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Career Change to Consulting |
| Message Name: |
18 yrs. Corp. Exp. + recent MBA Grad. What are my chances? |
| Date Posted: |
01/15/2002 |
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I have 18 years of corporate experience working in aerospace & defense, possess a Top Secret clearance, and just recently finished my MBA from a med-sized university in Orange County California (Chapman University AACSB accredited). I am currently in my late 30's and looking at Strategy Consulting and changing my current career path. What are my chances of success in this weak economy and the fact that my Chapman MBA though respected here in the greater Los Angeles basin is not that well known in other areas outside LA. In other words how attractive do I look to a major firm
What are your thoughts?
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| Message: |
Dear upsedlymble,
As Jim Carey's line in the movie goes, "What you're saying is, there is a chance!"
I turned 40 at my graduation from a top 3 MBA program. I am 45 and still have not broken into that arena. I wish you better luck.
With all the security boom, try a consulting choice more closely linked to your core competency and when the consulting arena is back on a hiring spree you will at least have had some client relationships. Good luck.
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