Best place to start a career in business.?

I am a very ambitious person, did very well in the college years and I want to have a brilliant career in business. My long term target is to become the CEO of a company.
I am not saying that I want to become rich at alla costs and swim pools of money: I just genuinely believe to have the potential, the skills, the strenght, the will to achieve the highest targets.

I am so looking for career paths that fit with my goals.

I was recently given an offer by Procter and Gamble, which is a pretty good company, but I was wondering if entering management consulting would be better to launch my career.
If so, what do you think is better: top-tier firms (e.g. Mckinsey) or boutique firms?

Thank you

A few suggestions:

1. Look at the career of CEOs you know about or admire. What are their career paths? What do they identify as important? Which disciplines did the CEO's emerge from? You will see a clear pattern here of Sales/Marketing and Financial services. This is changing a bit though.

Note* Look at the careers of CEOs that have failed or those that have ended in disgrace as well. There are lessons to be learned there as well.

2. Look for companies with management training programs that will have you rotate through various functions before you settle into a path.

3. You should understand something about consulting - a lot of new professionals think they will be able to see multiple facets of a business with consulting. This is not necessarily the case. You will see a lot of the same function be it Accounting, HR or Marketing,but across different companies. Companies will rely on growing your expertise in a specific discipline.

4. Join professional associations and read business media. Read books about the future like "Whole New Mind", "Blue Ocean Strategy" or "Winning" by Jack Welch.

5. Identify mentors and leadership programs within your company.

6. Put yourself in a learning mode. I know you did well in college and I can sense your confidence level. Understand however, that you have a LOT to learn and you need to put yourself in LEARN mode. People love to help new professionals who want to learn.

7. Subscribe to my http://www.bullseyeresumes.com blog to build good career habits habits.

I think we saw a stream of Congressional witnesses this week of guys who must have sounded just like you a few decades ago-

gudluk to all of us ...

the best way to start a career in business.. is to start your own business. You will learn a hell of a lot faster than you would if you work for a company. If you lose money you will learn the truth faster. If you make money you have made it !

the best place would be your home. its cheap and you can work anytime you like.

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