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5 Benefits of Internal Strategy vs Consulting

Tom Spencer

Before outlining the benefits of internal strategy, I want to highlight a few things: I generally enjoyed my time as a consultant and view the firm I left with high regard. I know people who have boomeranged back to consulting after some time in internal strategy because they missed the consulting lifestyle.

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Recruiting versus reality

Tom Spencer

In larger offices that have consistent streams of work in many industries, new consultants may be pigeon-holed to particular industries (e.g. You’ll get great learning and development opportunities”. It’s hard to match the learning and development opportunities in consulting. You’ll get to travel”.

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Consulting Bound – Personal Life Management

Tom Spencer

Throughout the consulting career recruiting process, I found it memorable that in both informal conversations and formal presentations, the issue of personal life management did occur as a poignant topic of conversation. Communicate the Unpredictability of Consulting. more regularly and further in advance.

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Why Consulting?

CaseInterview.com

Consulting firms often have some of the most sophisticated performance management processes in the world. Consulting firms are in the business of renting out brains--so attracting and developing world-class business brainpower are mission-critical priorities.