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11 Nov 2020, 19:59
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Hoping to get some thoughts on the next step in my career. I'm currently a consultant at an Economic Consulting/Professional Services firm. Don't love the specific type of consulting I'm doing (pretty niche and not what I want to be doing long term) and looking to make a move. Long term I envision myself working towards some sort of entrepreneurial pursuit, but in the meantime I want to gain valuable business skills and experience that opens doors for me down the road. I have plans for business school in the next couple years so please help me weigh these options in terms of overall attractiveness for MBA admissions and also career trajectory.
Option #1: Valuation and portfolio-monitoring analyst at top megafund PE firm. Role would be based in NYC
Option #2: Consultant for boutique strategy consulting firm in TMT space based in SF
Also, a couple questions regarding the PE valuations role. Any idea as to whether interaction with deal teams and portfolio companies (more from a financial info collection and analysis standpoint) can be leveraged into a deal team role at smaller PE shops? Or just generally whether it's still worthwhile to have a top PE firm brand name on resume even if it's not client-facing?
Thanks in advance!
Option #1: Valuation and portfolio-monitoring analyst at top megafund PE firm. Role would be based in NYC
Option #2: Consultant for boutique strategy consulting firm in TMT space based in SF
Also, a couple questions regarding the PE valuations role. Any idea as to whether interaction with deal teams and portfolio companies (more from a financial info collection and analysis standpoint) can be leveraged into a deal team role at smaller PE shops? Or just generally whether it's still worthwhile to have a top PE firm brand name on resume even if it's not client-facing?
Thanks in advance!
11 Nov 2020, 20:41
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Welcome to GMAT Club.
Good questions. I can’t answer from the standpoint of hiring and Wall Street hierarchy but usually these viewpoints converge with bachool admissions.
The adcom looks at you like a recruiter would. Would someone hire you with your resume and their brand on it. They know who gets hired and who shines and those who don’t.
Usually having a big brands name on your resume helps. It helps in case you want to move industries or in case the person hiring you or in case of an admissions at a school it helps to understand your employer totem pole ranking in general. Working for a boutique is fine as long as it’s well known within admissions and perhaps your boss have gone to the business school you’re playing shop by to. Working for an unknown boutique is tricky because it’s hard to understand for admissions how hard it was to get the job and what does the title really mean.
The second element is your personal performance. Let’s say you were for Blackstone and every year they’re probably 50 people from Blackstone applying to Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, etc. not everyone of them will get in. Now your goal is to demonstrate that you all performed the other 49 people.
No, this doesn’t mean that if you work for an unknown boutique there’s no way for you to get in. It’s just a different path a little. Working for a small company, you have to prove that you have been able to accomplish in your situation with the resources you had more than someone else in your position. People have different backgrounds and the judge differently. Someone who is doing PE in Nairobi maybe evaluated very differently from someone doing PE in New York but the question will remain, what did they do with the resources they had at their disposal. Everyone knows it takes a lot longer to get promoted Blackstone then in a smaller consulting firm. Etc. etc. etc.
My recommendation for you would be to focus on your career and specifically focus on being able to not be stuck and being able to achieve measurable results and accomplish projects. This could mean working in a big company as a part of a team or working in a small company on your own. The pros and cons of both sides. But it all comes down to, what drives you and energizes you the most. That is the key to unlocking top performance. If you have to force yourself to go to work or Dyllan to work these days, if you’re not enjoying your environment, you want to perform at the level you need to blow the socks off the admissions team. Without making this post that I’m typing on the phone super long, there are ways to counter for work and wire meant as well but it would just be so much easier if you did not have to in the first place.
Does this kind of makes sense or perhaps I’m missing your question?
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Good questions. I can’t answer from the standpoint of hiring and Wall Street hierarchy but usually these viewpoints converge with bachool admissions.
The adcom looks at you like a recruiter would. Would someone hire you with your resume and their brand on it. They know who gets hired and who shines and those who don’t.
Usually having a big brands name on your resume helps. It helps in case you want to move industries or in case the person hiring you or in case of an admissions at a school it helps to understand your employer totem pole ranking in general. Working for a boutique is fine as long as it’s well known within admissions and perhaps your boss have gone to the business school you’re playing shop by to. Working for an unknown boutique is tricky because it’s hard to understand for admissions how hard it was to get the job and what does the title really mean.
The second element is your personal performance. Let’s say you were for Blackstone and every year they’re probably 50 people from Blackstone applying to Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, etc. not everyone of them will get in. Now your goal is to demonstrate that you all performed the other 49 people.
No, this doesn’t mean that if you work for an unknown boutique there’s no way for you to get in. It’s just a different path a little. Working for a small company, you have to prove that you have been able to accomplish in your situation with the resources you had more than someone else in your position. People have different backgrounds and the judge differently. Someone who is doing PE in Nairobi maybe evaluated very differently from someone doing PE in New York but the question will remain, what did they do with the resources they had at their disposal. Everyone knows it takes a lot longer to get promoted Blackstone then in a smaller consulting firm. Etc. etc. etc.
My recommendation for you would be to focus on your career and specifically focus on being able to not be stuck and being able to achieve measurable results and accomplish projects. This could mean working in a big company as a part of a team or working in a small company on your own. The pros and cons of both sides. But it all comes down to, what drives you and energizes you the most. That is the key to unlocking top performance. If you have to force yourself to go to work or Dyllan to work these days, if you’re not enjoying your environment, you want to perform at the level you need to blow the socks off the admissions team. Without making this post that I’m typing on the phone super long, there are ways to counter for work and wire meant as well but it would just be so much easier if you did not have to in the first place.
Does this kind of makes sense or perhaps I’m missing your question?
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11 Nov 2020, 21:20
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Yes really appreciate the perspective! I certainly don't want to view it as a means to an end. I think given a lot of the feedback I've received from others and the way I'm leaning internally, the valuation analyst role (though it may not long term be exactly what I want to do) provides a great opportunity to learn and get exposure that will help me down the road. Thanks again!
