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How do I get a graduate job in management consulting?

Everything you need to know about graduate jobs in management consulting. With information on the various roles and perks, salary levels and application advice, this is the ideal place to start job-hunting for graduate management consultant schemes. (More...)

Deciding which consulting firm offers you the right graduate career

They come in all shapes and sizes, so how do you begin to decide which consulting firm meets your career aspirations? Nick South, a consultant from The Boston Consulting Group, is here with advice for graduates. (More...)

Consulting assignments: key parts of a graduate job

Fact-finding, making recommendations and updating the client are part of the job for any graduate assigned to a management consulting project. (More...)

Myths of a job as a graduate management consultant

A lot of misunderstanding surrounds consultancy jobs. We asked Stephanie Aldridge, a consultant with Credo, to tackle some of the most common myths and give an idea of what a graduate career as a management consultant is really like. (More...)

Consulting jargon: a graduate’s guide to jobspeak

Writing a strawman, singing from the same hymn sheet and throwing curved balls… are they all part of the graduate consultant’s job description? Make sure you know the lingo and business terminology used in the consulting environment. (More...)

Graduate consultants go global

Life before you graduate doesn’t involve regular amounts of long distance travelling. But rookie consultants may need to adjust to long spells away from home. (More...)

A week in the career of a graduate consultant

Don Dransfield provides an insight into a week on a typical international project as a graduate consultant. (More...)

A day in the career of a graduate consultant

Consulting projects can take you all over the world. We met Harry Sharpe, a graduate consultant with Oliver Wyman, to find out what a typical day involves for him on a project in Mumbai. (More...)