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What is Consulting?
Management Consulting Services
Agenda
• What is Consulting?
• A Day in the Life
• What does it take?
• Pros and cons of consulting
• Who is PricewaterhouseCoopers?
• What is it like to work here?
What is Consulting?
“Helping businesses effect change”
• Entering a new geographical market
• Launching a new product/service
• Selecting and implementing IT systems
• Developing a marketing/branding strategy
• Merging or acquiring another company
• Managing business information
• Building e-business initiatives or offerings
• Restructuring internal organizations
etc..
Consulting with PwC
• Services– Strategic Change– Technology Solutions
• Industries
– Consumer and Industrial Products (CIP)– Financial Services– Information, Communication, Entertainment and
Technology (ICE-T)– Utilities and Energy– Government and Institutional Services
A Day in the Life: Sample project models
• Smaller team of 2-5 consultants work for 2-4
months to provide the client with strategic change
or process improvement recommendations
• Larger team of 20 - 100 consultants work in
phases for 6 months to 2 years, helping a client
select and implement a major piece of technology
A Day in the Life: Sample projects
• Help a national discount retailer figure out whether it
wants to start selling automobile tires, and how
• Design and build a national health care provider’s
consumer website and online service offerings
• Select and implement customer service software and
training programs for a global wireless telecom company
• Help an American retail clothing store chain open new
locations in Japan and Singapore
• Integrate three recent acquisitions of a global consumer
electronics manufacturer
What does it take to be a consultant?
• Teamwork - working easily and efficiently with others
• Adaptability - dealing with a variety of complex and ambiguous situations
• Intelligence - absorbing information and nuances quickly, understanding details and what they actually mean
• Initiative - thinking creatively and actively contributing to the shape of a project
• Clarity - communicating complex ideas simply and clearly to others
Pros and Cons of Consulting
Pros
• Broad business exposure
• Experience with industry-leading technologies and companies
• Variety of projects and clients
• Advanced and continuous training
• Control over personal career path
• Travel
Cons
• Unpredictable work schedule
• Travel
• Difficult clients
Who is PricewaterhouseCoopers?
• The World’s Largest Professional Services Firm
• Over 155,000 Professionals Worldwide
• 152 Countries and 5 Continents
• $15 Billion in Revenue
• 28% revenue growth
Management Consulting Services (MCS)
• 31,000 professionals worldwide (app. 1/6 of all employees)
• 25% annual growth
• 40% annual revenue growth
• Midwest MCS is the #1 performing unit
Who is PricewaterhouseCoopers?
Some of our clients• American Airlines• American Red Cross• Anheuser-Busch• Ann Taylor• Bacardi• Calvin Klein• Charles Schwab• Coca-Cola• Compaq• Federal Express• Frito-Lay• General Electric
• Gilette
• Goldman Sachs
• Hewlett-Packard
• Kellogg
• Marriot Hotels and Resorts
• McDonalds
• Metropolitan Opera
• Mitsubishi
• Oracle
• Polaroid
• Proctor & Gamble
• Volkswagon
Who is PricewaterhouseCoopers?
A commitment to training• New-hire Strategic Change Consultants
– SMART program - includes a detailed case study, basic financial and technology training, strategy frameworks, business analysis techniques, team building, self-study and presentation skills
• New-hire Technology Consultants– ASCENT Program in Tampa, FL - includes self study,
team building, creative problem solving, 1 week of “Introduction to Consulting” class and 9-10 weeks of intensive technical training
• Ongoing - All Consultants – 40 hours of continuing education each year - choose to
be trained in e-business strategies, specific technologies or programs, financial analysis, etc.
What is it like to work here?
What is it like to work here?
Career Path Support
• Peer Mentors and Senior Coaches
• Flexibility to either acquire specific industry expertise and specialize, or remain general
• Continuous performance evaluation
• Chart your own career path and timing
• Ability to receive training towards in other skills, technologies and certifications
• No “up or out” firm mentality
What is it like to work here?
A Culture of Work-Life Balance
More Nights at Home
Concierge Service
Other Work-Life Balance Programs and Policies
“When Life is Good, Work Benefits”
To Know More
PwC Information Session– Monday, September 11th
– IMU, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Consulting Fair– Wednesday, September 20th
– IMU, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
www.pwcglobal.com