This is a community for those interested in all areas of Consulting to explore news, resources and events from the CDO, SOM Clubs and broader Yale.
Management Consulting
Specialty Consulting
Internal Consulting
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Management consulting is the practice of providing consulting services to organizations to improve their performance or to assist in achieving operational, organizational and strategic objectives.
Sample employers include Bain, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, Kearney, KPMG, L.E.K., Mars & Co., McKinsey, Oliver Wyman, PWC, and Strategy&.
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Specialty consulting covers firms with clients in a particular niche area and can be industry-wide (ie. Education) or functional (Innovation).
Sample employers include:
- Economic – Analysis Group, Cornerstone
- Technology – Accenture, IBM, ICF, West Monroe
- Healthcare – Chartis Group, ZS Associates
- Growth Strategy – Blue Ridge Partners, Fidelity Consulting, Simon-Kucher
- Design & Innovation – co:collective, Doblin, Innosight
- Education – Bellwether Education Partners, Bridgespan, Tyton
- Non-Profit – CCS Fundraising, Wellspring
- Government – Delivery Associates, Guidehouse
- Economic Development – IDInsight, Accenture Development Partnerships, Redstone Strategy Group
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Often referred to as Internal Strategy or Corporate Strategy, serve in an internal advisory capacity within organizations. Consulting expertise improves company performance.
Sample employers include:
- Financial: Fidelity, American Express, Liberty Mutual, M&T Bank, Chase
- Health: Bayer, Yale New Haven Health System, Pfizer
- Tech: IBM, Tata Consulting, Samsung
- CPG: PepsiCo, Ford
- Energy: Amphenol
- Government: US Secret Service, National Parks
Incoming students interested in consulting roles should keep a close eye on application deadlines for pre-MBA programs, summer internships, and full-time positions. These deadlines can come up quickly, and missing them means missing out on key opportunities. We recommend setting …
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In a recent conversation with three …
There absolutely are both full-time and MBA internship recruiting opportunities in the Consulting industry in Spring! Finding these opportunities requires looking beyond US roles in global management consulting firms to international opportunities, boutique and specialty firms, and internal strategy roles.
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