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How can I move from technology consulting into strategy consulting?

I am interested in moving from tech consulting to strategy consulting. What experience should I emphasise, and how can I explain the reason for the move?

Ian’s Answer

This is exactly the path I took.

  1. I did my MBA (without it I did not have enough business/commercial knowledge to do well)

  2. I had project, team, and client management experience (all very important and a big boost to my sellability)

  3. I also made sure to highlight my extensive exposure to many different industries (for whom I built It systems) and my ability to quickly learn how they operated as a business

  4. I told a (true) story of my desire to go from implementation to strategy as I saw how so many important decisions with big implications were made before we even started our work...and I wanted to impact these decisions.

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