CONSULTING Weston Career Center CAREER OVERVIEW

MBA Consulting

Informed by numbers, MBA - Consulting for Weston Career Center driven by principle.

Consultants offer advice and expertise to organizations to help them improve their business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure and strategy. The work stretches across a variety of areas, including management, strategy, IT, finance, marketing, HR and supply chain management, and cuts across industries. Specific concentrations within the Olin MBA consulting platform include: general management and internal consulting, business of healthcare, international management, strategy consulting and human capital consulting.

Competency-Related Average Full-Time Average Internship WASHU CLUBS/ Keywords to Include Salary/Range* Hourly Rate/Range* DEVELOPMENT Job Titles in Resumes OPPORTUNITIES or Careers Conducts In-Depth Analyses | $125,0 0 0 $52/hour - Olin Strategy Strategy | Takes Initiative | Action Oriented (Min $65,000 – Max $150,000) (Min $18.00 – Max $79.00) and Consulting Management Consultant | Seeks Opportunities | Persistent Association (OSCA) | Operations Consultant | | Resilient | Seeks Information Human Capital Consultant | Researches | Learns Quickly | - Ce nter for | Associate/Staff Consultant Drives for Quality | Maintains Sources of Accepted Experiential / Analyst | Senior Associate Accountability | Drives for Results Full-Time Offers* Learning: / Senior Consultant / Senior | Values Efficiency | Innovative Internship | Company Websites or Job - T aylor Community Analyst | Consulting Manager | Creates Logical Plans | Solves Problems | Creates Solutions | Self- Boards/Social Media | Career Fair/Networking Consulting | Consulting Senior Manager Confident | Assertive | Persuasive | | Subject Matter Expert Event/Road Show/Talent Summit | Alumni/ - T he Small Business Negotiates Effectively | Builds Faculty/Staff/Other Students | Family/Friend | Executive Consultant | Networks | Acts with Integrity | Initiative Outside of School | On-Campus Interviews/ Director | Principal | Partner Manages Operations and Resources - Consulting Platform | Delivers Presentations Resume Collection/Job Postings

TOP OLIN INTERNSHIP TOP OLIN FULL-TIME Sources of Internship Offers* EMPLOYERS* EMPLOYERS* On-Campus Interviews/Resume Collection/Job Postings | | Bain & Company | Accenture | Bain & Company | Company Websites or Job Boards/Social Media | Career Consulting Group | CGN Global | Boston Consulting Group | CGN Fair/Networking Event/Road Show/Talent Summit | Alumni/ | | Inspiring Capital Global | Cognizant | Deloitte | Faculty/Staff/Other Students | Other (CEL, Skandalaris, etc.) | McKinsey & Company | Slalom | L.E.K. Consulting | McKinsey & Telesis7 | The Legacy Group Company | Navigant

*Information collected from self-reported student data from the Class of 2019. Weston Career Center Coaching Process

The Weston Career Center Career Services Model reflects the four primary stages you will experience as an MBA student through your partnership with your Career Coach. The Self, Story, Strategy and Journey model is designed to guide you from the early stages in your career search to successfully landing internships and full-time offers in the industries you are passionate about.

SELF STORY Career Notes Assess / Explore Develop Career - Interests Narratives - Motivators - Personal SELF Introduction - Skills STORY - Resume - Career & Culture Fit - Cover Letter - Goals - LinkedIn - Your Value & Competitive EMPOWERED - STAR Stories Advantage

JOURNEY JOURNEY STRATEGY STRATEGY Actively Campaign Develop Career - Networking Campaign - Interviewing - Target Company List

- Negotiating - Target Networking Contacts - Successful Landings - Plan for Reaching Out

Internship Career Search Timeline / Activity Plan

SPRING / SUMMER 1 FALL 1 SPRING 2 SUMMER 2 First Steps Guide: • Meet with Career Coach • Continue JOURNEY • Enjoy your internship phase into spring - Career Leader weekly to finalize and remember that a preparation for career recruiting season if still assessment full-time offer may be conferences/fairs seeking internship extended at the end of - Resume • Participate in • Meet with your Career the summer - Personal introduction consulting platform Coach on a regular • Expand your network - LinkedIn profile • Prepare campaign basis to maintain through the internship , including your momentum Conference call / Skype STRATEGY company identifying your • Continue to expand • Research full-time with Career Coach to target company list explore SELF, develop your network and keep career options within Contact Us. and developing a contacts apprised your STORY and prepare the company networking plan of your progress for summer/fall career • Pursue professional MBA Career Coaching Team: Meet with Career Coach • Connect with community conferences: periodically as you begin development, time Chris Collier experiential learning your JOURNEY phase: permitting - R eview CareerLeader resources [email protected] assessment - S chedule practice • Keep in touch with your behavioral interviews • Participate in the Career Coach once or Christine Keller - Draft resume and utilize WashU Spring - C onduct extensive case twice during the summer [email protected] VMock tool to finalize Career Fair interview prep • Work with your Career - Practice personal Kathie McCloskey - A ttend career/interest • Attend on-campus Coach to develop future introduction and get [email protected] area conferences recruiting events prospects in case the feedback - Develop your target • Report your internship full-time offer does not Mark Schlafly - Develop LinkedIn profile company list offer and acceptance or materialize [email protected] - P ractice interviews with - Attend the WashU rejection in OlinConnect Career Coach for June Career Fair • Meet with the Office for career conferences - Participate in Olin International Students & Weston Career Center Scholars to ensure timely • Pa rticipate in Global networking events plus 210 Knight Hall industry treks filing for CPT/OPT Immersion; receive 314-935-5950 career STRATEGY - Implement active content; meet with networking [email protected] Career Coach to refine - Customize resumes and olincareers.wustl.edu STORY and STRATEGY cover letters - Attend employer info sessions - Apply for jobs via on- campus or external recruiting - Interview, negotiate offers