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how do I make the switch from big 5 to strategy |
| Message Name: |
strategy wannabe |
| Date Posted: |
01/07/2000 |
| Message: |
I graduated from college this past May and am working at a big 5 consulting firm in the Higher Education practice (clients are all colleges). My group does a lot of process improvement and technology and operations consulting, but hardly any strategy (colleges can't exactly try to expand into new markets or offer new products the way private industry can). My goal is to end up doing strategy for the high-tech industry, preferably telecom. Any thoughts on how to make this happen? There are two considerations, though:
1. I'd rather not leave my group unless I have to; My manager is a personal friend and I know he'll take care of me. The only problem is that he's big on data warehousing and really techy stuff like that, which I don't mind doing now, but not in the long run.
2. I'm definitely going to grad school (either MBA, JD/MBA, or just JD) so maybe I can just try to hit the strategy firms after the next degree.
My question is this: what types of projects should I try to get on now to reach my goal of doing strategy?
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