Exit Strategy from IBM Consulting by Degrees to Management/Strategy Consulting (Deloitte, PwC, AT Kearney, etc)

Hi everyone,

I recently graduated from a target undergraduate business school, but with a mix of misinformation and naivety I accepted a position with IBM's Consulting by Degrees program. This position lacks the elements of management/strategy consulting and it more closely aligns with delivering technology services similar to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

I am absolutely lost as to how to recruit without the tools that my schools had previously provided. I would really appreciate it if anyone can provide some tips or accounts on what ways to exit from IBM into actual strategy/management consulting firms, like Deloitte, PwC, AT Kearney. Thanks!

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