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How to Get a Job in a Consulting Firm

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By Sabah Karimi
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If you've decided that the exciting and professional world of management consulting is a good career match for you, you'll need a plan to find the right position. Consulting firms around the globe hire consultants to work at their offices or on a telecommute basis. Before signing up, you first need to know a little bit about what a consultant does, and what industry you're most interested in.

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  1. Consultants are people companies hire to give them advice about how to conduct business. There are many kinds of consultants out there; for instance, technical consultants give advice on technological issues, and financial consultants give advice about money. But the biggest branch of consulting is called management consulting. Management consultants are typically organized into teams, specifically chosen for a given project. A project is a job for which the team is hired by an external firm. The team is constructed internally by the consulting firm, and it is maximized for efficient human-capital composition. The average team consists of three to six people, depending on the job specifications and the clients' needs.

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