My name is Chris Roach – I’m a recent UBC PhD graduate who’s currently a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). When I was at UBC, one of the areas I was heavily involved in was skills/career development for graduate students as they tried to identify what career they were going to start out in – a problem I’m sure you see student in your program facing.
As top ranked, global consulting firm, BCG puts a strong emphasis on hiring PhDs, JDs, and MDs for not just for their academic background, but the unique perspective they bring. The firm is always looking out for quality students and hires them up to >1 year before they finish their degree.
With this in mind, we are hosting a virtual info session on Nov 29th to give students more information on what life as a consultant is like and how they can move towards it as a possible career path. If you feel this is something your student would benefit from, I would like to ask you to forward the below email and four attachment to them in order to provide them with this opportunity.
If you have any problems or concerns I’d be happy to address them.
Thank you,
Chris
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Hello,
My name is Christopher Roach, a recent UBC PhD grad who’s now working as a management consultant for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Like many of you, I found myself a little lost during my last few years at UBC not knowing what opportunities were available to advanced degree holders outside of the standard academia-based position.
By chance, I found myself in an info session about how PhDs can get into consulting. Now as a management consultant, I find myself partnering with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors across the world to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises.
If this type of job appeals to you, I would like to invite you to a UBC-exclusive virtual information session where we’ll tell you more about what it’s like to be a consultant and how you can pursue it a career. Below you’ll find a note from Dr. Gill, a fellow PhD turned consultant, attachments with information about our upcoming events for PhDs, JDs, and MDs, as well as our job postings for summer internships.
The virtual event will be next Wednesday November 29th at 5:00pm (PST) – we’d love to chat with you then!
All the best,
Christopher Roach
Dear PhD, Postdoctoral, MD, and JD students,
I hope you are having a productive semester! As a graduate student, it was about this time of year that I found myself thinking about what life after my grad degree might look like.
My name is Raminder Gill and I am a McGill graduate (PhD – Pharmacology, 2015) and a Project Leader with BCG. Since I recently made the transition from academia to consulting, I’d like to share my experience and answer some common questions that advanced degree candidates (PhDs, MDs, or LLBs) have about consulting and BCG in particular.
INTERESTED IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTING?
The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors across the world to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises.
What do consultants actually do?
Whether it’s improving a company’s profitability or identifying new areas of growth, BCG consultants work with the world’s largest companies to help them solve their toughest problems.
For example, I recently helped a major Pharma company craft their strategy for commercializing a new technology. My role was to advise them on what capabilities they needed in order to succeed in this market.
As part of our job, we work across the world with company executives. For this case, the BCG team was situated in Chicago and worked closely with the Head of Marketing to deliver our strategy. While it was exciting to see our strategy implemented by the client, it was also an amazing learning opportunity – one that I would have never imagined being able to experience when I was a grad student.
What does BCG look for?
Strong candidates who are smart, capable, and possess strong leadership skills. We derive your “smarts” through your academic achievements (grades and test scores) as well as your ability to communicate the impact of your research to a broader audience. We want to hear about the capabilities you have developed from your experience both inside and outside the classroom or laboratory. What difficult things have you accomplished in the past? What results have you achieved through your actions? How has it benefited the world around you?
If you are interested in learning more about the work we do at BCG and who we are, please join us at one of our upcoming Connection Events.
UNIVERISTY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (VIRTUAL)
Wednesday, November 29th
5:00pm PST
Online – login details will be shared the day of
Please register for this workshop by clicking here.
SUMMER INTERNSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINE
Eligibility: Open to those graduating in 2019
Deadline: Sunday December 10th, 2017 at 10:00pm
Job postings are available through your local school’s GMCA chapter, or email us to receive copy of it.
Please apply to BCG by clicking here.
We look forward to helping you along the recruiting path towards BCG. Please contact Mathilde Bertin, Recruiting Associate, with any questions at Bertin.Mathilde@bcg.com.
Kind regards,
Raminder Gill
on behalf of the Canada ADC Recruiting Team
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