To apply to become a 180 Degrees Consultant, please click the button below, then select your branch and complete the form.
Waving signs in protest or standing on the side of a road with a bucket collecting money are not the only ways to make a difference. A better way to make a difference is to improve the effectiveness of worthwhile organizations! Improved effectiveness means donations go further and more people can be helped both now and in the future.
Most internships and part-time work is boring, tedious, unrewarding, and not challenging. 180 Degrees is different. We give you the opportunity to get experience that employers value. You will be working on real projects with real clients and will be able to exercise real leadership!
180 Degrees has worked with leading top-tier consulting firms to develop our own tailored consulting methodology and consulting training program. You will receive professional consulting training from 180 Degrees, often in conjunction with representatives from McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or other professional services firms.
You will develop numerous transferable skills, such as teamwork, problem solving, oral and written communication, creative thinking, client management, and cross-cultural communication.
You will experience first hand the fantastic work that many organizations are doing.
What better way to learn about consulting and decide if you want to pursue a career in consulting than to experience it first-hand!
Few things are more rewarding than working in a team to develop solutions to difficult problems.
Because work is more fun when it doesn’t feel like work.
“I do not think there is a better value-for-time volunteering experience than being a 180 Degrees Consultant. It hits multiple birds with one stone – work experience, making a difference, and professional training. Why do these things separately when you can do them simultaneously?” – Nat Ware (Founder & CEO)
To learn more about becoming a 180 Degrees Consultant, watch the short video below:
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⇒ Consulting Resources PortalThese tools and resources have been created to assist you in producing high-quality advice for your clients and to help you grow personally and professionally. |
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⇒ Compass (The 180 Degrees Consulting Management Platform)This is where you can manage your consulting projects, download tools and resources, and upload deliverables. |
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⇒ Our Annual Journal, 180ReviewThis annual publication contains numerous insights on achieving social impact. |
"Joining 180 Degrees Consulting was definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made. It has not only given me the opportunity to give back to society while doing something I love but has also challenged me to grow as a person. I have met the most amazing and inspiring people."
"180 Degrees is one of the few organizations that is legitimately thoughtful and novel. It is a great opportunity for students to get practical experience that is manageable alongside full-time study.”
"Working for 180DC allowed me to put theory into practice, gain real-life consulting experience, and enhance our clients' social impact. I had the chance to work within a very international environment, together with ambitious colleagues. I could not have asked for more!"
"180 Degrees Consulting was essential in helping me secure a management consulting position at one of the top-tier consulting firms. I gained the ability to approach any problem through a logical and step-by-step framework and communicate the results in an effective manner."
"180’s esteemed reputation lies in the talent that runs within the organization, giving it that unique ability to enact sustainable change."
"It’s amazing to see the impact we generate for our clients. At all levels of the organization – from the board to the consulting teams – students love the work and are driven to support each other along all steps of the process. Working in cooperation with other brilliant individuals, generating solutions together, and then watching as those recommendations are implemented to impact greater society, is an infectious and rewarding process!"
"180 has been truly great experience – being challenged by diverse situations, learning and growing by hands-on experience, but also being in a like-minded community. I have not just learnt a lot on a personal and professional level, but also I have got to know many incredible people."
"180 Degrees means difference to me, a group of young students who, in their own small way, are trying to do something good, to make a difference."
"180 Degrees has helped me develop my ability to work effectively in teams. Working in teams in a classroom setting is quite different from the set of pressures you face working for a real client. Ultimately, trying to accommodate the needs of a growing non profit has been an outstanding learning experience."
The Global Leadership Team is the body that leads and manages the work of 180 Degrees Consulting around the world.
This includes supporting existing 180 Degrees branches, helping new branches to get established, facilitating collaboration between branches, ensuring consulting quality control, measuring the social impact of 180 Degrees worldwide, and making crucial strategic decisions about the future of the organization.
If you want to help expand the social impact of 180 Degrees around the world, we encourage you to apply to join the Global Leadership Team.
For a smoother navigation experience, please use the form located at https://www.180dc.org/newbranch (it is exactly the same as the one below).
180 Degrees is a highly ambitious organization. We want to grow so that we can help more non-profits and social enterprises to achieve their full potential, and so we can train more university students to become great social impact leaders! There is a massive need for the services that 180 Degrees provides.
We want you to help us expand our impact! If you are based at a university where there is not currently a 180 Degrees branch, we encourage you to consider applying to start a branch. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurial, hard-working and committed people with the right motivation!
Starting a branch is a very rigorous process as we want to maintain high quality and operational excellence. We want to ensure all branch founders are exceptionally talented, very committed, and have the right motivation. For those considering applying, it is important to know that while starting a branch is exceptionally rewarding it is also a significant time commitment – founding teams usually spend 10-15 hours per week to plan (and eventually launch and manage) their 180 Degrees branch. The good news is that our Global Growth team is here to support you at every step of the way! Upon submitting an online application, you will be allocated to a Director of Global Growth who will work with you to develop your branch proposal, provide feedback, and help you navigate the process. After official approval, you will go through our organizational leadership training (“onboarding”), get advice on how to best run a branch, receive access to our extensive consulting and marketing resources, have access to IT and legal support, be invited to our leadership summits, and be able to use our custom built consulting management platform that we call Compass. You will also be a part of the exciting, innovative and growing 180 Degrees global community.
The first step in the process is to express interest by filling in the following form. If we are impressed by your application, we will then be in contact with you regarding next steps. You can see an overview of the full process here: bit.ly/180DCnewbranchprocess
To connect with other branch founders around the world and stay up to date on any announcements, make sure to join our Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/170785906915126/
180 Degrees branch leaders gather in Chicago to meet each other, share best practices, and plan for the year ahead!
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