Tess, one of Beacon’s Admissions Coordinators, went to Spain for the first time on our Madrid Winter Beacon Fellowship at Airbus. Here she chronicles her experience!
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Is imposter syndrome holding you back from an exciting opportunity? Take the advice of Kendra Perkins, a senior management major at Trine University. Trine recently featured her, spotlighting her experience on The Beacon Fellowship in Rome last winter. Maybe now is the time to overcome your fears and tackle a new adventure.
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150 years ago, the phrase “management consulting” had little to no meaning. Yet today, McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are famed far and wide for their expertise in business transformation of all kinds. Where did they start? We’ve put together a short history of the Big Three (and their predecessors).
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While management consulting is often the go-to career for business majors, your suitability in consulting is more a function of your skills than the major on your diploma, and there are many ways to learn key consulting skills outside of a business major. Sure, the business jargon associated with consulting may intimidate those unfamiliar with it, but many habits and skills developed outside of a business major have surprising applications in consulting.
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Consulting has many benefits that are widely recognized: exposure to elite clients across a wide breadth of industries, a steep learning curve, and a hefty salary. Isn’t it just prowess in Excel and PowerPoint and stellar networking abilities that allow one to succeed in consulting and receive these benefits? Far from it! Here are 3 valuable skills which entry-level consultants develop and which make consulting so sought-after.
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