NYU Stern School of Business, The Langone Professional Development Program, Fall 2006

Target Area: Management Consulting

Suggested Actions / Use of Resources:

Action / Resource(s) / Location of the resource(s) /
Get yourself familiar with all the resources available to Stern students. / ·  WetFeet Industry Guides
·  CareerSearch
·  Stern Clubs
·  Industry Books, Guides and Directories
·  Professional Associations
·  Links
·  NYU Virtual Business Library
·  Publications
·  Career Reference
·  Workshops
·  Handouts
·  Assessment / Click here /
Change your email / 1. Go to URL: https://w3.stern.nyu.edu/simon/LoginForm.html
2. Sign in using your stern id/password
3. Then click on “Personal Address” on the top menu
4. Change your email to
5. Click OK to save changes. / N/A /
Visit / Join / Management Consulting Associate (Stern Club). The club provides case practice interviews and offer useful case studies and preparation materials for students. / Click here /
Read / Vault Career Guide to Management Consulting / At CRC /
Read / WetFeet Guide to Careers in Management Consulting / At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click here /
Read / Management Consulting – A Complete Guide to the Industry / At CRC /
Read / Vault Guide to the Top 50 Consulting Firms / At CRC /
Read / WetFeet Company Insider Guides (Each top firm has a guide) / At CRC or click here /
Read / WetFeet: Killer Consulting Resumes! / Click here /
Read / Harvard Business School Career Guide - Management Consulting / At CRC /
Read / WetFeet: Insider Guide to the 25 Top Consulting Services Firms / At Career Resource Center (CRC) or click here /
Read / WetFeet: Ace Your Case!™: Consulting Interviews I-V / Click here /
Read / WetFeet: Specialized Consulting Careers: Health Care, Human Resources, and Information Technology / Click here /
Visit / Website (career section and company info) for each of the Consulting firm that are coming to recruit. / N/A /
Read / Strategic Frameworks with Shira Ronen, former McKinsey Consultant / At CRC /
Read/review / Strategy I & II course materials / N/A /
Identify and Locate / Stern MBA alumni using SWAP to identify and locate contacts at each of the consulting firms that are coming to recruit. / Click here /
Identify and Locate / Part-time MBAs, Full-time MBAs, (even friends, and family members) who may be or know someone who will be on the Stern recruiting team for consulting firms that are coming to recruit / N/A /
Watch / Career Transition Workshop video / Click here /
Watch / Strategies in Interviewing video / Click here /

Suggested Timeline/Action:

From / To / Action /
Now / June 2006 / Research the industry and companies by reading the suggested resources stated above. /
Now / August 2006 / Read and review corporate strategy and management materials (know your concepts well). This is to prepare for the mock and actual case interviews. /
July 2006 / August 2006 / Perform practice interviews with peers, CCWP, or coach. Review case interviewing. /
July 2006 / July 2006 / Network with other Stern Management Consulting candidates and find a group to practice case interviews with. /
July 2006 / October 2006 / Practice Case Interviews. This is the most important facet of Management Consulting recruiting. /
August 2006 / September 2006 / Setup informational interviews with alumni (use SWAP) from the firms recruiting on campus. Identify the people (Stern alumni) that are on the Stern recruiting team at each firm. Start networking early! /
August 2006 / September 2006 / Complete online application at each of the interested firms. /
September 2006 / October 2006 / Review on-campus presentation schedules and attend company presentations. /
September 2006 / October 2006 / Network with the full-timer MBAs, part-time MBAs, and the company representatives you met at the company presentations and look for company invite-only networking events and attend as many as possible. /
October 2006 / November 2006 / On-campus interviews /
December 2006 / January 2007 / Companies extend offers to students /
December 2006 / January 2007 / Report your status to CCWP /


Below are some consulting firms to consider even though they may not necessarily recruit on-campus. Our suggestion is that candidates should start a spreadsheet, visit all company websites and take notes on their culture and the type of people they hire. They usually say as much right there. Candidates should also track important deadlines such as deadline for online application and networking events because they may not visit all schools.

A.T. Kearney

Accenture

Analysis Group

Analysis Group

Arthur D. Little

Bain & Company

BearingPoint

Booz Allen Hamilton

Boston Consulting Group

Cambridge Associates

Capgemini

Corporate Executive Board

Dean & Company

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Gartner, Inc.

Hay Group

Hewitt Associates

IBM Business Consulting Services

Katzenbach Partners LLC

Kurt Salmon Associates

L.E.K. Consulting

LECG

Marakon Associates

Mars & Co

McKinsey

Mercer Management Consulting

Mitchell Madison Group

Monitor Group

Navigant Consulting

NERA Economic Consulting

OC&C Strategy Consultants

PA Consulting Group

PRTM

Putnam Associates

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

Stern Stewart & Company

Strategic Decisions Group (SDG)

The Advisory Board Company

The Parthenon Group

Towers Perrin

Valeocon

Watson Wyatt Worldwide

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