180 Degrees Consulting Vienna

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180 Degrees Consulting Vienna
legal form Registered association
founding 2013
Seat Vienna ( Austria ) AustriaAustria 
Branch Student Consulting
Website https://www.180dc.org/vienna
Status: 2019

180 Degrees Consulting Vienna (180DC) is part of a globally organized student management consultancy specializing in non-profit and socially oriented organizations. The official name recorded in the Central Register of Associations is 180 Degrees Consulting Vienna - Voluntary Advice by Students and is a registered association with the Central Register of Associations number 993294468. Its aim is to develop innovative, practical and sustainable solutions on a pro bono basis .

Student assistance

180 Degrees Consulting Vienna is a registered association and has 26 employees. Six of them are on the board, four are team leaders and 16 consultants . Since 180DC is a student management consultancy, only students work. As part of 180 Degrees Consulting, students work in a team on a customer problem. The association advises exclusively in English (i.e. the advice and all events also take place in English). On average, 50% of the employees come from non-German-speaking countries (e.g. USA, Italy, Brazil, India).

The semester of 180DC Vienna is built on 3 pillars:

  1. Direct project work with fascinating customers with several coaching sessions (e.g. with AT Kearney )
  2. Accompanying trainings in the workshop format with our various partners (e.g. Teach for Austria , wonderwerk)
  3. Social events (e.g. running cocktail, BBQ, Christmas party)

The end of the semester is the final public presentation to customers and partners.

Benefit for students

180DC helps the students to develop personally through direct and regular feedback, not only internally but also from external partners such as BAT Kearney or BearingPoint. This also promotes soft skills (presentation, giving feedback, pitching ). Students also benefit from insights into social entrepreneurship (which companies are sustainable, which difficulties small start-ups have). They also get to know our partner companies in an informal exchange and thus have access to internships and other jobs.

Time spent on employees

You can work either as a consultant (direct project work in a team), as a team leader (leader of a project team and direct collaboration on the project) or as part of the board (organizational and strategic management of the association).

Time required varies depending on the status:

  • Consultant: 5–8 hours per week
  • Team leader: 8-10 hours per week
  • Board member: more than 10 hours per week

Unique selling proposition ( USP )

At the other student management consultancies in Vienna, students first go through a fellowship or entry-level phase in which they have to prove themselves. At 180 Degrees Consulting, on the other hand, the students are immediately part of a team in which they work on an interesting question directly on a customer project.

Furthermore, 180DC is the only student management consultancy that works pro bono for companies that otherwise cannot afford advice. Since these companies all come from a social area, the advice thus contributes to a more sustainable and fair society.

In addition, 180DC is the world's largest student management consultancy: Founded around 10 years ago in Australia, 180DC is now at over 100 locations in 33 countries. Members can always fall back on this large international network - v. a. Regular meetings take place between branches in the DACH region.

canditature

Every semester, students have the opportunity to become part of 180 Degrees Consulting. The application consists of submitting your résumé and filling out a questionnaire. On the basis of the application, applicants are invited to the assessment center, which mainly consists of a group activity and an individual case.

criticism

The biggest criticism of the student management consultancy is the unpaid work for up to 10 hours per week. As a self-registered association, 180DC cannot pay salaries. Students only get experience in management consulting and social business.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the BMI's association register. (PDF) In: Federal Ministry of the Interior. Federal Ministry for the Interior Department IV / 2, accessed on February 8, 2019 (can only be accessed by searching for the search term "180 Degrees Consulting").
  2. ↑ Student Initiatives - TUM. Retrieved March 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Sara La Sala: 180DC Vienna. In: 180 Degrees Consulting. Retrieved February 8, 2019 (American English).
  4. ↑ 180DC Vienna: 180 Degrees Consulting Vienna Facebook. In: Facebook. 180 Degrees Consulting Vienna, accessed on February 8, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ a b 180DC Vienna. In: 180 Degrees Consulting. Retrieved February 8, 2019 (American English, partners are listed at the bottom).
  6. ↑ 180 Degrees Consulting Final Event @ Theresianumg, Vienna (January 25). In: Carpe Diem Events. January 25, 2019, accessed February 8, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Katharina Granzner: Social Management Consulting - This is how you collect karma points and know-how . Ed .: Students' Union at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, Building SC, 1020 Vienna. tape 64 . Vienna January 2019, p. 39 ( Online [PDF] pages 28 to 31).
  8. ↑ career. In: icons - consulting by students. Retrieved February 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Alexander Hackel: Student Consultant at icons - Between Office and Campus. In: wu.ac.at. Wu Vienna, October 14, 2016, accessed on February 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ uniforce.at | For students. Retrieved February 8, 2019 .
  11. ^ History. In: 180 Degrees Consulting. Retrieved February 8, 2019 (American English).