First week - training

(MBA,Booz) So my first week in Booz & Co was spent in a nice hotel in New Brunswick - NJ, it was a very busy week in which we gained tools to help us succeed in our assignments.

Topics included Excel and Power Point training, team work assignment that imitated the real world in which few work streams have to coordinate between themselves to achieve a common goal, additional topics included legal and technical issues and IT systems used by Booz & Co , it was the first time for me to meet the tools used by a consulting firm to run its operations and I must admit I was impressed, specifically by an office plug in that make presentation making much easier and effective and saves a lot of precious time - a critical tool when it comes to working on super tight schedules.

In parallel it was a great opportunity to have a lot of fun with our fellows from the class of summer 2010, each night after dinner a bar tab was open till late night and at the last night together we all went to have dinner in a fancy NY restaurant! to make the whole experience even better we had the opportunity to demonstrate our artistic abilities by performing self written skits about our future life as consultants.

Last but not least – we got our assignments, mine is in Oklahoma, I don’t know yet which parts are confidential so I won’t specify much, but I can say that I couldn’t have asked for a better assignment, it seems that it will be a great learning opportunity in a field I’m eager to study!

Friday was suppose to be our first day at the office, though we were lucky to have the opportunity to take part in Booz day and celebrate Booz’s 2^nd anniversary after the separation from Booz Allen Hamilton, it was a great opportunity for me to meet almost all of the Dallas office in one place and to learn more about the office’s and Booz’s culture and aspirations for the coming year. And then came the reason I’m here for – becoming a consultant, I met some of my team mates and participated on my first team conference call, later on I scheduled my flights and hotels for the next two weeks and took a deep dive into reading relevant articles for my assignment.

Next week will be my first week on site, I am sure that it will be very challenging and demanding and I can’t wait to start it, wish me luck!