A Day in the Life: Consulting
Sara Fleisher, W ‘09
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1. If anyone has questions about Rosetta or consulting in general, feel free to
message me @SoupForSara ... That's all from me! Thanks!3:03 PM Sep
21st via web
2. Well, looks like today will be an early one. Client meeting done, so nothing
left to do tonight. Time to head home.2:57 PM Sep 21st via web
3. Have some free time, so I'll enter my hours in so far this week. Part of
being a consultant -- billing every hour -- every minute counts.2:44 PM Sep
21st via web
4. Meeting went really well! Client was happy with our presentation and gave
great feedback. Everyone is excited about where this will lead.2:38 PM Sep
21st via web
5. Lost connection to the conference call, but meeting should be wrapping up
now. Waiting to hear from the team to see how it went.2:05 PM Sep 21st via web
6. Meeting going well so far, 1 hour in. Client sounds engaged. Our
conference call connection could be better, but what can you do.1:07 PM Sep
21st via web
7. Team up in Toronto about to present to the client. Listening in on the
conference call. Fingers crossed that it all goes well!12:06 PM Sep 21st via web
8. Updating a few slides last minute to send off to the team in Toronto.
Presentation is up there, I'm in NYC.10:54 AM Sep 21st via web
9. Had a quick lunch with some other Associate Consultants (including
another Penn Alum, Andy Lenehan @thelenehan), back to the grind
now.9:59 AM Sep 21st via web
10. Back from staffing meeting...have my assignment, but for now, back to
finalizing the deck. Presentation at 3. Crunch time.8:47 AM Sep 21st via web
11. Time for an internal staffing meeting to discuss how our consulting
practice (RCP) can improve processes. Make things easier for
everyone...7:59 AM Sep 21st via web
12. Checking the powerpoint for errors...also needs to make sense to
someone who hasn't been working on it for weeks/months! (ie the
client!)7:04 AM Sep 21st via web
13.Hey everyone - this is Sara. Just got into the office. Should be a busy
day...prepping for a client presentation this afternoon!