Best advice I can give you if you want a traditional career is: get a chartered profession law, banking, accountancy, engineering, and then broaden it to cover the business of your profession with management training or MBA after five or so years of experience as a chartered professional.(Before anyone jumps in: yes, this could be a research PhD, or professional doctorate or EngD for those than want focus rather than breadth)
The first question I ask a consultant is have you ever done this job (for which you are consulting) for real ?
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