Is Accenture non-target friendly?
New to consulting. Name really says it. Is Accenture more willing to take a shot on some non-target kids?
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Would they be a good firm to start at out of college? What are they known for?
https://managementconsulted.com/accenture-case-interview/
“Accenture offers a wide variety of practices, namely:
-Management consulting -IT consulting -Back office outsourcing
The firm is known for its specialty in technology and is considered a leader in the field.
The firm’s management consulting arm is its most sought after division and is broken down into three groups: Strategy, Operations, and Digital. Accenture’s strategy consulting group competes for projects with the likes of McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. The operations and digital groups are focused more on implementation rather than pure strategy.”
Yeah they are a good firm ranked highly but not top 3.
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Accenture had the slogan “Be a Tiger” back in the day: https://newsroom.accenture.com/subjects/accenture-corporate/accenture-s…
with Tiger Woods until his scandal broke open and then they dropped him.
I work on the ACN federal side; happy to answer any questions.
I’m glad you commented, because I was just talking with my friend about consulting on the federal side.
He’s particularly interested in pursuing a masters in public policy, and wants to eventually work for a political think tank. Do people normally stay in federal consulting for the long term, or do you see people exit after a few years? If they do exit, what are the most common jobs or positions they exit to?
Also, how much does federal consulting differ from the traditional management consulting that I’ve been reading about? I’m assuming it’s similar in a lot of aspects, but you’re just advising public entities instead of private? Is there as much travel involved with federal consulting, or are y’all just centered in Washington?
No problem:
- Depends on project. Some are more strategy and others operational (a lot of federal is tech implementation). You definitely want to find the strat ones; ops sucks. My last project was with the Dept. of Ed, because I am passionate about economic mobility, and believe that quality education is the pipeline for that. But, I ended up leaving because there was just so much that we could do to really assist kids and their families. We would work so hard, and then Betsy Devos would just lift her pinky figuratively speaking with crappy policies, and, in my opinion, undo any good that we did plus some. So it was a bit crushing ha ha. Anyways, it's a good mix of business and public service, and with that you get nice pay and great benefits. But, you have to keep in mind that the real "guts" of the government is out of your control, since it's on the pp side. Also, I would say a majority of people leave after 3-5 years. Once you get to MD, the hours are tough, and even getting promoted to MD is tough. Exit opps are largely grad school (seen mostly MBA and law school), private consulting, and government itself. Fed consulting institutions don't really pay for grad school because 1. the government doesn't care unlike private sector clients, so they're not going to drop money on it and 2. employees would probably just take the grad school degree and leave.
Edit: Also, going from public to private is difficult, but it's one of the more popular exit opps that I've seen at least. Moving to the government or going to grad school seem to be the most popular, however.
- Yes, we advise the government instead of for-profit entities.
- Not a lot of travel, especially compared to private. We have to move within something like 30 mins. of D.C. per company regulations.
Anybody at Accenture know what their recruiting timeline for non-target 2021 CDP would be for this year?
Understand that things are different given COVID and layoffs but hearing from peers that they’re still recruiting at targets for interns.
Accenture consulting is non-target friendly. Accenture Strategy does not hire from non-target schools at all.
I think this is overstated - it is definitely possible to get a junior summer internship with Accenture Strategy even if you aren't from a target school. 2 friends and I did it before from an Ivy (but non-target) within the last 3 years. Granted - we did receive MD-level referrals and were not able to apply otherwise.
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