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Is consulting more of a job for after you've started your career in another field? I've heard its equally if not harder to break into than investment banking if you are undergrad.

 

I know I'll get some crap for this one, but Audit does require a lot of international travel if you work for a big company if you're looking for something on the corporate side. Any company with multiple sites and an international presence will require you to travel abroad regularly for work. It's not as glorious as other things, but it's an opportunity to see the world on someone else's dime.

 

There can be a decent amount of intl travel in consulting depending on the project focus. Equity research for sure within certain coverage areas (tech, oil/gas or mining, gaming/lodging, some industrials). In general for most funds you will not be doing more than one or two international trips a year, but I know lots of long/short guys who are going overseas like every other month.

 

Depends on the company. I think if you are working in a general Corp Finc function (e.g. FP&A - excluding Corp Dev/M&A) you probably will do minimal/if any international traveling.

If you work on Corp Dev/M&A team for an international company or a domestic company looking to expand internationally, there will be some opportunity. But in my experience, that is really reserved for the higher level (Directors and up).

 

Working for a bank and transferring offices seems like a good way to move for work. To travel for work, seems like consulting is probably the obvious choice. Anyone care to provide more details?

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