I quiz my computer science boyfriend, Addison Chen about business! We are both technology consultants at Accenture, but there are technical and functional consultants. My boyfriend, Addison, is a technical consultant and only knows techie stuff. In today’s video, I quiz Addison on business because functional consultants actually need that business knowledge to work and communicate with the client better!
I always get asked what should you expect on a project, and honestly this changes across firms, type of consulting, and even client and scope!
I know, I know, it’s the all too famous “it depends,” but I broke it up to a structure I noticed in most firms either big or boutique. Project size also differs as well. Management and strategy consulting may have smaller teams and tech tends to have bigger teams. Sometimes engagement manager/delivery lead is the same person as the project manager to be even leaner!
One other big misconception is analysts just “analyze” and don’t truly do consulting. It really is just a title, but you would typically be a support consultant. You might need to warm up to the responsibilities and tasks first, but you’re still going to be doing the work consultants will be doing, though you may have fewer client facing situations.
How is your current team structure, whether it be consulting or not?
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In honor of International Women’s Day, Kajol and I wanted to make this podcast episode to have a very honest conversation about how it’s like being a woman in consulting. Kajol is currently a London-based Big 4 senior consultant specializing in venture building and innovation, specifically at Deloitte Consulting.
In honor of International Women’s Day, management.consultant and I wanted to make this video to have a very honest conversation about how it’s like being a woman in consulting. Kajol is currently a London-based Big 4 senior consultant specializing in venture building and innovation, specifically at Deloitte Consulting. We think change starts at having conversations and empowering others. We hope this video inspires you to have conversations with women around you. Comment down below what are steps you would take and share your experiences about being a woman in consulting or in the workplace!
Hustle culture is toxic. Simple as that.
I think everyone knows mental health is important, but whenever it comes to making a deadline or catching up to peers, it falls to the wayside as our last priority. I personally schedule time for myself rather than using the free time leftover for myself.
Here is how I prioritize my mental health:
-Weekend nights are my me times, non-negotiable! If I run late with editing or filming or anything else, I stop and save it for the next day.
-Friday nights are date nights! No work, no side hustle, nothing. Just time with Addison Chen and the cats!
-I batch and cluster a lot of the work that uses the same energy or similar tasks together and do it all at once for one weekend and the rest of the weekends are free! Work smart, not just work hard.
-Learn to SAY NO. I found this one to be the hardest for me because I used to say yes to everything because I didn’t want to disappoint, but if I don’t enjoy it or find value in it, I say no.
You’ll thank yourself later. How do you value your mental health, and what self care do you do?
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Addison Chen and I bought a condo together in 2020 in our our early 20s, and before that we rented an apartment together, so we talked about how we handle our finances from how we budget, how we split our income (if we do), handle our expenses, and soooo many questions we have for you guys!
How do you and your SO handle your money as a couple? What if someone uses more toilet paper than the other or wants something much more expensive than you’re comfortable buying (like a TV)?!
On Monday, we spoke about time management in a room on Clubhouse hosted by be.boldest with other women in consulting such as Way Into Consulting, Kristina Choi, and management.consultant.
PST, check them out, they are AMAZING resources if you’re interested in consulting!
What I found very important to keep in mind of with time management is not to just manage your time around work and career but also to pencil in time for your own mental health. Work life balance in consulting could be exceptionally hard to juggle a side hustle and time for yourself to destress and relax, but it’s not always as bad as everyone says it is. It’s more like a rollercoaster on which firm, client, and role. Even down to the project stage.
You should still prepare for those 80 hour (let’s pray it never gets that high) work weeks if you’re interested in consulting, but it should be temporary. Otherwise, you need to set your boundaries and value your mental health and relationships!
⬇️ Comment down below on what is important to you in work life balance!
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New podcast episode on Brian Kuan!
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I met Brian five years ago when we both founded our own chapters in our respective schools. While I was at Boston University, he was at UC Riverside! He has always been interested in entrepreneurship and startups and it ultimately led him to become a product marketing manager in a Silicon Valley startup in hopes to one day go to graduate school and found his own startup. If you’re very interested in startups, this is the perfect episode for you as he has over three years of experience in tech startups in Silicon Valley!
This is one everyone wonders about but doesn’t talk about. Even though I’m a technology consultant at Accenture, I do know the general structure of salaries and compensation for most firms after talking to many of my peers in other firms. I’m going to give a breakdown of what really makes up salaries and compensation for consultants, analyzing Management Consulted’s 2021 Salary Report, go over some misconceptions about the salaries and compensation for consultants, and how you can raise your worth in consulting. This will not go over how to get promoted as that would make it a much longer video, but that video is coming up, so make sure to subscribe!
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