Sunday, March 25, 2007

wanna work?

We had a motivational session tonight for preparing for placement interviews. Most of the speakers were lack lustre(not a surprise really, public speaking is not something most of us here in my college are good at), but one particular fellow stood out. Bhanu has always been a guy who's like symbolised meticulousness.
He had some interesting things to say about job in a Consulting Company(McKinsey in his case). He had the following things to say:
1. A typical day: Get up in the morn.Report to boss. Get action plan for the day. Meet the client. Get the work done. Report back to boss before signing off for the night.
2. Lots of travel involved: It seems glamourous and attractive in the beginning but is actually a big negative because after a little while, the regular plane hopping doesn't feel so good. So be sure that you're not travel averse.
3. Ownership: This was an interesting thing he had to say. In the words of an HR exec he' talked to, a consultant owns nothing except his laptop and a wireless card. You live out of a suitcase, and your client is all you have.
Not a bad deal I'd say. The travel part is actually very attractive as I'm just not the stay in one place kind. I'll definitely have to give a serious thought to consulting now.