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INDUSTRY RESEARCH & JOB SEARCH SITES

Federal consulting: The client is the US government (i.e.– departments, agencies)

Commercial consulting: The client is in the private sector (i.e. - companies, organizations)

FEDERAL VS. COMMERCIAL

SAMPLE EMPLOYERS Abt Associates Accenture Aon Bain Bates White Economic

Consulting BCG Berkeley Research Group Booz Allen Hamilton The Brattle Group CACI Cambridge Associates CAPCO Charles River Associates Control Risks Group

Deloitte Eurasia Group Ernst and Young (EY) GreatBridge Consulting IBM ICF International KPMG McKinsey & Company Mercer MSH NERA Economic Consulting Oliver Wyman PricewaterhouseCoopers

(PwC) SAIC

KEY SKILLS

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS Alpha Kappa Psi Delta Sigma Pi GW Women in Business Multicultural Business Student Association Organizational Science Student Association Undergraduate Consulting Group

Ability to learn quickly Analytical & quantitative

abilities Client development/

management Creative thinking Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint Public speaking/

presentations Global perspective Initiative/self-starter Intellectual curiosity Leadership Team collaboration Time management Writing & research

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Management Association Association of Management Consulting Firms Strategic Management Society Washington Network Group

CAREER PATH OPTIONS

Management Consulting - public/federal sector - private/commercial sector

Economic Consulting Human Capital Consulting International Development Consulting Political Risk Consulting Boutique/Specialized Consulting Independent/In-house Consulting

ONLINE RESOURCES

ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING (OCR) CYCLES

Freshman/Sophomore Externships: Spring Semester

Summer Internships after Junior year:

Fall & Spring Semester, Junior Year

Full-time Positions: Fall Semester, Senior Year

MConsultingPrep videos Case in Point & Crack the Case Vault Industry Guides (access through GWork) Glassdoor.com

Consultingcase101.com Caseinterview.com HBR Case Studies GWork & On-Campus Recruiting (OCR)

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