真诚求教，感激不尽。

IrisZhang21

复旦大四学生，手头上有一家小咨询的offer，美国公司，08年成立，没什么名气，有经常去美国工作的机会，打算工作4-5年后申请MBA，请问各位CDer，这份工作经验是不是对申请不利？因为我听说过申请MBA 公司的title最重要。


真诚请求各位的帮助，感激不尽。

silmoonver

个人觉得，LZ你应该以自己的兴趣，未来理想作为考量。。。以MBA Adcom想要看到的profile作为出发点可能会有些狭隘。。。毕竟你可能最后决定不去读MBA。。。而且读MBA本来就是为了达到梦想的其中一个手段，如果你能够不通过MBA而到达你的最终目的地，那么MBA也不是那么重要吧~

只是我的个人意见 哈~

IrisZhang21

pwc strategy不错的，招的人很少，虽然表面收入少，但出差加班加隐形收入（以其他形式）加起来是很可观的，且dbs大厦环境不错，咨询部那边机会很多。你考过cfa，还能有q pay。且strategy不像ts,不辛苦的。

-- by 会员 viennawong (2013/2/23 14:09:44)

Thank you so much 你知道出差的频率大概是多少吗？

viennawong

pwc strategy不错的，招的人很少，虽然表面收入少，但出差加班加隐形收入（以其他形式）加起来是很可观的，且dbs大厦环境不错，咨询部那边机会很多。你考过cfa，还能有q pay。且strategy不像ts,不辛苦的。

IrisZhang21

米国吧~~国际经验真心是个好东西。

-- by 会员 bigjoe (2013/2/23 0:43:05)

So...the one which offers me international exposure gives me higher chance to get enrolled in MBA programe?

IrisZhang21

Boutique firms are hit or miss. The potential good thing about the boutique firm is that you have the potential to learn a lot from the managers and partners. However, it really depends on the managers and partners’ abilities, and teaching style.

The downside is that you may either have a ton of work, since they may be low on staff. The sales pitch would be you get to learn a lot. But some of the tasks may just be monotonous stuff like proofreading or printing/organizing the pitch deck. Alternatively, they may not have enough work. There are also many other areas that may not be fully flushed out in a smaller firm.

PWC is a well established firm, you’ll have a consistent career track. But your experience may be very vanilla. They’ll have resources for training, and probably to do the monotonous tasks, so you can focus on the creative/strategy tasks. Since PWC has a wide base of clients, you also have some choose in the types of projects you work on.

For MBA application, the only consulting companies that would give you an edge would be McKinsey, BCG, or Bain (at the top schools). Otherwise, former consultants are a dime a dozen at these schools. You’d be better off starting your own company or do something exotic to stand out in the crowd.

-- by 会员 asimov1 (2013/2/23 3:04:30)

Thank you so much!! By the way, your English is really excellent!

asimov1

Boutique firms are hit or miss. The potential good thing about the boutique firm is that you have the potential to learn a lot from the managers and partners. However, it really depends on the managers and partners’ abilities, and teaching style.

The downside is that you may either have a ton of work, since they may be low on staff. The sales pitch would be you get to learn a lot. But some of the tasks may just be monotonous stuff like proofreading or printing/organizing the pitch deck. Alternatively, they may not have enough work. There are also many other areas that may not be fully flushed out in a smaller firm.

PWC is a well established firm, you’ll have a consistent career track. But your experience may be very vanilla. They’ll have resources for training, and probably to do the monotonous tasks, so you can focus on the creative/strategy tasks. Since PWC has a wide base of clients, you also have some choose in the types of projects you work on.

For MBA application, the only consulting companies that would give you an edge would be McKinsey, BCG, or Bain (at the top schools). Otherwise, former consultants are a dime a dozen at these schools. You’d be better off starting your own company or do something exotic to stand out in the crowd.

bigjoe

米国吧~~国际经验真心是个好东西。

IrisZhang21

alternative也不错挖，要不把你那个US boutique consulting firm的名字爆出来，看有没有人知道的

-- by 会员 兔子小二 (2013/2/23 0:05:21)

叫essex lake group. 如果pwc的薪酬稍微好点我就不会纠结了。。

兔子小二

alternative也不错挖，要不把你那个US boutique consulting firm的名字爆出来，看有没有人知道的