823 Advizers

Yannan

Senior Associate Consultant

Top Audit Consulting Firm

University of San Francisco 2015
N/a

Yannan has 5 years experience in professional services across marketing, sale and consulting
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Business Strategy
Anthropology, Sociology
Fine Arts, Music
International Student
Honors Student
Scholarship Recipient
Took Out Loans
Immigrant
Worked 20+ Hours in School
LGBTQ
First Generation College Student

Q1Career path

Entrepreneurship

Consulting

Career Pivoting

1:52

"I realized that job one is a lot of hours and two actually doesn't pay well, um, and there's not so much about career advancement either."

Q2Main responsibilities

Mergers and Acquisitions

Project Management

Communication

0:52

"My current role is mostly helping clients who are in the merger or acquisition process to make sure they successfully implement whatever they intend to."

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Project Management

Client Interaction

1:08

"Oh that gonna be a typical consultant answer gonna be depends. That could be very busy."

Q4Most important skills - role

Interpersonal Skills

Organization

Communication

2:02

"You should be able to really comfortably connect with people from different backgrounds and build a good rapport with them."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Travel

Problem-Solving

Communication

1:10

"Consulting is definitely an extension of my business school. I'm always learning new stuff."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Teamwork

Overcoming Challenges

Adaptability

0:55

"Be very aware of who you are working with, what project you're on, and who you're talking to."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

Communication

0:58

"They're all very smart people and they don't make assumptions on lots of things because we're working Consulting."

Q8Who thrives in industry

High Energy

Resilience

Organization Skills

1:56

"Definitely organization skills. You will have probably three or four things going on at the same time, always have three or four projects going on."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Industry Realities

Job Search

Communication

1:53

"One, your resume does matter. It may sound so shallow, but unfortunately, that's how a lot of consulting firms first look at you."

Q10Entry-level positions

Entry-Level Jobs

Consulting

Analyst Positions

1:01

"Give it a shot just to get in there to see what types of jobs are at that level and also...to see how people are operating in consulting."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Communication

0:48

"always at least one step ahead of your group"

Q12College ideas for success

Body Language

Networking

Communication

0:59

"Honestly gonna be my acting class because...I learned so much about eye contact about tone of voice and body language."

Q13How identity impacted career

LGBTQ+ Inclusion

Networking

Career Connections

1:11

"I got invited for all the events for each of the Consulting birth and I get an extra time asking extra questions. I believe that has been one of the critical Connections in my career."