A.T. Kearney
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| A.T. Kearney | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1926 |
| Headquarters | Chicago |
| Key people | Paul A. Laudicina, Managing Officer and Chairman of the Board |
| Industry | Management consulting |
| Products | Management consulting services |
| Revenue | $798 million in 2005 |
| Employees | 2450 |
| Slogan | Ideas that last. |
| Website | www.atkearney.com |
A.T. Kearney is an international management consulting firm, dating its origins back to the early days of the management consulting profession.
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[edit] History
A.T. Kearney was founded Andrew Thomas Kearney, the former first partner of McKinsey of McKinsey & Company, founded in 1926. McKinsey & Company was one of the first large organized consulting firms. Prior to the establishment of McKinsey & Company, consultants usually worked solo or in small teams.
In 1939, A.T. Kearney left McKinsey & Company after James McKinsey dies. The remaining partners (Tom Bower and Andrew Kearney) disagreed over how to run the firm. Kearney kept the Chicago office and created a new firm called A.T. Kearney. Tom Bower retained the name McKinsey and the rest of the McKinsey offices[1].
The firm operated within the United States until 1964 when it opened its first international office in Düsseldorf. A.T. Kearney now has 48 offices located in major business centres in 32 countries.
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A.T. Kearney's industry specialties include Automotive, Communications, Consumer & Retail, Financial Institutions, Government, High Tech & Electronics, Pharma & Health Care, and Energy & Utilities. Major competency teams include Supply Chain Management, Growth Strategies, Mergers, Innovation & Complexity, IT Strategies, and Transformation.
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Clients include 70 percent of the Fortune 1000, governments and other non-profit institutions. A.T. Kearney is also active in the community and performs pro bono engagements for charitable organizations and government agencies worldwide.
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A.T. Kearney's top competitors include McKinsey & Company, Bain & Co., The Boston Consulting Group, and Booz Allen Hamilton.
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[edit] Recruiting
A.T. Kearney starts new employees in the position of Business Analyst or Associate. Unlike many management consulting firms, there is no up-or-out policy.
The majority of Associates are MBAs recruited from Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, Stanford Business School, Duke's Fuqua School of Business, Penn's Wharton School, Carnegie Mellon, MIT Sloan School of Management, the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business,and the Kellogg School of Management. Occassionally it also hires J.D.s, Ph.D.s, and those with significant industry management experience into the associates position.
The Business Analysts is typically a recent college graduate with an enthusiasm for problem-solving and an analytical skill-set. No specific major is required, though a demonstrated interest in economics and business can be valuable. The majority of people hired for this position come from Caltech, MIT, Princeton, Penn/Wharton, Brown, Harvard, Columbia and Yale (School of Management).
In interview process for prospective business analysts coming straight out of college typically involves an on-campus interview followed by an interview with staff at one of A.T. Kearney's offices. Interviews include case questions testing both quantitative and business acumen”.
The firm also uses junior and senior year summer interships as a screening process. Those who demonstrate high performance are invited to join the firm full time.
A.T. Kearney has the opportunity to be highly selective among its entry level applicants. In 2005, A.T. Kearney's North American Offices reported more than 10,000 applications received for the Business Analyst position, from which 40 BAs were hired.
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- ^ A Brief History of the Management Consulting Profession, last accessed 2007-03-25.
