| There are many great advantages to management | | | | Working for a management consulting firm can be |
| consulting jobs. They involve a lot of travel, a lot of | | | | very exciting and refreshing, especially for those who |
| meeting new people, and a lot of new challenges. | | | | have worked in a traditional employment setting. In |
| Management consultants are highly skilled in an area | | | | addition to the opportunity to make a lot of money |
| of business, have great interpersonal skills, who are | | | | in management consulting jobs, they have a lot of |
| adventurous and want a fulfilling and lucrative career. | | | | perks that normal traditional jobs do not have. |
| The management consulting field is not regressing | | | | Traveling is one of these fun components to this |
| with the current recession. In fact, the US Bureau of | | | | type of job. In Up In The Air George Clooney plays a |
| Labor Statistics reports that this is one of the | | | | character who travels extensively as a management |
| fastest growing fields in the country. Many companies | | | | consultant that flies around the country to fire people |
| are opting to contract out to management consulting | | | | on behalf of companies. Some consultants travel so |
| firms to take the place of the executives and | | | | much that they spend more time on the road or in |
| managers they are laying off. Although the hourly | | | | the air and in a different city than they do at home. |
| billing is usually higher with a consulting firm, it can be | | | | Additionally, some consultants don't even have a |
| relatively cheaper than the additional employment | | | | home. They travel so much that it's unnecessary. |
| costs of having a full time employee, for example | | | | They just live in hotel rooms out of their suite cases. |
| providing health insurance, dental insurance and | | | | Management consulting jobs are also good for those |
| vacation days. On top of that, using consulting firms | | | | who get bored easily. If you've never been able to |
| reduce the cost of overall human resources | | | | hold down a job for more than a year, not because |
| infrastructure. Additionally, management consulting | | | | you don't perform well or because you constantly |
| firms are more merit-based and usually provide a | | | | show up late to work, but because you get so bored |
| better historical track record than individual | | | | you have to get out of there, then management |
| employees in a given area. If a consulting firm isn't | | | | consulting might be for you. Most consulting contracts |
| performing, they can easily go on to the next one. If | | | | never last longer than 2 years and consulting |
| an employee in the same area is not performing well, | | | | engagements can be as little as a couple of hours of |
| as the movie Up In The Air shows, it can be a lot | | | | offering advice. You are constantly doing new things, |
| more difficult and costly to fire or lay off an | | | | in new places, with new people. |
| employee than to fire a consulting firm. | | | | |