Also called: Associate Consultant
An entry-level consultant at a large firm who does research, data analysis and slides for client projects.
You clean a messy spreadsheet of 50,000 supplier invoices, find where the client overpays, and turn it into three slides your manager will present tomorrow.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in nearly any major; firms recruit heavily on campus.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Economics, Information Systems, Accounting.
Growing much faster than average (about 10% over 10 years). Part of management analysts.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. AI already builds slides, cleans data and does desk research, so big firms are hiring fewer entry analysts.
Classes: AP Statistics, Spreadsheets or computer applications, AP Microeconomics, English Language Arts.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1111.
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