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Care to elaborate on the typical exit opportunities from MC? I know there are corp fin routes into industry, but I hardly view headhunters as such to recruit for those roles, or am I wrong?

 

Consulting headhunters recruit for a variety of roles - chief among them from my experience are (in no particular order):

Portolio groups of PE funds MM PE funds that hire consultants (some exclusively, some not) Corporate strategy roles at F500 Business development roles at F500 Hedge funds (probably the least common on this list, but I've seen several targeting consultants) Recruitment/compensation analyst roles at F500 Product management roles at F500 (only seen this once, but I've heard it's not uncommon) Assistant line management roles at F500 (heard of, never seen firsthand)

As for consulting headhunters, I will try to add more but Charles Aris Inc. is the only firm that works with consultants primarily off the top of my head. I personally had a great experience with them and would strongly recommend them to anyone looking at exit opps.

Others:

Kirkland West

Many banker-focused headhunters also reach out to MBB consultants, but I find that you end up a lower priority and they tend to be less knowledgeable about consulting organizations/roles/projects/review systems, so it can be a bit of a pain. Obviously you are also constrained if certain search firms have clients you want to work for...

 

I haven't heard about specific offers so I can't say for sure which companies recruit from what firms. That said, my MC friends have been targeted for internal strategy, business development, and sometimes marketing/brand management type stuff. Both at major corporations and start-ups, especially startups with VC funding. Private equity is another big recruiter. This may sound obvious, but Bain Capital heavily recruits former consultants, and seems to prefer them to bankers.

Interestingly, industry-specific boutique consultancies do very well in this area. I worked at an unheard-of oil & gas consulting firm and a ton of our alums are very well-placed at major/supermajor energy companies.

The best place to get answers for this is probably in the consulting subforum or over at Management Consulted.

 

I am interested in this as well. I would appreciate, if anyone know any IB head hunters and share with us here.

It's not about the money. It's about the game between people.
 

Very few headhunters at the entry level for any industry. Most firms recruit from schools, there is some off-season recruiting but it's generally up to the applicant to contact the firm, not the other way around.

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