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business consulting (not strategy) |
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Let me put it this way... |
| Date Posted: |
03/09/2006 |
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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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There are lots of non-IT projects. But they tend to be shorter in duration and you have to know someone (usually) to get on them. In the end, career longevity is built around getting on a longer implementation. As a new hire, even as a lower-level experienced hire (consultant/manager) don't underestimate how little power you have. You usually have to take what you are given unless you have a darned good reason (i.e.: wife undergoing chemotherapy so I can't travel too far versus "that isn't the kind of work I want to do).
So you can keep posting and seeking more opinions - kind of like a terminally ill patient shopping for a new diagnosis - or you can pretty much take the word of experienced people who know the deal.
On every project there is a need for functional people - do your best to align yourself with those roles.
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