What is Consulting?

Consultants offer skill in assessing and solving business problems, and are hired by companies who need their expertise, fresh outside perspective, and/or extra set of hands. Some management consulting firms specialize in giving advice on general business strategy questions, while others are known as technology, marketing, finance, operations or human resources specialists. Some concentrate on a specific industry area, like financial services or retail, and still others are more like gigantic one-stop shops with divisions that dispense advice on everything from top-level strategy, to choosing customer account management software, to saving money on paper clips.


But consulting firms have one thing in common: they run on the power of their people. The only product consulting firms ultimately have to offer is their employee’s ability to make problems go away. As a consultant, you are that problem-solver. - Vault Guides 

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Network with fellow Terps who are working in the consulting field. 

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Shadow professionals working in the consulting field and make a new connection. Offered in fall/spring.