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| | With year-end pay
reviews having divided
management consultants
into the "content" and
the "not-so-content", it
is not surprising to
learn that candidate
interest in new
consulting careers is up
18% on this time last
year.
The range of
consulting opportunities
has ballooned in the
intervening 12 month
period, enticing an
ever-growing number of
management consultants
to start assessing
whether the grass might
indeed be greener on the
other side. Those that
came off worst in the
pay reviews have no
reason to stay where
they are; whilst those
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yet the recent trend has
also been for greater
"window-shopping" before
applications are made.
"Whereas in the
recession years a
recruiter would not have
had to work hard to
attract an application,
now their offer must
come across as being
more attractive than a
broad range of
alternative openings,"
comments Top-Consultant
director Tony Restell.
"Job postings are
being seen by more
consulting candidates
than ever before, but
uncompetitive £/$ salary
packages or adverts that
lack a real selling
point for candidates are
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Consultants know that
their skills are in
demand and they are
being increasingly picky
about the roles they
will apply for," Restell
adds.
The release of the
2006 Management
Consultancy Salary
Benchmarking report this
week has left
consultants in no doubt
as to where they stand
in their firm's pecking
order.
Whilst for some the
findings will cement the
strong esteem in which
they are held by their
current employer, for
others there will be the
nagging doubt that they
could be earning
considerably more with
another employer - | |
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| | fuelling their interest
in new roles.
Adding to the
pressure is the growing
interest from blue-chip
corporates in hiring
ex-consultants onto
their strategy or
managerial teams.
Amazon.com, BAA, Capital
One, Coors, General
Motors, Lehman Brothers
and Royal Bank of
Scotland are just some
of the major brands that
have been looking to
fish from the same pool
in recent days.
"With the UK and US
economies both expected
to achieve robust growth
this year, there's every
expectation that these
trends will continue
into 2007," concludes
Restell.
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| | leaps in their
remuneration know they
will be in demand
amongst headhunters.
The changing interest
levels in alternative
career paths is
reflected in
Top-Consultant.com's
site usage patterns.
Top-Consultant's 250,000
readers have become
increasingly avid
browsers of the jobs | |
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