Which Consulting Firms are Hiring & Where (May 2011 Edition)
We now work with over 50 candidates around the world in various stages of interviews. This gives us a very unique view of which consulting firms are hiring and where, based on feedback provided by these firms to our candidates. We will compile this list monthly. The results are provided by country. Note that for the US & Germany, it is best to contact city offices since hiring needs differ by office. For example, the McKinsey Cleveland office may not be hiring although Miami is hiring.
A consulting firm is listed as hiring if they are accepting applications AND will hire within the next 3 months. In this list, we are only covering BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
Summary
- Emerging markets are the biggest hiring regions in terms of percentage change from the previous year. In terms of absolute hires, the US is still the largest market.
- BCG, Bain and McKinsey (BBM) are accepting resumes in all offices.
- Some country offices, are fed from outside the country. For example, Canadian consulting firms generally hire graduates from US MBA programs.
- Some rapidly growing countries like South Africa, lack many firms who have chosen to service the country from another region.
- By sheer numbers, Deloitte S&O is the fastest growing consulting firm and hires about 10 candidates for every 1 BBM hire.
USA All firms are hiring.
Canada BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O & Booz. Note, many of these firms will likely accept resumes now but only bring in candidates in October.
Mexico BCG (both offices), Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz
Chile BCG, Bain, McKinsey
Brazil BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
UK BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
Germany BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
France BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
Spain BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz
Greece BCG, McKinsey, Deloitte S&O, Booz
Russia BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
Netherlands BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
Turkey BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Oliver Wyman.
Italy BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Oliver Wyman.
UAE BCG, Bain, McKinsey, Roland Berger, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini Oliver Wyman.
South Africa Bain, McKinsey, Deloitte S&O, Gemini Consulting (Many major firms like BCG, Booz, AT Kearney and Roland Berger do not have South African offices)
India BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini, Oliver Wyman.
Australia BCG, Bain, McKinsey, AT Kearney, Deloitte S&O, Booz, Capgemini, Oliver Wyman.
Singapore McKinsey, AT Kearney, BCG, Bain & Deloitte S&O
Malaysia McKinsey, AT Kearney, BCG, Bain & Deloitte S&O
Japan McKinsey, AT Kearney, BCG, Bain & Deloitte S&O
South Korea McKinsey, AT Kearney, BCG, Bain & Deloitte S&O
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Thanks Darrell for sharing your experience. It is really clarifying.
BBM? I think you misspelled MBB; you know, the initialism the whole world uses.
How can anyone expect anything but amateur fanboyism from this site?
Actually, in our rankings McKinsey places third, hence our use of BBM: BCG, Bain & McKinsey. Unlike most people who blindly follow the pack, we take the troubles of Rajat Gupta seriously enough to alter our rankings. You should do the same as well.
By the way, BBM and MMB are acronyms.
Thanks for the suggestion on “not following the pack”. I think I’ll stick to weird and unconventional ways of analysing leadership in a market space; market share, thought leadership, prestige – but I appreciate your use of a moral compass.
The troubles with Rajat Gupta are incredibly serious, but somehow most people seem to be taking the “bad apple” view, rather than a firm full of crooks – you know, relying on thousands of data points rather than the one outlier.
And no, MBB (and the amazing BBM) are not acronyms. An acronym needs to be a “word”, such as RADAR. MBB, SPSS etc. are initialisms – they are not read out loud like a single word. (Next time you wish to indulge in pedantry I suggest you get your facts right – you’ll end up looking better!)
Toodles
Actually, the difference between an acronym and initialism is dependent on the dictionary you use. It is not as binary as you imply, and the interpretation is debated. It seems you have decided to rank firms primarily on their performance. That’s good for you.
You probably already know that health issues take time to show up in performance measures like prestige, market share and so on. So measuring one is misleading. There is a lag effect. Although I do not want to lecture the obvious.
Sure, depending on the dictionary you use you could classify MBB as an acronym or an initialism.
What’s odd is why you would “correct” my suggestion that MBB is an initialism – either you weren’t initially (!) aware that it can be classified that way (depending on dictionary, as you say), or more strangely, you were aware but decided to correct a more descriptive and detailed word with a weaker and more general one.
Either way it was a silly display of pedantry that didn’t quite work the way you thought it would. Condescension also doesn’t quite make you sound as smart as you think either, but I doubt that’ll stop you. As you say, that’s good for you.
As for health issues, time will tell. You may think it’s a cancer, I’ll stick to my roots in science and say “one swallow does not a summer make”.
In the interest of comedic relief, your comment as been approved.
Dear Firm Consulting Team,
This is a great initiative! One of the best!
According to the idea that I have especially about India, the firms have already completed their recruitments from top business schools in India during December to March.
Also the new recruits have either joined or are going to join very soon. So is it possible that they are hiring now or their hiring plans are over for the year?
Please if possible elaborate a bit more about the status in India and Singapore.
Best Regards,
Research Scholar
Research Scholar,
That is technically correct. Each country has its own recruitment cycle where they do about 90% of their hires. This applies to both India and Singapore as well. Their peak hiring periods have ended. In Singapore, it will start again in August and In India in December. However, in both countries, some firms have out-of-cycle hiring where they will consider candidates even thought their core recruitment is over.
Hope that helps.
Michael
Thank you Michael. This is very helpful.
Hi Research Scholar,
I am sharing as an applicant to the Singapore offices for some of the consulting firms.
For a number of firms I applied to, the recruitment cycle has ended and they have filled their quota. Their response to my application was that it would start again some time in Sep / Oct and I could apply again if I am keen. I got this from at least 3 firms. In fact, one of the top 3 firms specifically told me in April, that new hires from 2011 will only start work in 2012. So it seems that the hiring cycle ended pretty early.
Having said that, some of the firms are still hiring so don’t lose hope.
Hope this helps.
Darrell
Dear Darrell,
Thanks for sharing your experience. It is really clarifying.
Best Wishes,
Research Scholar