Is Consulting the Right Career for You?
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And how you can thrive in it.
Harvard Business Review Logo July 1, 2020 Illustration by Klawe Rzeczy Weighing the costs and benefits of a consulting career can help determine if it’s the right path. Consulting is a time-consuming job that could lead to an Young professionals often ask me about consulting as a career option: Is it for them and how can they decide? To answer this question fairly (and without the bias of having been in consulting myself), I reached out to someone who oversees the talent development of more than 100,000 employees working in consulting to get a well-rounded perspective. Wouter Van Linden…
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