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MBA Graduates: The Consulting Market Challenge
By
Bert Dean
The influx of MBA graduates is reshaping the consulting and legal advisory market. Industries such as cyber, IT, and environment now face a new wave of professionals with strong analytical skills but limited practical labor expertise. Integrating them effectively is both a challenge and an opportunity.
MBA programs produce graduates skilled in strategy, finance, and analytics. However, when they enter fields like IT, cyber, or environmental consulting, they often lack grounding in labor law, compliance, and collective relations. This gap can affect the quality of advice given to clients.
For firms, the challenge is onboarding these professionals quickly, pairing their strategic insight with legal and HR expertise. Structured mentorship and cross-disciplinary training are key to making MBAs valuable assets.
Clients, meanwhile, increasingly demand teams that combine business acumen with regulatory mastery. Firms that can integrate MBAs into multidisciplinary teams will be able to offer holistic solutions across industries.
In the long run, MBA graduates can help professional networks expand their service range—if firms invest in bridging the gap between theory and labor law practice.