Entry level consulting jobs
Strong1
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I have seen several postings on the internet job boards from large companies(IBM and such) looking for recent or soon to be college graduates for consulting jobs. The postings don't give a lot of info. The jobs say you will be traveling 4 or 5 days a week. Most don't specify any pre-requisites other than a computer science or it degree and a good GPA. Does anyone have any experience with this type of work? Is it really IT or just sales? What is the pay range? What is the hiring process?(Several have mentioned some type of training program). Just curious if anyone is familiar with this type of opportunity and if it is something you would consider.
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Turgon
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I have seen several postings on the internet job boards from large companies(IBM and such) looking for recent or soon to be college graduates for consulting jobs. The postings don't give a lot of info. The jobs say you will be traveling 4 or 5 days a week. Most don't specify any pre-requisites other than a computer science or it degree and a good GPA. Does anyone have any experience with this type of work? Is it really IT or just sales? What is the pay range? What is the hiring process?(Several have mentioned some type of training program). Just curious if anyone is familiar with this type of opportunity and if it is something you would consider.
No idea. They will be inundated with applicants. Apply but dont get hung up on it and apply elsewhere meantime. -
it_consultant
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This is a popular technique with IBM, their global business consulting businesses have saved them from bankruptcy. What they do is go into a contract with a client (Multiple millions of dollars) and have "project managers" and "senior engineers" meet with the folks at the client to give them the warm fuzzies about paying a big company a crap ton of money for their SAP implementation or whatever. Then the junior guys actually go out and put it in, normally under incredibly detailed instructions, and have to follow the guidelines whether they work or not. Sometimes it works great, sometimes not so much.