What skills or educational background do I need to work in a consulting management company?

Personally, I think that there are two aspects of competence here, one is the threshold ability requirement to enter the company, and the other is the ability required to be competent for actual work. The reason why we talk about it separately is that the recruitment process is always asymmetrical, and the competencies required by consultants are more soft, and these competencies are difficult to reflect directly from the resume. HR and recruiters can only screen those who are likely to meet their needs through hard metrics.

Threshold competencies may include academic qualifications, majors, and work experience. In the case of a new year, elite schools may become a hard indicator. Experienced people may focus on project experience and some soft skills reflected in the experience, such as business analysis, such as structured thinking skills, such as project management skills, such as communication skills, etc.

And so on. These competency requirements depend on the team being applied for and their solution. Therefore, it can be found that the embodiment of the ability here is all based on resume packaging.

In fact, if you are already in a consulting management company, the rest depends on your communication with the boss and customers to gain trust, and it is not very important whether you have a qualification certificate or not.

Of course, if you are a professional in consulting management, such as engineering consulting management, you must have at least a graduation certificate in a related major.

If you haven't entered yet, or you want to jump to a more professional consulting management company, or you want to become a lecturer and make extra money, then there are these certificates to choose from:

Human Resources Certificate.

E-commerce, **, Pinduoduo. Instructor card.

Computer Certificate. Professional title certificates, such as licensed pharmacists, accountants, etc.

Driver's license, marketer's license.

You can communicate again, hopefully.

Ability to work in a team.

Consultants usually work in a team of 3-5 people, in the team, you will take on a very important role and participate in your customer service, in the consulting industry, we work more in a team battle, more emphasis on teamwork and leadership.

Data collection and analysis.

For newcomers to the consulting industry, you will generally be responsible for the collection and collation of data. For example, when I first joined CUHK Consulting, I collected the sales volume of all the competitors in the industry, and I need to see what are the main companies in the industry according to the sales volume, what is the market share of these major companies, how much proportion does they account for in the industry, how many leading companies in the industry are, and how many percent of the industry they account for, so as to judge the concentration of the industry, and how much its competitive landscape can be judged by the concentration. From quantitative analysis, qualitative conclusions are derived, and business insights are derived, which is the complete data analysis process.

Verbal communication skills.

In the process of work, communication skills are also very important, not only refers to the ability to speak, in the process of presentation, to constantly interact with customers, and what you have to do is not only fluent in language, but also logical thinking ability behind communication, emotional intelligence and other factors are also very important.

1. A high sense of responsibility; Whether it is for customers or for their own cases, in fact, it is indispensable in any industry, but in this industry, the mentality of messing around is particularly difficult to accept.

2. Strong logical thinking ability and systematic thinking ability; Basic skills. Consulting management is mostly about helping others solve problems, and logical ability and systems thinking are the foundation.

3. Strong comprehensive quality and learning ability; Consulting management can involve almost all industries and unknown fields, and it is difficult to adapt to constant changes without learning ability and excellent comprehensive knowledge.

What competencies a consultant needs depends on what the consultant does. I understand that this is what the questioner wants to know the most. In terms of results, there are two types of abilities, one is logical ability. In general, this ability is used for analysis and report writing. Therefore, consulting companies like to recruit students, and recruiting students is at least correct in terms of probability.

Sometimes I see that consulting companies will come up with some bizarre interview questions, which is also to test people's ability to think independently in the face of some social problems. As an aside, after being in the consulting industry for a long time, the ability to think independently is usually greatly improved, because they are constantly forced to train, otherwise there is no salary increase and upgrade.

The following diagram is the flow chart of our company's management consulting project operation, which can be your question:

Demand analysis, problem sorting, data collection, interview research, program discussion, achievement display, etc.

Extracurricular activities: Traditionally, everyone will do a student council or club, but the same student council interviewer will find it very boring to read it. It is better to do something that reflects leadership and influence in your field of interest, for example, if you are particularly passionate about running, you can form a running group and organize activities frequently.

Fun is important. Also learn to write your background into a resume and cover letter. In addition, if it is difficult to change your academic qualifications at this stage, you should find a way to make up for it through internships and extracurricular activities.

It's best to do a consulting internship, and then go to a big company for a strategy-related internship, and go to a research or data analytics internship. Do something that leads you, but you don't have to pursue a fixed organization or position.