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Strategy in house as opposed to at a consultancy firm

For example something like ; http://jobs.sky.com/starting-out/graduate-opportunities/business-programmes/strategy

Does anyone know anyone who has worked on any schemes like that and their opinions on it? Or indeed of any schemes like that. The only two I have found are that Sky one and Network Rail.

Guessing the main differences would obviously be a lack of variety in the type of projects?

Reply 1

M1011

Original post by Consultingstude

Well what this comes down to is the difference between consultancy and industry. Not to state the obvious, but either you want to work with a wide variety of clients on projects or you want to get in-depth on a single company full time. Bear in mind strategy consulting is very difficult to break into.

Reply 2

GenialGermanGent

I've worked in both external and in-house consulting, but the program you link to is neither. It's just a trainee scheme with the strategy department of a large company - which might or might not be the right thing for you.

External and even in-house consulting is more varied the way that you will work with more diverse clients on a broader range of topics. Honestly, I can recommend my route, has the steepest learning (and salary) curve: external => internal => strategy department. Do your Masters after the external time, it'll feel like vacation, you'll actually enjoy studying again, and you'll have the money for it.