<p>Does anyone know which majors are the best to land a consulting job? Do consulting firms prefer certain majors? Or are performing well in college and doing well during the case interview the most important factors?</p>
<p>Is there a specific major for consulting? I'm sure they'd have some kind of classes...</p>
<p>Most consulting firms recruit business and econ majors.</p>
<p>not true. Many of the senior personnel at top consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain and Company etc) include PhDs and degrees in fields relating to their group. Such as the healthcare group many times have science degree or doctorate holders and sometimes even doctors. Same goes for technology, engineering etc.</p>
<p>I know this sounds like a dumb question, but what exactly do you DO in consulting???</p>
<p>You do exactly what the name refers to you advise companies. Say company XYZ has a problem such as its wants to make the factories more efficient, help structure etc you would go to a consulting firm and ask them to help you out. That oversimplifies things but thats what consultants do.</p>
<p>There are consultants in every industry. Probably the most elite group are strategy/management consultants, who generally have business degrees - an MBA and non-business undergrad degree aren't a bad combo.</p>
<p>Consulting gigs usually involve heavy travel to allow working at client locations.</p>
<p>Consulting is one area where the school name often makes a difference in the initial hiring process. If you are going to charge a client a whole lot per hour for a kid with very little experience, it helps to be able to say that he did his undergrad work at Princeton and was at the top of his class at Harvard B-school.</p>
<p>That's not to say that consulting firms don't hire applicants from a wide variety of schools, particularly for their specialized areas of practice. A top degree can be a plus, though.</p>
<p>The two Bobs in Office Space are "consultants". That's really all you need to know. :D</p>
<p>LOL the bobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>great movie</p>
<p>For undergrad majors (I don't think he is talking about principals, in which case MBAs have an edge followed by PhDs and JDs), I stand by what I say. Most consulting firms such as Accenture, Deloitte, Bain, Mercer, Cornerstone, Mckinsey, etc... PREFER to recruit business or economics major.</p>
<p>If you are interested in majors for cosulting, then read the following articles which states that business and economics are the most heavily recruited majors.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.careers-in-business.com/consulting/mcfacts.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.careers-in-business.com/consulting/mcfacts.htm</a>
<a href="http://www.colby.edu/economics/after/%5B/url%5D">http://www.colby.edu/economics/after/</a>
<a href="http://www.collegejournal.com/researchindustries/researchindustries/consulting.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegejournal.com/researchindustries/researchindustries/consulting.html</a>
<a href="http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/ecofin/whyeco2.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/ecofin/whyeco2.asp</a></p>
<p>Interesting links mowie</p>
<p>I tried to link those previously but for some reason the mods took it off :(.
Also look at the Vault.com consulting section.</p>