Word: bains
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...Hasty Pudding script, as well as being a member of the Signet Society. “A life in arts is famously rough for most people, especially starting out. It’s a big risk,” he says. Phillips is currently applying to Bain & Company and McKinsey & Company, both premier corporate consulting firms. “I’ve applied to the top places,” he says. “If I get into them, it’ll be worth it for me to do it rather than what I love...
Most strikingly, the video emphasized similarity between college life and working at Bain. One bright-eyed associate describes how he plays for the office soccer team. Another even goes so far as to say, “It’s way more fun than college.” The audience chuckles...
...wide variety of professional interests among students, particularly the desire to work for social good. For instance, JP Morgan allows its new analysts to defer employment for two years to participate in Teach For America (see “Those Who Can, Teach?” page 14). Bain, meanwhile, developed The Bridgespan Group, which offers analysis to non-profit organizations, and spun it off six years...
Above all, firms hoping to recruit Harvard undergrads take into account students’ unwillingness to commit to one career path early in life. One page of the Bain brochure states, “Bain will open doors for you,” followed by, “you can pursue your career goals—either in business or in endeavors in the arts, education or public sector.” The implication is that Bain’s associate position acts as a stepping-stone for ambitious students whose long-term goals may not lie in the business...
...founding, TFA appeared on the front page of The New York Times. In the past year, it’s been in articles in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and in half a dozen national magazines. And the corps advertises that many investment banks and consulting firms, including Bain, McKinsey, and Morgan Stanley, allow students to defer their jobs instead of turning the dollar down...