823 Advizers

Jorge

Senior Consultant

Deloitte

University of Texas at Austin - 2013
University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business - MBA

Education, Nonprofit, Consulting
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Consulting
Spanish & Other Languages
Fine Arts, Music
LGBTQ
First Generation College Student

Q1Career path

Career Development

Overcoming Challenges

Career Exploration

2:00

"I double majored in theater and dance and Spanish education."

Q2Main responsibilities

Client Management

Data Analysis

Consulting

1:17

"10% of my time is revolved around what we call firm initiative. So doing something within Deloitte that helps the firm become stronger."

Q3Day in the life

Travel

Client Communication

Project Management

1:16

"Usually you're working like 10 to 12 hours Monday through Friday, you rarely ever work on the weekends."

Q4Most important skills - role

Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Communication

1:15

"It's a lot of responsibility to be working with these really high expensive clients. And so you need to be able to lead comfortably in that space"

Q5Favorite parts - role

Career Development

Industry Exposure

Community

1:56

"The culture is really strong. They have a lot of strong employee resource groups."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Adapting to Corporate Culture

Building Relationships

Overcoming Challenges

1:32

"the pace is just different in nonprofit...going from that to corporate Consulting was...pretty I would say difficult to manage"

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Innovation

Technology

Consulting

1:02

"Tech culture feels a little bit more relaxed than banking."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Communication

Problem-Solving

Teamwork

1:22

"If you come with traits like being able to build relationships, being able to present, being reflective, being a self-starter. Those are the skills and traits that typically make someone thriving."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Diversity and Inclusion

Networking

Community Building

1:45

"it was going to take a strategic effort on my front to find a community within Consulting that I feel like I really belonged."

Q10Entry-level positions

Career Paths

Consulting

Entry-Level Jobs

1:20

"At Deloitte you start off as an analyst. And within a couple years, then you become a consultant and then you're senior consultant."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Achieving Goals

Career Development

Motivation

1:28

"If you have like 10 lofty goals you try to do all 10 of them. You're probably not gonna achieve any of them."

Q12College ideas for success

High GPA

Networking

Leadership

1:50

"get it do my best for a high GPA and get leadership experience."

Q13How identity impacted career

Diversity and Inclusion

Overcoming Challenges

Leadership

2:54

"I think for me it's and train the corporate sector or it's very primarily like straight white male has been difficult."