Help me choose top 2 service lines for my Consulting internship
HI,
I am offered a position for a consulting internship and now I am given the opportunity to name my top 2 preferred competency areas within Consulting. (Unlike in the US, in the UK they have 6 of them).
Strategy
Operations
Customer Management
Finance
Human Capital
Technology
Note that I listed them in my current order of preference, but I wonder if this makes sense for someone who would like to go into MBB later on. Is Operations better than Customer or Finance Consulting?
Thanks for your help!
In the US, the strategy consulting arm of Deloitte is called its "Strategy & Operations Practice," so I think it's wise to preference those first.
Yeah thanks, that is what I thought. Anyone knows anything about Customer Management Consulting or Finance Consuliting?
Customer Management Consulting is sort of a cross between tech (CRM/Oracle implementation type stuff) and strategy (marketing strategy/customer analytics etc.).
Finance is an umbrella term and can mean different things - investment decisions, restructuring, project finance, cost-cutting etc. I believe Deloitte plays mostly in the cost-cutting and technology tools (Oracle/SAP) for finance.
I would personally pick Strategy and Operations. Human Capital might be worth looking into as well. I'd try to stay away from technology (unless SAP/Oracle/Workday is your thing)
Thank you for the response. Do others also agree that I should go for Strategy or Operations?
I am also asked to pick a preferred industry/sector, if I want to. Are there any specific sectors or industries for S&O that are more exciting to work in?
Thanks!
Strategy, Operations, and Finance sounds like the safest bet for choices. As far as industries, that's really up to personal preference regarding what you'd like to learn more about. A lot of people like TMT (Tech, Media, Telecom), but it's not for everyone. I was surprised to find that industrial/manufacturing clients were actually a lot of fun. On a TMT case now myself, looking forward to getting some retail experience.
Thanks for your response. I just learned that there is no fast track to graduate positions from Strategy consulting, whereas there is from every other area. Do you guys think that Strategy is that much better than Operations that it's worth giving up the fast track? Or would you just do Operations?
thanks.
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