Short facts
Booz & Company is the oldest management consulting firm still in business, the first to use the term “management consultant”.
In 1914, our founder, Edwin Booz, began conducting business research and solving problems for clients near his native Chicago. For nearly a century, we have helped our clients realize the essential advantage needed to survive, thrive, and win. In 2008, we separated our operations from our U.S. Government consulting business, which retains the name Booz Allen Hamilton. We continue our work with businesses, governments, and organizations around the world, now under the name Booz & Company.
In 2009, the firm combined with U.S.-based management consultancy Katzenbach Partners, a leader in the domain of organizational performance.
We offer all new hires a clearly structured career path and rapid career advancement. You will spend one to three years at each level on your way through the ranks of Consultant, Senior Consultant, Associate, and Senior Associate. Principals are typically promoted to Partner after three to four years.
However, when you join Booz & Company you don't have to fit into a mold to succeed. We offer talented professionals alternative career paths and a wide array of tools to proactively manage their professional and personal growth.
Educational background of interest for us
Advanced degrees (M.Sc., MBA, PhD) in Engineering, business and economics with excellent results
Other positive background besides education
Relevant work experience, studies abroad, active in academic associations
Other qualifications that we value
International experience and leadership
Personality that suits us
Ambitious and high performing talents
Booz & Company recruits the best and brightest from leading business schools, undergraduate institutions, and other degree programs, as well as directly from some of the world’s most prestigious corporations. At the outset of their Booz & Company careers, our consultants build their strategic thinking capabilities and develop a “consulting tool kit,” which includes a series of skills and methodologies to be used on client engagements. After several years they develop into strong industry or deep functional experts.
Opportunities for thesis/essay/intership
Yes. We regularly offer internships of 8-10 weeks duration. Please see: http://www.booz.com/nordic/home/40197629/40341155
Traineeprogram
No
International opportunities with us
Working at Booz & Company will test your abilities both domestically and internationally. You will have the opportunity to work on projects with colleagues from Booz & Company’s more than 60 offices world-wide and can be staffed on projects where ever the clients business takes us. Providing that you perform well you can apply for positions in other offices across the world.
For these positions we recruit graduates
If you hold a Master’s degree you would typically start as a Senior Consultant. If you are holding a MBA or PhD you would start as an Associate. If you have more than 4 years experience in a tier 1 consultancy you can start as a Senior Associate (project leader).
Possible career opportunities with us
See above
This is how we develop our employees
As a graduate you will quickly become part of your first project team, where your specific tasks will depend on the nature of the engagement. In all instances, you will get ample opportunities to leverage and hone the skills you have developed during your studies. Over time you will engage within multiple industries and functional areas. "Deep water swimming" and work in highly competent teams will ensure you a steep learning curve, which will enable you to eventually develop selected areas of expertise.
Our staff is our most important assets, so we make sure we grow you to the best of your abilities. If you get selected, we will assign you with both a senior and a junior mentor. The junior mentor will be a peer, who is more experienced with the Firm and who can guide you finding your way around. The senior mentor is a member of the Firm’s leadership and who can guide you advancing and develop your professional profile.
Every year you will be assessed and measured by the people you have worked with – both peers and seniors. This gives you a unique view on your performance and development opportunities.
Things you didn’t know about us
Booz & Company is often recognized in the marketplace as a top consulting firm and for its thought leadership. Here are some examples of our awards:
- Top 50 Most Prestigious Consulting Firms (#4), Vault Guide to the Top 50 Management and Strategy Consulting Firms, 2004-11 (U.S.)
- Top 25 Consulting Firms (#4), Vault Consulting 25 Europe, 2009-2011
- White Space Thought Leadership Rankings (#1), 2009-2011
- Ranked #1 Strategy Consulting Firm and #2 Organization Structure Consulting Firm in China
- Top 10 Consulting Firms, Consumer Goods Technology Readers' Survey, 2009 (U.S.)
- Best Firms to Work For, Consulting Magazine, 2002–2005, 2007–2010 (U.S.)
- "25 Most Desirable MBA Employers", Fortune magazine, 2006 - 2008 (U.S.)
- "Best Places to Work in New York City", Crain's New York Business, 2008-2010
- "25 Best Places to Work in New Jersey", NJ Biz magazine, 2011
- Ranked #1 in "Teamwork", Fink Study, 2007 (Germany)
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Success-stories
We have been involved in some of the most celebrated business episodes of their day. The dawn of the contract system for Hollywood movies, the merger of the National and American football leagues, the rescue of the Chrysler corporation from bankruptcy, and the creation of Deutsche Telekom from government agencies that had grown up on both sides of the Iron Curtain all involved Booz & Company assignments.
Booz & Company has always been known for foresight and impact. We are known for our deep industry and functional expertise across public and private sectors, our influential global studies and books, and our management magazine, strategy+business. We developed the concept of human capital in the 1940s, product life cycle in the 1950s, supply chain management in the 1980s, smart customization in the 1990s, and organizational DNA in the current decade.
Most recently, Booz & Company introduced the concept of Capabilities-Driven Strategy, founded on a pragmatic series of choices designed to help enterprises achieve increasing levels of coherence that can reliably and sustainably outpace competitors and create a right to win.
Our company culture and values
Being one of the oldest companies in consulting, needless to say we have strong traditions and values. We use significant resources on passing these values on to all our new staff through the on-boarding process.
Maintaining a Healthy Work-Life Balance
Working with the world’s most prestigious clients is hard work. At the same time, our people truly enjoy what they do. Our assignments are challenging, and our consultants enjoy working with other exceptional people to create and deliver essential advantage.
However, we realize that there’s much more to life than work. Both Booz & Company and our clients all benefit when our employees are happy, healthy, and leading well-balanced lives. That’s why it’s important to us that you’re able to reinvigorate yourself through personal activities that are important to you: that you’re involved—not only with Booz & Company and the business community, but also in the community where you live. We want you to be a powerful presence within the Booz & Company family, but we appreciate and embrace that our own families are most important.
Work-life balance is important to Booz & Company and our employees. Our flexible work option encompasses part-time employment and responsive scheduling for full-time employees so they can meet personal, family, educational, or community responsibilities. We also offer employees abundant opportunities to give something back to their communities through self-chosen projects, firm-sponsored volunteer activities, and pro bono assignments at non-profit organizations. Our talented staff welcome the chance to bring together their professional skills and personal service goals.
Mentoring & Assessment Process
Developing strong mentor relationships—both formal and informal—is a key to success at Booz & Company. To help you jump-start these relationships, you will be assigned a senior mentor and a junior mentor on your first day at the firm. Naturally, as you meet more people, you’ll form many informal mentor relationships. Make a point of reaching out to your mentors—they will help you navigate Booz & Company’s culture and processes.
Moreover, you will receive regular, constructive feedback on your performance. Our formal 360-degree performance assessment system is a uniquely effective way to develop our people and enhance their professional skills. Impartial colleagues from other teams conduct your assessments, interviewing you as well as people who work closely with you—your peers, seniors, and juniors.
Some companies produce things, but at Booz & Company, our only product is the innovation and know-how of our people. That’s why we hire the best and brightest and give them the tools they need to realize their professional potential and fulfill their career ambitions.