Careers in Management Consulting: How and Why Scientists become Consultants

The LBNL Career Pathways Office provides professional development to Berkeley Lab's early career researchers and Postdocs.

LBNL Career Pathways Office

Interested in becoming a consultant? Come join us and strategize your next big career move.

59-3101 Lawrence Berkeley Lab

Management Consulting is a field that welcomes PhD-trained scientists, and has done so for years! In this workshop you will learn about the behaviors involved in consulting, the pros and cons of this field, the way that you can take steps to explore this career option, and tips to help you present yourself as an applicant to consulting opportunities.*Please come prepared to do some guided writing to help you consider how to position yourself and present your application materials for Consulting positions*

Patti Meyer most recently served the PhD and PostDoctoral Scholars at UCSF as a Career Counselor and has delivered many workshops. She is interested in meeting the needs of the life scientists and the social and population scientists by providing well-timed relevant programs, useful web-based resources and one-on-one counseling that helps Postdocs take action to move along their career path. Patti has delivered services to students at a variety of colleges and universities for over twenty years. These included her work with an NSF-funded, Bay Area-based initiative to improve science training for K-12 teachers, and as coordinator of the Women’s Health Internship program at the National Center in Excellence in Women’s Health at UCSF. During her five years at UC Berkeley, where she worked with pre-health and pre-medical students, she was introduced to an array of career services for PhD students.

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