The Core of a Consulting Internship w/Byungwoo Ko

Hey All,

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. I want to give you guys quick updates on my internship at Accenture.

Last weekend, all Accenture interns were invited to St. Charles, which is located outside of Chicago for a leadership conference. It was awesome to see people from different locations, different backgrounds and different projects. The conference focused on teaching interns how to become better team members and better leaders; it entailed a series of lectures, team-building activities and seminars. It was really fun. I got to know so many new people and got to listen to what senior executives at Accenture had to say about leadership. Only bad part about it was that I had to go back to work on Monday after a busy weekend… haha.

I am currently working on a couple of big projects. First, the fiscal year for Accenture ends in August, so our team has been putting a lot of effort in reviewing the numbers for the current fiscal year and planning for the next fiscal year. This has been a very exciting experience as I get to learn how professionals plan and decide what their goal should be for the future. There are many factors that must be considered and every factor should be considered very importantly. You learn to constantly question yourself on how this process is going to affect your team, your company and your client, how much are we going to save, how can we generate more review and so forth. I am sure many of you have already done this through some classes but the process gets extremely intense when a huge amount of money is on the table. Secondly, my supervisor assigned me a summer project that I need to present to his team members. The project needs to cover the overall contingent labor industry and how our team can improve to lead the trend and not follow it. I have been doing a lot of research to understand how contingent labor works, why companies want to use contingent labor, how can we our services to our clients and etc. I just want to make sure that I deliver something that can be useful to the team and Accenture. I will be holding interviews this week with some team members to get their input and to learn how they fit into the big picture of the procurement process. The presentation is coming up soon, so I will be working long hours for the remainder of my internship. Wish me luck!

BK