Management Consulting Jobs - A Great Career
There are many great advantages to management consulting
jobs. They involve a lot of travel, a lot of meeting new people,
and a lot of new challenges. Management consultants are highly skilled
in an area of business, have great interpersonal skills, who are
adventurous and want a fulfilling and lucrative career.
The management consulting field is not regressing
with the current recession. In fact, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
reports that this is one of the fastest growing fields in the country.
Many companies are opting to contract out to management consulting
firms to take the place of the executives and managers they are
laying off. Although the hourly billing is usually higher with a
consulting firm, it can be relatively cheaper than the additional
employment costs of having a full time employee, for example providing
health insurance, dental insurance and vacation days. On top of
that, using consulting firms reduce the cost of overall human resources
infrastructure. Additionally, management consulting firms are more
merit-based and usually provide a better historical track record
than individual employees in a given area. If a consulting firm
isn't performing, they can easily go on to the next one. If an employee
in the same area is not performing well, as the movie Up In The
Air shows, it can be a lot more difficult and costly to fire or
lay off an employee than to fire a consulting firm.
Working for a management consulting firm can be
very exciting and refreshing, especially for those who have worked
in a traditional employment setting. In addition to the opportunity
to make a lot of money in management consulting jobs, they have
a lot of perks that normal traditional jobs do not have. Traveling
is one of these fun components to this type of job. In Up In The
Air George Clooney plays a character who travels extensively as
a management consultant that flies around the country to fire people
on behalf of companies. Some consultants travel so much that they
spend more time on the road or in the air and in a different city
than they do at home. Additionally, some consultants don't even
have a home. They travel so much that it's unnecessary. They just
live in hotel rooms out of their suite cases.
Management consulting jobs are also good for those
who get bored easily. If you've never been able to hold down a job
for more than a year, not because you don't perform well or because
you constantly show up late to work, but because you get so bored
you have to get out of there, then management consulting might be
for you. Most consulting contracts never last longer than 2 years
and consulting engagements can be as little as a couple of hours
of offering advice. You are constantly doing new things, in new
places, with new people.
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David Chung
Career and Sales Management Consultant
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