Consulting

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&.

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

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