Following is an open forum discussion picked from our Group. Mayank Gupta asked : What all skills do I need to build to get through Consulting/Strategy industry. I am an MBA Marketing and B.Tech (Mechanical and Automation Engineering) fresher with no prior experience. In these times of recession, every where I read they have been telling to build up your skill sets....

A friend of mine, a recent graduate from one of the premier business schools in India, called me, his predicament, he is an engineer from a tier-2 engineering college in India and an MBA, and yet, he has not managed to even remotely come close to a job offer His business school finished the placement season few months back, after managing to place approximately 50 percent...