See also:
The Feld Virtual Career Center Undergraduate Careers in Consulting and Graduate Careers in Consulting.
Books on Consulting
BU Library Online Catalog
For books that circulate, use the subject term: "Business Consultants."
Selected titles are listed below. All of these books, except the one noted On Reserve, are located in the Pardee Library stacks, either on the 2nd or on the 4th floor. To determine the location, see the Pardee Library Maps.
The Art and Practice of Leadership Consulting: 50 Top Executive Coaches Reveal Their Secrets, Pardee HD57.5 A77 2005
Business Plan Guide for Independent Consultants
Pardee HD69 C6 H6185 1994 and
Pardee Reserve HD 69 C6 H6185 1994, computer disc.
The Consultant's Quick Start Guide: An Action Plan for Your First Year in Business
Pardee HD69 C6 B5343 2001
Flawless Consulting : A Guide to Getting your Expertise Used
Pardee HD 69 C6 B57 2000
House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, Pardee HD69 C6 K515 2005
How to Succeed as an Independent Consultant
Pardee HD69 C6 H63 2004
Inside the Minds: Leading Consultants: Industry Leaders Share Their Knowledge on the Art of Consulting
Pardee HD69.C6 I57 2002
Management Consulting, A complete Guide to the Industry
Pardee HD69.C6 B537 2002
Management Consulting: A Guide to the Profession
Pardee HD69 .C6 M36 2002
The McKinsey Mind: Understanding and Implementing the Problem-Solving Tools and Management Techniques of the World's Top Strategic Consulting Firm
Pardee HD 69.C6 R376 2002
The McKinsey way : using the techniques of the world's top strategic consultants to help you and your business
Pardee HD69.C6 R38 1999
The World's Newest Profession: Management Consulting in the Twentieth Century, Pardee HD69 C6 M395 2006
News - Magazine & Journal Articles
Consulting Magazine (Kennedy Information)
Pardee Library Reserve
A monthly magazine focusing on consulting as a career and on the consulting business.
ABI/INFORM Global [About]
Covers over 1,500 publications including general business magazines and leading industry-specific trade journals. Enter the terms: "Management Consultants", or "Consulting Firms", or "Consultants". For articles on a specific company, enter the name of the company; in "Advanced Search," enter the company name and highlight "Company" in the field option.
Business Source Complete [About]
Indexes, abstracts, and provides full text of business publications, scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals. It covers over 8,000 journals with full text for over 4,000 of these titles. Enter search terms such as the following: "Consulting Firms" and "Consultants." For articles on a specific company, enter the company name and select "Company Entity."
Factiva [About]
Provides articles from vast numbers of business and trade publications.
Industry Overview & the Profession
Careers in Management Consulting
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 C38 2001
Consulting Magazine (Kennedy Information)
Pardee Library Reserve
A monthly magazine focusing on consulting as a career and on the consulting business.
Harvard Business School Career Guide : Management Consulting
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 M357
Hoover's.com
http://www.hoovers.com
Search for "Consulting" or "Management Consulting" in "Companies and Industries". Includes information on consulting companies.
The Vault Online Career Library [About] is available through the School of Management's Feld Career Center. Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
See "Consulting" section under "Industries". Provides information on consulting companies, interviewing for consulting positions, job openings in consulting, and more. Vault.com also includes career advice and descriptions of publications on careers, companies, and industries.
WetFeet.com
http://www.wetfeet.com
See "Consulting" under "Industries" and "Careers". Provides information on consulting as a career, consulting companies, salary information, interviews with consulting company recruiters, and more. WetFeet also includes descriptions of WetFeet career publications.
Company Directories and Information
Reference USA [About]
Contains information on over 10 million businesses and organizations in the United States. The database can be searched by geographic area, SIC code, industry or product names, headquarters, location, employee size, and estimated sales.
Sample SIC codes and yellow pages headings:
8742-01 Business Management Consultants
8299-11 Management Training
8742-22 Human Resources Consultants
8741-30 Management Services
Consultants News Career Guide to the Top Consulting Firms
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 C66 2000
D & B Consultants Directory
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 D86 2008
Vault Guide to the Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting Firms
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 V37 2004
Includes an overview of the consulting industry and "prestige rankings for the consulting industry" based on a survey of more than 1,000 practicing consultants. A brief, up-to-date list is located at Vault.com.
see also:
Vault Premium Employer Profiles
Available through the Vault Online Career Library [About] at the Career Services web site. Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
WetFeet Insider Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms
Pardee Reference - Career: Consulting, section 12
X HD 69 C6 W48 2003
see also:
WetFeet.com Insider Guides:
All located in the Pardee Library Stacks
Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) - X HD 69 C6 A22 2004
Bain and Company- X HD 69 C6 B353 2003
Boston Consulting Group- X HD 69 C6 B67 2003
Booz-Allen & Hamilton - X HD 69 C6 B66 2004
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young- X HD 69 C6 C37 2000
Deloitte Consulting- X HD 69 C6 D36 2004
KPMG Consulting- X HD 69 C6 K7 2000
McKinsey & Co.- X HD 69 C6 M385 2004
For more Company Information see "Pre-Interview Research" in Databases by Subject: Careers, and News in this guide.
Interviewing for Consulting Positions
The Vault Online Career Library [About] is available through the School of Management's Feld Career Center. Scroll down and select Vault Access under Quick Links. Available to SMG majors, minors and alums only.
See "Consulting" section under "Industries". Provides information on consulting companies, interviewing for consulting positions, job openings in consulting, and more. Vault.com also includes career advice and descriptions of publications on careers, companies, and industries.
Selected titles below located in Pardee Reference -Career Resources
Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation
X HD69 C6 C687 2005 (Section 11, Interviewing)
Ace Your Case ! The WetFeet Insider Guide to Consulting Interviews
X HD 69 C6 A24 2003 (Section 11, Interviewing)
Includes a description of five categories of consulting cases.
Circulating Wetfeet Guides - Career Resources (Section 11, Job Search)
Ace Your Case II: Fifteen More Consulting Cases
X HD 69 C6 A25 2003
A companion volume to Ace Your Case; presents more detailed explanations about different case types and more sample questions.
Ace Your Case III: Practice Makes Perfect
X HD 69 C6 A26 2003
Ace Your Case IV: The Latest and Greatest
X HD 69 C6 A27 2003
Consulting Organizations and Associations
Consultants' Mall
http://www.consultants-mall.com
A source for finding services provided by consulting firms and independent specialists.
Consultingcentral.com
http://www.consultingcentral.com
Kennedy Information's website, a leading source for competitive intelligence and market analysis on Management and IT consulting services. The website also presents reports of research studies and reports concerning consulting services.
International Guild of Professional Consultants
http://www.igpc.org
An international interdisciplinary organization serving professional consultants in every area of specialization.
Society of Professional Consultants
http://www.spconsultants.org
A New England based non-profit association of independent consultants.
For other consulting organizations, see Associations Unlimited [About] .
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