Where your work meets your life.
And how you can thrive in it.
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July 01, 2020
Illustration by Klawe Rzeczy
Summary.
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Young professionals often ask me about consulting as a career option: Is it for them and how can they decide? To answer this question fairly (and without the bias of having been in consulting myself), I reached out to someone who oversees the talent development of more than 100,000 employees working in consulting to get a well-rounded perspective. Wouter Van Linden is KPMG’s head of people for the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region. He studied law and his first job was in legal consulting. My conversation with him revolved around understanding what young professionals should know if they’re looking at a career in consulting.
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Tijs Besieux is an independent researcher at Harvard Business School. He is a senior advisor at &samhoud and the founder of Voice Up.
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