(6)
KPMG Consulting	264	(10)
Kurt Salmon Associates	274	(8)
L.E.K. Consulting	282	(8)
Logica	290	(6)
Luminant Worldwide	296	(8)
Mainspring	304	(6)
Marakon Associates	310	(10)
marchFIRST	320	(10)
Mars & Co	330	(6)
McKinsey & Company	336	(12)
Mercer Management Consulting	348	(10)
Monitor Group	358	(8)
Navigant Consulting	366	(8)
Oliver, Wyman & Company	374	(6)
PA Consulting Group	380	(8)
The Parthenon Group	388	(6)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Services	394	(8)
Proxicom	402	(4)
Razorfish	406	(6)
Renaissance Worldwide, Inc.	412	(6)
Roland Berger & Partners	418	(6)
Sapient Corporation	424	(8)
Scient	432	(8)
Towers Perrin	440	(8)
Viant	448	(8)
Watson Wyatt Worldwide	456	(6)
William M. Mercer	462	(4)
Xpedior	466	(6)
ZEFER	472	(4)
Zentropy Partners	476	(6)
ZS Associates	482	(7)
APPENDIX	489	(16)
Top 10 Global Consulting Firms by Revenue	490	(1)
Consulting Articles	491	(14)
Consulting Goes Bigtime	491	(2)
Is Boutique Consulting Right For You?	493	(4)
Management Consulting: Not Just for MBAs Anymore	497	(4)
Using a Recruiter to Land a Job in Consulting	501	(4)
Consulting Glossary	505	(6)
Recommended Reading	511	(4)
Index	515	(6)
About the Authors	521