METHODOLOGY
The 2021/2022 Graduateships Consulting rankings are based on four core sources; More than 20 interviews with current and former consultants, Review of five global rankings, desktop research of more than 100 Danish consulting firms and a review of over 75 annual reports.
The Graduateships Consulting 50 is based on a combination of internal and external scores. To make the ranking as objective as possible, we created the Graduateships Index consisting of five metrics. We selected the five metrics by asking students and young professionals what they find most important when evaluating where to work. They emphasized that not all metrics were equally important. To account for this, we have created a weighted system and scored all companies within each metric* :
*If we have not been able to find the relevant metric for a company we have tried to find a proxy or left this metric out entirely
Graduateships’ annual report of the best consulting companies in Denmark shows that it is still the large American consulting firms that dominate the wish list when students choose their first job. But two Danish consulting companies have sneaked into the top 10.
Bain Nordics, BCG, McKinsey, Novo Nordisk Consulting and BCG Platinion top the list in Denmark, but it is positive to see that companies with a Danish origin such as Maersk Management Consulting and Implement are high on the lists.
Salary transparency has been a key ask from students for the past many years. We are happy to say that we have taken a step in the right direction and have managed to secure salary ranges from most of the consulting companies that are part of the ranking. Thanks for making this a possibility.
It’s no surprise that Bain, BCG and McKinsey (MBB) tops the list. They continue to be some of the most sought after employers for students due to the prestige of landing a job with them, the learning they provide on the job and the exit opportunities. They are simply the best consulting companies in Denmark if you are looking for a steep learning curve.
It is positive to see the two Danish in-house consulting firms Novo Nordisk Consulting (#4) and Maersk Management Consulting (#6) high on the list as well. They both have very strong brands amongst students and their unique nature of being in-house firms combined with a better work life balance has made them attractive for many top students.
Finally then we have an entrepreneurial firm on the list – EY Parthenon (#13). The company which was originally a merger between EY and Parthenon (BOX) combines the classical consulting deeds with an innovative approach to problem solving.
Some companies didn’t make the list due to the eligibility criteria of having more than 25 full times employees. However some of the smaller companies have been making a lot of noise and we expect to see them on the list in the coming years:
The 2021/2022 Graduateships Consulting rankings are based on four core sources; More than 20 interviews with current and former consultants, Review of five global rankings, desktop research of more than 100 Danish consulting firms and a review of over 75 annual reports.
The Graduateships Consulting 50 is based on a combination of internal and external scores. To make the ranking as objective as possible, we created the Graduateships Index consisting of five metrics. We selected the five metrics by asking students and young professionals what they find most important when evaluating where to work. They emphasized that not all metrics were equally important. To account for this, we have created a weighted system and scored all companies within each metric:
