About Management Consulting Management Consulting is a very popular career field and also a very competitive field. While we have seen an increase in the number of firms who are recruiting for management consulting at Cornell there are many excellent firms who do not recruit and who must be contacted directly or through networking contacts.
Specialists offer process or functional knowledge to clients.
Not surprisingly the hottest specialist area for management consulting is in information technology and many of the firms who recruit at Cornell are specifically interested in students with a background or an interest in technology. Andersen Consulting and American Management Systems are examples of such companies. Another specialty that does well at Cornell is human resource management. Most students who ask about management consulting are interested in the generalist firms such as Bain, McKinsey, Mercer. These firms offer advice to corporate clients helping their clients find ways to operate more efficiently, or open new markets, etc.