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Career Change - 20 years on |
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Why? |
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02/26/2006 |
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I just took a buy-out from Ford after over 15 years - the company is a sinking ship. I'm looking to get into management consulting - a job that didn't seem appropriate to me when I graduated from Columbia's MBA program given no significant experience within industry at the time. But now I have oodles of experience:
- negotiating pricing structure for $1 billion program V8 purchase
- managing organizational and product consolidations for Ford and Mazda
- many many business issues resolved for senior management approval - and much more
A few questions:
How does a guy in his mid-40s break into this business?
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The question is not "how" but rather "why" would a guy in his 40s want to break into this business...
The structure at McK hardly allows for any lateral hires. I've seen one guy in his 40s who joined the firm as an associate (lowest level post MBA), but honestly I don't understand why anyone would want to do that. Long hours, zero responsibility (you're job will be to draft slides), relatively low salary.
If you really want to move into consulting consider one of the big-4 firms or a smaller shop as they value prior experience more than the big-3. Or look into PE roles which I would expect to be far more rewarding for someone with your profile.
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