today!<\/span><\/p>\nInterview Transcript<\/h2>\n
Investing in yourself early on provides your future self with a competitive advantage in the job market.<\/em><\/p>\nHi there, I’m Katherine and I’m a current associate consultant here at Capgemini.<\/em><\/p>\nSo I’ve joined Capgemini’s graduate programme as an Associate Consultant specifically aligned to the healthcare and public sector industry.<\/em><\/p>\nInitially, I found out about Capgemini through a networking event held by Monash University, which I definitely recommend attending since you’re able to network with current consultants as well as recruiters.<\/em><\/p>\nSo one of my favourite quotes is that you’re the sum of your five closest friends, and undoubtedly consulting attracts top talent across various industries in Australia.<\/em><\/p>\nOne of my highlights has been knowledge sharing with fellow graduates across various capabilities within consulting.<\/em><\/p>\nInitially, I held the misconception that consultants only provided advice and then left. However, in reality, consultants often provide support during implementation, change management, and really focus on nurturing a long-term relationship with their clients.<\/em><\/p>\nOne of the most common questions I get from aspiring consultants is what does a day in the life look like? And I believe this question stems from overall ambiguity about the roles and responsibilities within consulting.<\/em><\/p>\nOne of my personal favourite analogies is to think of consultants as a doctor or GP for businesses. As in, consultants take a personalised, collaborative, and agile approach to client projects.<\/em><\/p>\nI hope that helps.<\/em><\/p>\nA piece of advice I provide to my younger self is to learn a high-value skill. So strategy, CX, marketing, sales, Gen AI, and e-commerce are all highly sought-after skills by employers and clients.<\/em><\/p>\nHence, investing in yourself early on provides your future self with a competitive advantage in the job market.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Investing in yourself early on provides your future self with a competitive advantage in the job market!\u2019\u00a0 When it comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":27073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[34],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27072"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27074,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27072\/revisions\/27074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}