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Mars & Co is dedicated to providing its professional staff, who ultimately represent the intellectual capital of the enterprise, with superior opportunities for personal growth and income. This is made possible through a career path built around the apprenticeship format. At Mars & Co, an Associate Consultant is the entry-level position for undergraduate and masters of science degrees. A Consultant is the entry-level position for MBAs. As a matter of policy, Mars & Co promotes only from within. Thus, the successful Associate Consultant and Consultant can be promoted rapidly to more senior positions. There are six professional levels at Mars & Co. In increasing order, they are:
Associate and Senior Associate Consultants must have information gathering, data management and strong analytical skills. Over time through on-the-job training (the apprenticeship) Associate and Senior Associate Consultants will be able to deploy Mars & Co's analytical tools, business savvy and increase their analytical autonomy. At Mars & Co, both the Associate and Senior Associate Consultants are integrated members of a project team in roles that vary in accordance with the project's objectives and their demonstrated level of performance. These positions are thus not simply that of junior analysts. A Consultant is responsible for the rigorous, timely, and imaginative execution of analytic tasks leading to practical solutions of complex business problems. A Senior Consultant must be able to design and manage a module of a project so that it is intellectually coherent and useful to the client. This requires excellence in the application of analysis and the capacity to work with both junior and senior colleagues. A Project Manager must be able to train other professionals, provide intellectual leadership in the application of analysis to value-creating solutions for a client, and manage an entire project that meets Mars & Co's quality standards. A Vice President must possess perfected project management skills plus the ability to contribute to marketing, client acquisition and concept development. There is no pre-determined promotion schedule at any level within the firm. People are promoted as soon as they can successfully handle a more demanding role: this is what meritocracy is about.
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