What is Consulting?

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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