Vault Career Guide to Consulting
ERIC CHUNG, JIM SLEPICKA
AND THE STAFF OF VAULT
? 2002 Vault Inc.
Copyright ? 2002 by Vault Inc. All rights reserved.
All information in this book is subject to change without notice. Vault makes no claims as to the accuracy and reliability of the information contained within and disclaims all warranties.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Vault
Inc.
Vault, the Vault logo, and the insider career networkTM are trademarks of Vault Inc.
For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, contact Vault Inc.,
150 W. 22nd St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011, (212) 366-4212.
Library of Congress CIP Data is available.
ISBN 1-58131-169-9
Printed in the United States of America
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making this book possible, especially Todd Kuhlman, Marcy Lerner, Ed Shen, Jake Wallace and
Rob Schipano. We are also extremely grateful to Vault 's entire staff of writers, editors and interns for all their help in the editorial and production processes.
Vault also would like to acknowledge the support of Matt Doull, Ahmad
Al-Khaled, Lee Black, Eric Ober, Hollinger Ventures, Tekbanc, New
York City Investment Fund, Globix, Hoover 's, Glenn Fischer, Mark
Hernandez, Ravi Mhatre, Carter Weiss, Ken Cron, Ed Somekh, Isidore
Mayrock, Zahi Khouri, Sana Sabbagh, and other Vault investors, as well as our family and friends.
Eric Chung thanks his wonderful new bride and muse, Laura, for being a constant source of joy and inspiration in everything he does.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
1
THE SCOOP
3
The Basics of Consulting
5
What is Consulting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Consulting Skill Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
The Traveling
AND THE STAFF OF VAULT
? 2002 Vault Inc.
Copyright ? 2002 by Vault Inc. All rights reserved.
All information in this book is subject to change without notice. Vault makes no claims as to the accuracy and reliability of the information contained within and disclaims all warranties.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Vault
Inc.
Vault, the Vault logo, and the insider career networkTM are trademarks of Vault Inc.
For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, contact Vault Inc.,
150 W. 22nd St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011, (212) 366-4212.
Library of Congress CIP Data is available.
ISBN 1-58131-169-9
Printed in the United States of America
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to everyone who had a hand in making this book possible, especially Todd Kuhlman, Marcy Lerner, Ed Shen, Jake Wallace and
Rob Schipano. We are also extremely grateful to Vault 's entire staff of writers, editors and interns for all their help in the editorial and production processes.
Vault also would like to acknowledge the support of Matt Doull, Ahmad
Al-Khaled, Lee Black, Eric Ober, Hollinger Ventures, Tekbanc, New
York City Investment Fund, Globix, Hoover 's, Glenn Fischer, Mark
Hernandez, Ravi Mhatre, Carter Weiss, Ken Cron, Ed Somekh, Isidore
Mayrock, Zahi Khouri, Sana Sabbagh, and other Vault investors, as well as our family and friends.
Eric Chung thanks his wonderful new bride and muse, Laura, for being a constant source of joy and inspiration in everything he does.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
1
THE SCOOP
3
The Basics of Consulting
5
What is Consulting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Consulting Skill Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
The Traveling
References: (Sept. 1995-June 1999) Graduate, 1999 Sept. 2000-Present Organized weekly student discussions on public policy issues.