Since being in Acapulco was obviously the most amazing week of my life, it will continue to be a starting point for today's entry. I am not making any promises but I'll try to move onto something else next week. Note the word TRY, seriously, it was ridiculous and if you are not a senior in college yet, you should go there for spring break. But anyways, as some of you may know, Acapulco has actually been extremely dangerous lately due to drug violence. For th
e spring break weeks, the government has appointed a 24 hour watch to the tourist area. 
However, what many don't know is how corrupt the federale, a.k.a. the police (I'm trying to sound like I know Spanish) are. Though I didn't have any personal experience with the police (of course), other spring breakers were forced to pay the police if randomly stopped on the street or being on the beach at night. Some even tried to take passports from you. It was scary.
So how does this relate to consulting?
The federale are not the only ones who are corrupt. Sometimes the top or middle management of a company are corrupt too. Consultants are brought in not because the firm doesn't have the man power to complete a task, but because their man power itself is the problem. Consultants can be used as interim managers if a corrupt employee is removed and a company is unable to internally fill the position temporarily. In some cases, a company is in such shambles because of the corrupt employees that a whole team of consultants is needed to sort out exactly what happened and the scope of the problem.
When you think about it, it would be quite fascinating to see the internal workings of a company, like Enron, or anything similar on a smaller scale. So, when you're researching consulting firms, see what they specialize in. Soon enough you could find yourself fixing the disaster of Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and that would be sweet.
e spring break weeks, the government has appointed a 24 hour watch to the tourist area. 
However, what many don't know is how corrupt the federale, a.k.a. the police (I'm trying to sound like I know Spanish) are. Though I didn't have any personal experience with the police (of course), other spring breakers were forced to pay the police if randomly stopped on the street or being on the beach at night. Some even tried to take passports from you. It was scary.So how does this relate to consulting?
The federale are not the only ones who are corrupt. Sometimes the top or middle management of a company are corrupt too. Consultants are brought in not because the firm doesn't have the man power to complete a task, but because their man power itself is the problem. Consultants can be used as interim managers if a corrupt employee is removed and a company is unable to internally fill the position temporarily. In some cases, a company is in such shambles because of the corrupt employees that a whole team of consultants is needed to sort out exactly what happened and the scope of the problem.
When you think about it, it would be quite fascinating to see the internal workings of a company, like Enron, or anything similar on a smaller scale. So, when you're researching consulting firms, see what they specialize in. Soon enough you could find yourself fixing the disaster of Dennis Kozlowski (Tyco) and that would be sweet.
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