Life of an HR Consultant?

I interned at one of the top HR consulting firm before.

Although HR consulting is not as high profile as strategy consulting, it is not a bad field to be in. From my experience, I can tell you the following:

• The hours are pretty nice (~50) so you can keep a nice work/life balance
• From what I remember, at least in the office I was, there was very litle travelling involved, and very little off-site work (about 25% of the analysts would visit a client's site over the year)
• The work is quite diversified, going from building compensation plans for portfolio managers or blue-collars to solving turnover problems and establishing a succession plan. Might be less challenging than strategy consulting though
• Definitely more quantitative than people think; a lot of work with large database (especially in the compensation field)
• Exposure to a lot of different industries
• Exit opps might not be the best though.. Many people refer to HR as a "silo". I would say it is true to a certain extent - some people will successfully transition to strategy consulting but it is not so common, or switch to industry as a lateral hire
• In New York at least they make good fees so if you make it to principal life will definitely be good with nice compensation and good balance in your life
• I feel like it is one of the youngest field out there; so definitely a bright future ahead. More robust HR frameworks are being implemented out there so it is not the "b.s." field it used to be.

Best of luck and feel free to reach out for me would you like more information