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Role Description
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When you join McKinsey as a Generalist Junior Associate, you are joining a firm that will challenge you and invest heavily in your professional development. You will build leadership skills beyond what you thought possible and gain access to the most extraordinary leadership network in the world. In the Generalist Junior Associate role, you will have the opportunity to help the best organizations in the world to solve some of their most difficult problems. Throughout your tenure you will gain broad exposure to a variety of different industries and functional areas, which could include, but are not limited to: retail, pulp & paper, telecommunications, and private equity on issues such as strategy, organization, technology, and operations.
The Generalist Junior Associate at McKinsey is a full member of the client engagement team. You will work closely with your McKinsey colleagues and with the client team on the client site and you will “own” your piece of the project. Some examples of the specific work a McKinsey Junior Associate might have include: interviewing clients, building financial models, making presentations, leading client teams and working with McKinsey subject experts to develop perspectives and insights for the client.
Typically, our engagements usually last between 6 to 12 weeks. As a Junior Associate, you will be assigned to one engagement at a time.
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Candidate Qualifications
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Ideal candidates for the Generalist Junior Associate position:
- Are about to complete, or have just completed, an undergraduate or master’s degree or have 1 to 3 years of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree
- Have a strong commitment to excellence and personal and professional growth
- Have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement and an aptitude for analytics
- Have a strong record of leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricular activities
- Enjoy working on teams
- Find problem solving exhilarating
- Are resourceful, responsible, patient, tenacious, informed, independent, confident, and full of energy
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Training
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You will attend a 1-week learning program upon joining the firm that is designed to equip you with the basic consulting skills you need on your first engagement team.
In addition, other programs and learning resources will be available to you, depending on your personal development needs to build specific skills (such as problem solving or communications), and/or provide additional industry knowledge (e.g., electronics, consumer goods, health care, financial services) or functional knowledge (e.g., marketing, sales, corporate finance, business dynamics, strategy).
In addition to formal training, your professional development continues through the range of experiences you gain on engagement teams, which may involve working in other offices or other countries. Every Junior Associate has a Development Group Leader, a senior member of the firm who offers guidance on career choices and engagement assignments. Also, you will naturally build informal mentor relationships with team members and office colleagues.
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