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INDUSTRY RESEARCH & JOB SEARCH SITES
Federal consulting: The client is the US government (i.e.– departments, agencies)
Commercial consulting: The client is in the private sector (i.e. - companies, organizations)
FEDERAL VS. COMMERCIAL
SAMPLE EMPLOYERS Abt Associates Accenture Aon Bain Bates White Economic
Consulting BCG Berkeley Research Group Booz Allen Hamilton The Brattle Group CACI Cambridge Associates CAPCO Charles River Associates Control Risks Group
Deloitte Eurasia Group Ernst and Young (EY) GreatBridge Consulting IBM ICF International KPMG McKinsey & Company Mercer MSH NERA Economic Consulting Oliver Wyman PricewaterhouseCoopers
(PwC) SAIC
KEY SKILLS
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Alpha Kappa Psi Delta Sigma Pi GW Women in Business Multicultural Business Student Association Organizational Science Student Association Undergraduate Consulting Group
Ability to learn quickly Analytical & quantitative
abilities Client development/
management Creative thinking Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint Public speaking/
presentations Global perspective Initiative/self-starter Intellectual curiosity Leadership Team collaboration Time management Writing & research
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Management Association Association of Management Consulting Firms Strategic Management Society Washington Network Group
CAREER PATH OPTIONS
Management Consulting - public/federal sector - private/commercial sector
Economic Consulting Human Capital Consulting International Development Consulting Political Risk Consulting Boutique/Specialized Consulting Independent/In-house Consulting
ONLINE RESOURCES
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING (OCR) CYCLES
Freshman/Sophomore Externships: Spring Semester
Summer Internships after Junior year:
Fall & Spring Semester, Junior Year
Full-time Positions: Fall Semester, Senior Year
MConsultingPrep videos Case in Point & Crack the Case Vault Industry Guides (access through GWork) Glassdoor.com
Consultingcase101.com Caseinterview.com HBR Case Studies GWork & On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)
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