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business consulting (not strategy) |
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03/09/2006 |
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Ok, it seems like I am getting conflicting responses:
1) I won't do business consulting; I will be doing IT work. Business consulting is a whole other group. (Jakyj and stopnik)
2) I can do business consulting, just not strategy. (CadillacRanch)
Also, if anyone has any insight what the other divisions of business consulting ACTUALLY do (ie finance and performance management, supply chain, etc.), can you please shed some light on this.
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Business consulting is not a different group. Even IT consulting touches aspects of business consulting. Most business consulting is ultimately to drive an IT project. For example, a retailer has too much merchandise - you do an analytical study to demonstrate that fact (benchmarking, etc.) with the goal of selling in a forecasting system (IT system). There is no clear group for that kind of a "business project." It all depends on luck, what SE or SMGR you are aligned with, etc.
Follow the other poster's advice - get in, get experience, find a niche, or move up and on at another firm. I would say business consulting ops are more limited at Accenture - but they do exist. But you cannot exactly "demand" that kind of work from the get go. It is a factor of who you know, what you can do, etc.
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