Management consultancy as a career

[Shak]

Re: Management consultancy as a career

@Midnight_express_91

So now that i have my CA i wanna take the plunge into management consultancy. I always knew that somewhere down the line i would wanna get into management consultancy. The question is how do i stack up against people armed with MBA’s?? And do such companies give preference to MBA’s and how do they view CA’s?? Iv also thought about doing an MBA so i could compete more directly with other candidates when it comes to things like promotions. But if im gonna be paying £20,000 to do an MBA then i have to get an equal amount in return in terms of climbing the career ladder and financially. Your thoughts people??

Midnight, I have no knowledge of CA applicants but from what I know some firms here do not really care about Masters or MBA’s. The last place I worked most people barely had any sort of Uni degree and were much higher on the ladder than me and most seemed to do so based on contacts and actual experience. In UK especially experience is key and in my opinion a lot of places take it over degrees and whatnot. When I applied for my job places didn’t really care where I had done my degree from or what grades I had or if I had done the postgrad or not all they wanted to know was if I had experience but then again its different for every field.