This article discusses some top reasons to consider a career in consulting as a new graduate.
Consulting is the second favourite career choice of new graduates. With good starting salaries, great colleagues and a breadth of different roles and experiences available, it’s easy to see why. At Bright Network, we partner with some of the best consultancy firms, amongst them Alpha, EY, KPMG, Strategy&, McKinsey and more.
Fast Learning
There aren’t many careers that give you the breadth of training and on-the-job experience as Consulting. Consultants typically work with the Senior Leaders in businesses to help them solve challenges and make decisions about future growth and change, and they do this across multiple sectors – consumer, retail, health, lifesciences, technology, media & telecoms, public sector and finance. In most firms you’ll have a chance to work towards a professional qualification – usually CIMA or the CFA, as well as developing ninja powerpoint and excel skills on the job, and not to mention getting lots of practice at presenting and pitching, leading meetings, running projects and liaising with multiple stakeholders. For many, Consulting is the perfect training environment – intense and fast paced with lots of variety.
Senior Exposure
Working with Senior Business leaders provides fantastic exposure and opportunities to work with and learn from some very senior individuals in their careers. For example, if the project team are working on a technology challenge you can expect to be working with the CTO or if it’s around Supply Chain the COO, and if a strategic challenge then you’re likely to be working directly with the CEO and their team. For a fresh-faced graduate, working in close proximity with some of these individuals who may be 30 or 40 years into their career, is a pretty unique opportunity.
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