Hi,I am from Telco industry (6 years) but has been in IT services since graduation (10 years). My last job is Program Manager.With a recent MBA, I am trying to move to consultancy.Being 40 years old with no experience in Consultancy, I am finding it hard to sell myself to consultancy firms. ACN did interview me though but stopped at first round.What should be my strategy and which firms do you thing might be interested in such profiles (people going from industry to consultancy at late age).Cheers

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I am facing the same situation too. I'm 32 and have 2 masters, MSc in Economics and MA in International Business from a top 20 business school (FT ranking). I have a total of more than 6 years of working experience as a chartered company secretary (ICSA grad)(handling corporate governance issues at the board level) and as corporate communication officer. At this age, the consulting firms treat me as experience-hire and most firms are ony interested on those with niche expertise. If you are in telecommunication company, they will be interested to know someone who has managed the 3G implementation (marketing, infrastructure deployment, pricing etc etc). best of luck mate!

I'm in a similar position - got around 6 years' experience (though in media & entertainment), and looking at moving into consulting. Anyone got any tips? Also, does anyone know what kind of salary / benefits are competitive in this scenario?Thanks!

Hi,Thanks for McBride to point us to E&Y but I would interested to know why E&Y would be an exception by hiring profiles with industry exp and no consultingCheers