Management Consultant *
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As a management consultant, you provide companies with strategic solutions to business, organisational, or industry-specific problems. You analyse and evaluate the key strategies, people, technical systems and operating procedural workings of a corporation. You then advise management of your findings and make recommendations for both the short and long term. Generally you are consulted on a specific problem or opportunity; some examples are rapid expansion, restructuring to improve business efficiency, increased competition, performance management, people management, business relocation, technical innovations, or many other strategic issues requiring an independent assessment.
Salary p/a
40k - 500k
Qualifications
Degree
Intensity
Sitting
Demand
Growing
Travel
High
Conditions
Indoor
Weekly Hours
50-60
Pros
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Range of challenging projects & recommendations
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Highly paid, travel encouraged
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Intellect in and around you
Cons
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Recommendations, no decisions
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High delivery expectation, time poor and stress
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Difficulty establishing client base as a breakaway
The Bottom Line
Management consultant is a leading edge career. Highly paid, highly intellectual, high performance expectation, tackling either exciting opportunities or derailed projects and businesses. The entire process is interesting and challenging and no two corporate situations are alike. It is a respected occupation, but with high burn out potential.
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