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Next Steps on My Career Path? |
| Message Name: |
look elsewhere? |
| Date Posted: |
03/02/2006 |
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Help! Having just turned 32, married and a father of two young children I now find myself at a crossroads of personal inspiration and professional frustration. I recently completed an MBA (general degree at a small private university in the Los Angeles area), have worked in various marketing related positions since getting a BA in English in '96, and manage a mico marketing/web development agency of my own creation. Yet, I feel professionally unfulfilled and misdirected. I don't generally consider myself the 9-5 cubicle type, but really want to kick-start my career with some structure, discipline, and opportunities that have not yet availed themselves to me. Would McKinsey be somewhere to start this journey? My brother in law works for KPMG in audit - is it somewhat similar to that? Any advice and insight would be appreciated. Thanks! |
| Message: |
I have a few quick reactions to your post:
1. Unless there's something about your background you're not sharing in your post, you're going to have a hard time even getting an interview with McKinsey. AFAIK, last I checked the only LA b-schools that cracked the top 25 were USC and UCLA, neither of which is likely to be the "small private university" to which you refer. McK recruits pretty exclusively from top programs (b-schools and other graduate schools).
2. As a father of two young children, if you did get a job at McK, would you be prepared to only see those children on weekends? During the week, you would be getting home after they get to bed (if you're even getting home at all; much of the time you'd be staffed out of town). It's not a great lifestyle for a parent.
3. I don't really know anything about KPMG in general, or audit work in particular, but I doubt it bears much resemblance to the sort of work McK does.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I think I'm being realistic.
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