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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, you have this backwards. It's like you asking, "For a career, my kid wants to be an expert. How do I make this happen?"[/quote]

I [b]find it odd that so many people on DCUM have absolutely no understanding of the consulting industry[/b].  Let's just cut to the chase...when the kid says they are interested in consulting, they mean working for MBB, Booz Allen, Accenture, Deloitte, etc.  These firms hire thousands of kids out of undergrad...it is a very well-known first job for many newly-minted college graduates.

I will agree with the PP that the vast majority of kids applying and accepting these jobs, actually don't have much career-direction or interests.  They know these jobs pay well and their peers tell them that it is so prestigious to work for MBB...but they can easily do these for two or three years, hate much of their time at the firm...and just find themselves still clueless about their lives in 3 years.

Ironically, the friends I know that enjoyed consulting (BCG and Oliver Wyman), started as consultants...and they are still consultants to this day.  Kind of amazing that they are the only two friends I have that remain with their initial employer (both very senior partners) since the day they graduated from college.[/quote]

Do you have an understanding?  I still don't. [/quote]

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