| Topic Name: |
Stay with Consulting? |
| Message Name: |
Consulting vs Corp (or I know what you did last summer) |
| Date Posted: |
02/12/2002 |
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I'm a recently laid off senior CRM business analyst from a consulting firm and was wondering whether to stay in consulting which is tanking right now or go back to the corp. life, which I find to be a last resort, but I have to pay the bills.. Any advice/insight would be helpful and appreciated. |
| Message: |
Quite an open-ended dilemma. I am there, too and we are not alone. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. Really depends on your priorities and the realities of your personal life. It is common knowledge consultants have very little personal lives. If finances are the first priority, you need to evaluate corporate life, particuliarly now with companies now looking to hire exceptional workers at discount prices. Before I write a novella, let me bulletize my items:
1. Perform personal priority assessment. 100% honesty here.
2. Drop the presumption that consultants always make more money than corporate players.
3. Corporate upward mobility does not mean you only move up if you're a great salesman.
4. Networking is always valuable.
5. Consultants are the easiest to release from financial responsiblity.
6. Corporate players are the next easiest.
7. Reassess your personal goals and career goals.
I feel your pain as a recently laid-off Pricewaterhousecoopers guy looking at the corporate job offers or contract offers.
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