3.2 Myth #2: Your work leads to change ("Impact!")

Entry | Module 1a — Become a consultant?

1. Getting started

2. The YOUinConsulting job test: Do you REALLY want to become a consultant?

2.1 Management consulting - wish and reality: Why you need to take this test (2:54)
2.2 Test instructions: How to take the YOUinConsulting aptitude test (4:22)

3. Consulting career check (1): Fantastic job - true or false?

3.1 Myth #1: You contribute to the most meaningful ventures in history (2:01)
3.2 Myth #2: Your work leads to change ("Impact!") (2:23)
3.3 Myth #3: You work at eye level with corporate boards (1:57)
3.4 Myth #4: You get to explore many different industries and business challenges (5:21)
3.5 Myth #5: Your day-to-day work is extremly varied (2:30)
3.6 Myth #6: Your work makes the world a better place (4:43)

4. Consulting career check (2): Rapid career progress - true or false?

4.1 Myth #7: An excellent academic performance safely lands you a top consulting job (6:52)
4.2 Myth #8: Your learning curve is extremely steep (3:22)
4.3 Myth #9: Your career progress is determined by strictly meritocratic rules (3:13)
4.4 Myth #10: After x years, you will become partner (consulting firm shareholder) (2:23)
4.5 Myth #11: Career springboard management consulting: "Headhunters will chase you!" (1:55)
4.6 Myth #12: Forever famous - the aura of an ex-consultant stays with you for life (2:54)

5. Consulting career check (3): Unique colleagues - true or false?

5.1 Myth #13: "Join a firm with the best in class" — You work with top performers (2:26)
5.2 Myth #14: The academic backgrounds of your colleagues are incredibly diverse (1:56)
5.3 Myth #15: All your colleagues bring extraordinary experiences (1:57)
5.4 Myth #16: Teamwork is key! (1:18)
5.5 Myth #17: Consultants have access to a brillant network (2:49)
5.6 Myth #18: In the consulting industry, hierarchies are flat (2:37)

6. Consulting career check (4): Dazzling lifestyle - true or false?

6.1 Myth #19: You earn an above-average salary (6:46)
6.2 Myth #20: An international career - you get to travel around the globe (2:45)
6.3 Myth #21: Glamor & luxury - you fly business class and stay in exclusive hotels (6:38)
6.4 Myth #22: Consultants work hard during the week, but the weekend is sacred (2:48)
6.5 Myth #23: Working as a consultant is perfectly compatible with having a family (5:27)
6.6 Myth #24: Consultants are (and remain?) fit, resilient and healthy (3:41)

7. Your individual test result: Should YOU really become a management consultant?

7.1 How to derive your YOUinConsulting aptitude test result (2:25)
7.2 Score 0-14 (3:15)
7.3 Score 15-28 (2:57)
7.4 Score 29-42 (2:42)
7.5 Further remarks on the test - differences among consulting firms (3:06)

8. Understand what management consulting truly is about

8.1 Overview (0:36)
8.2 Consulting made simple: The top three reasons that consultants get hired for (5:59)
8.3 The three main consulting service segments (2:20)
8.4 Strategy consulting: What expertise is offered & how is it organized? (2:53)

9. The who's who of the consulting industry: more than McKinsey, BCG and Bain?

9.1 The consulting market landscape: surprising data and facts (5:26)
9.2 The strategy consulting jungle: key players and their challengers (11:26)
9.3 McKinsey versus the "Big Four" (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG): Who is the number one? (5:15)

10. Megatrends in the consulting industry and their implications for YOU

11. Your individual consulting career path

11.1 Your roles as a consultant (1:40)
11.2 Your role #1: The (Junior/Senior) Consultant (5:13)
11.3 Your role #2: The Project Manager & Junior Partner (3:01)
11.4 Your role #3: The (Senior) Partner (3:33)
11.5 Further roles you can play in a consulting firm: Research Analyst, IT Specialist (3:37)
11.6 Your career progress as a consultant (2:12)

12. Consulting mediations?! Experience truthful consulting project reports

12.1 My invitation: Experience consulting life for yourself (2:06)
12.2 Project 1: First steps on the learning curve - cut cost in the countryside (6:27)
12.3 Project 2: Jet between four countries - for a continental infrastructure project (6:28)
12.4 Project 3 Walk through fire for your ticket to the Wild West (7:42)
12.5 Project 4: A dream project for a good cause: Save the world in 10 weeks! (9:54)

13. How to move on: your consulting career plan

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