Top Consulting Firms: The Vault.com Career Guide to the Top Consulting Firms (Vault Reports) - Softcover

Lerner, Marcy; Prasad, Chandra; Scott, Nikki; Hamadeh, Samer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581310390 ISBN 13: 9781581310399

Publisher: UNKNO, 1998

Synopsis

Whether you're consulting savvy or can't name even one of Porter's Five Forces, you'll find The Vault Reports Guide to Management Consulting an ideal tool for your job search in the consulting industry. With this 340 page guide, you'll receive an introduction to the management consulting industry and two-page entries on well over 40 major consulting firms.

The Management Consulting guide tells you what you need to know, including:

Industry rankings

The life of a consultant

Vital company stats

History and current operations

The lowdown on the firm's hiring practices

The inside scoop on each firm's social life, pay, perks, workload, dress Read the Management Consulting Industry Guide, and find out:

How consultants rank the prestige of their firms and their competitors

Which firms have "up or out" policies

What strategy consulting, operations consulting, and IT consulting are, and which firms specialize in each

All about the Balanced Scorecard, used by hot new consulting firm Renaissance Worldwide

How much you can expect to make within a few years at McKinsey, known to insiders as "The Firm"

Why the DC-based firm The Advisory Board is known as "The Melrose Place" of consulting firms

What percentage of base salary the Boston Consulting Group grants as year-end bonuses

About this title

From the Publisher:

Profiled firms:
The Advisory Board Company
American Management Systems
Andersen Consulting
Arthur D. Little
A.T. Kearney
Bain & Company
Booz, Allen, & Hamilton
The Boston Consulting Group
Cambridge Technology Partners
Coopers & Lybrand
CSC Index
Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group
Ernst & Young
Gemini Consulting
ICF Kaiser International
KPMG Peat Marwick
Kurt Salmon Associates
LEK Alcar Consulting
Marakon Associates
McKinsey & Company
Mercer Management Consulting
Mitchell Madison Group
Monitor Company
Price Waterhouse
Renaissance Solutions
Towers Perrin
Vertex Partners
Watson Wyatt Worldwide
ZS Associates

Review:

"Cliff notes for careers... fun reads, edgy details." -- Forbes Magazine, December 1998

About this edition

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1581310390
• ISBN 13: 9781581310399
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225