Hitachi Consulting

Also Known As: Hitachi Ltd

Consulting - Information Technology

VAULT RANKINGS 2012

#23 Prestige

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Dallas, TX
24 offices
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THE BUZZ…

"Solid performer"
"Not well known"
"Currently building a footprint in the ERP area"
"Hey IBM—me too"

NEWS AND UPDATES

Vault's Scoop

Uppers

“High visibility to upper management”
“Having control over my career”
“The firm really cares about its employees and it shows”
Extensive philanthropic activities

Downers

“Growing bureaucracy as the company expands”
Average or below-average compensation and bonus
"Each one of our offices has its own unique culture and sometimes it does not lend to the bigger company culture"
Office politics and "red tape"

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

Hitachi goes into services

In November 2000 Hitachi Ltd., the Japanese technology manufacturing conglomerate, purchased Grant Thornton’s IT consulting arm. For Hitachi, the $90 million, 450-employee unit was its first foothold in the consulting world; the Tokyo-based company had previously focused solely on building computer equipment and semiconductors. Grant Thornton, meanwhile, saw the deal as a way to streamline operations and concentrate on its core tax and accounting businesses. (These days, Grant Thornton has re-entered the consulting game.) Become a Gold Member or Log in to read the entire Scoop

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Hitachi SALARIES

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Hitachi SURVEY SAYS

One for all and all for one

Hitachi is known among insiders for its “casual but professional,” “light-hearted” but “high-minded,” and “easygoing” but “extremely smart” culture. There’s an emphasis on teamwork: A principal states, “Our organization is made up of extremely talented, intelligent, hardworking individuals that work successfully as teams both with our clients and on internal projects.” But it’s not just teams that count—the individual is supported as well: An associate in Tacoma adds, “For a self-starter, there are opportunities to do any training, learn a specialty, tailor work schedules and make the job really one that works for you and your goals.”

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DISCUSSIONS

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Getting Hired

Tips from the inside

Get questioned over lunch

Insiders at Hitachi tell us that in addition to going through a resume screen and an initial on-campus or phone interview, “each qualified candidate meets with three to four managers/vice presidents.” One recent hire recalls, “I was hired directly out of college and the process consisted of attending an information session on campus, a campus interview, in-house interviews with four other employees (senior managers and VPs) and a lunch interview.” A director describes a similar process: A “resume screening, behavioral interviewing on campus, and then in-office interviews with three senior managers/VPs and lunch with two consultants.” A senior consultant adds that there may also be a “large group interview."

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