Deloitte Consulting is hiring

Deloitte is awarding hundreds of jobs to established consultants, also newly minted MBA’s and undergrads.

Today, most companies are doubtful to hire in such big numbers, they are afraid of prolonged economic weakness, although Deloitte did it!
Now, the company is extending 50 to 60 offers to experienced consultants, each week. By June, the firm will have hired in total more than 700 of experienced consultants.
Over the past six months Deloitte has hired nearly 800 MBA’s and undergrads. Deloitte’s HR staff expects to make also 1000 offers to the class of 2010.

According to Punit Renjen, a 23-year veteran of the company and a strategic consultant, this hiring of Deloitte in a time of economic weakness is ‘a seminal experience’ and a competitive advantage.

Many strategic firms don’t bring in midcareer experts, preferring to cultivate their own, but Deloitte is the exception. The company also recruits at many schools, for example the Big 10 universities and Carnegie Mellon, where another firm might hire only one or two people a year, says Tom Rodenhauser, vice-president at Kennedy Information. Deloitte recruits at 75 different schools across 10 different degree programs, including business majors and specialized degrees, such as HR and public health, says Rick Harrison, head of the firm’s HR.

Six months ago, Ryan Osborne refused 2 offers before he started his job by Deloitte Consulting. He’s a specialist in life sciences and information management. He was convinced of this work because he’d seen so many of his own practice leaders join the firm in earlier years.

In my view it's a good strategy of Deloitte, because a lot of people can get experience by working there!