Do you need help to get into Business Consulting & Management Programs?
 

Hi all, I'm just wondering how many of you are interested in pursuing a career in business consulting or start off in a graduate trainee/management program. I've personally went through an international management program and worked in various countries around the world. Would love to see more graduates in such programs. But I'm just curious about what recent graduates think about careers.

1. Have you thought of doing any of those fields above before? Does it ever cross your mind? How do you think about it?
2. What's so hard about getting into such fields? Which parts? Why?
3. For those who tried getting into such fields, what are some of the information out there that helped and not helped you?

Let me know what y'all think! PM me if you don't want to share your story in public.

i'm interested... but the selection process is too competitive i guess, so i didn't stand a chance.

Once had an interview with a quantitative advisory role, but the interviewer was looking for more experiences from the weird questions I had.

Same here, quite interested with the work, but too competitive in the industry.

Care to share your experience, or perhaps any opportunity?

Thanks.

the topic of how to get into management consultancy has been done to death here & in most other career forum, do we really need another thread to talk about how hard it is to get in again?

more information is always better.

not necessary. most online info are speculations by ppl who were not even mgt consultants anyway. how to know who really know what he is talking?

will a real mgt consultant working 85hr workweek earning big bucks come to a mass forum to share detail insights inthe first place?

everything online is anonymous, having more info we can filter out fraud information ourselves.

of cos real mgmt are busy doing something else. peeps here can be ex-mgm consultant, retired, or some close to them.

and how would u know what is fraund and what is not fraud? if u know how to filer out fraud info urself, u wont even need to ask in some online anoynomous forum.

did u really think a retiree ex-mgt consultant who has busted his whole life to make the big bucks and now sitting by the carribean beach or cheonging his way in some high class night club is gonna sit ard salary.sg answering a anoynomous fresh grad question?

Lol. I'm not that poster. But to be honest, yes, there's a small possibility that that could happen. There are many retired high-flyers out there doing this as it gives them a sense of fulfillment.

Hi, I am a retired high flyer who retired in my mid 40s and now in my mid 50s. Even though I am a millionaire, I don't waste my time on some beach lazying around nor partying in some fancy nite club. I spend my time investing my money in global markets and do lots of charitable work. Life is now more meaningful and I am a lot happier and contented now.

and how do you intend to identify who is this retired high flyer out of the hundreds of anoynomous post? base on the fact he say he is a retired high flyer?

Nope. I didn't intend to mean that way. I just intended to say that there's a possibility that an actual retired high flyer could be posting in the forum to help others.

An example is Dick Fuld (CEO of Lehman Brothers earning US$22m/yr, before it collapsed). He's an active poster in 'WallStreetOasis.com', giving advice to others and just commenting around. That forum has a "Certified User" feature, in which the owners will personally certify the user once they actually really verified the person.

there is always a possbility to anything. maybe warren buffet is lurking in this forum as well...

again i ask, as far as this thread and this forum is concerned, how do you intend to identify the mysterious retiree ex-mgt consultant?

what is the point of listing Dick Fuld from some finance/stock forum? how is this related to this paritcular thread and this particular forum?

I don't see why you're so upset about this. the previous poster was merely trying to point out that there ARE altrustic people out there who are qualified to give their opinion as well. Just because you might lack in that area doesn't mean that everyone else is the same as you.

As for your point that it's hard to authenticate this mysterious person, I'm sure that most people here do not mind that uncertainty. Some information is better than none, and if you're unhappy with that you can always choose not to read and comment.

Kindly do not obstruct the flow of information that others might find useful!

why r u so upset that i am upset with the previous poster? if u like to read stories of anoynomous guys sharing their unverifiable experience go ahead.

what has my conversation with another guy got to do with you?

By criticizing these anonymous contributions, you may be discouraging these contributors from posting in the future and that makes me an interested party to register my protest against your unconstructive comments.

I will like to take this opportunity to express my thanks to those who have been making valuable comments in this forum.