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Management consulting is an exciting field, but actually getting a consulting job at one of the top firms can be extremely difficult. Some people argue that you’ll have an easier time getting into Harvard than landing a spot at McKinsey…
We talked to a postdoc-turned-consultant about how she left the bench and got a job in such a competitive field.
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If you’ve worked at the bench for awhile, your only reference to the world of consulting is probably the two Bobs in the movie “Office Space.” They’re the hatchet men who swoop into a company, fire a bunch of people, and fly back home. But is that an accurate picture of consulting work, or a just bit of satire?
This week, we turn the tables and ask a biomedical PhD/management consultant: “What would you say you do here?” You’ll be surprised by her response!
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Research budgets are tight, and many universities are canceling subscriptions to costly online science journals and publications. But papers are the currency of science, and it’s impossible to stay at the top of your field when you can’t find out what your field is doing.
One solution sails between the rock and the hard-place, as scientists and trainees turn to ‘pirated’ articles posted online.
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You might believe that because you’re in grad school and receiving a research stipend, you don’t really need to worry about paying an income tax. You don’t have a ‘real job’ and no one asked you to fill out any paperwork so you’re off the hook, right?
Wrong. Utterly, expensively, illegally wrong.
