About the difference between Advisory & Consulting
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"In Consulting:
You're working for C-Suite execs (or a level below) on strategy projects like how to expand into a foreign market, whether or not to launch a new product/kill an under-performing product, or if a new M&A opportunity is a good idea. Excel, Powerpoint, and client meeting are your best friends. Essentially, this is what you should think of when you hear Management Consulting.
In Advisory:
You're almost like an auditor. You'll be working for upper/middle managers in an organization, with a focus on financials and tax principles. You'll do a lot of SOX compliance testing, and risk management assessments. Still do some cool work, but it's not "strategy."
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意即consulting 是对公司的战略、方针进行研究之后再给出可行性建议。期间包括很多的研究和与客户的沟通. 重视的是对strategy的分析.
而Advisory 注重 对金融、税法规章的执行,很重要的focus在于compliance, 金融风险管理.
如果用人的personality来比喻,也许可以说consulting是探索型人格而advisory是服从型人格. 根据你的性格来思考对哪个sector更fit 也是一个方法吧?
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