ZENeSYS Consulting Competency Certification
ZC3 is the flagship certification program of ZENeSYS, the leaders in consulting training and talent development.
The program has been designed to impart essential consulting knowledge and real time project experience to the
aspirants, looking to gain an edge while working their way towards a highly competitive consulting career.
About ZC3
“Nothing matters more than actual consulting
experience….earn accreditation as you train on real life
consulting projects”
ZENeSYS consulting competency certification (ZC3) is an integrated learning and training based accreditation pro-gram in management consulting. ZC3 propro-gram focuses on imparting key knowl-edge based skills to the students through its proprietary learning management sys-tem and then providing multiple opportunities to work on Live consulting projects for our clients based out of UK and US. Students enrolled to the program get ac-cess to ZENeSYS’s online learning platform where they have to go through a se-quence of modules and in parallel gets to apply for working on consulting projects made available through the same platform. The final accreditation is based on per-formance on these real time consulting projects.
Management consulting industry, where out of every 50 aspirant s only 1 is able to create his mark, is a highly com-petitive and expects student to really stand out amongst his/her peers in order to get through. A program like this, which is designed to provide nothing short of a real time consulting project experience, provides the much needed competitive edge for a student or professional aiming to join the league of elite consultants. With more than 7 years in the industry and 250+ alumni in practically all the top consulting firms, ZENeSYS has a very robust Alumni network. As a result of ZENeSYS’s commitment to talent development and the competency demonstrated by the Alumni, Zenesys certification has gained wide appreciation and credibility in the employer market, especially amongst consulting firms.
Certification program not only prepares you for the profes-sional services but also equips you with skills required to excel in-corporate strategy roles. Financial institutes, which look for a perfect blend of business acumen and analytical abilities, have also found favor amongst the ZC3 certification holders. With exposure to real business cases, certification alumni have also been successful entrepreneurs.
Apart from providing a well-recognized accreditation, the program also provides a lifelong access to ZENeSYS knowledge base and opportunities to work on Paid free-lance consulting projects after the student has completed the certification pro-gram.
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Out of 50 students aspiring to be a consultant only 1 makes
through this race. In this highly competitive industry, ZENeSYS
accreditation, with 7 years of experience in the industry and
250+ strong alumni backing in consulting firms, provides the
much needed catalyst. “
1500+ members in network,
250+ Alumni
, 30+ CLA Projects
50+ Clients Served, 50+ Workshops Conducted
Introduction
Underlying Pedagogy
ZENeSYS is dedicated to developing consulting talent via live case work. Live case work is the only way to learn.
Books, classrooms and workshops are a good starting point but getting hands-on a real case exposure is total transformation.
First, our candidates learn all the consulting tools and methods through our state of the art interactive learning management platform.
These tools and methods are simplified version of methodologies used by leading management consultancies such as McKinsey and BCG.
Subsequently, our candidates are invited to solve cases given to us by start-ups, private equity and strategy management consulting firms
from around the world.
IIM Lucknow
“..mention of this work on
my resume helped me get
shortlists from consulting
firms visiting campus and I
finally secured job in one of
the top 4 consulting firms...”
-SWAPNIL THAKRE
Deloitte & Touche
|IIM Lucknow
2011
FMS DELHI
“..I am a TAS manager
and I find that these skills
are relevant to a general
management role as
well...”
-ISHITA SHARMA
TAS | FMS Delhi 2012
IIM INDORE
“..this programme also gave
me a booster for my CV….the
knowledge and the practices
which I gained from here,
helped me pass the selection
stage with ease..”
-VAIBHAV GUPTA
Infosys Consulting | IIM Indore
2012
About 60% of the certification holders have made it to management consulting and IT consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, KPMG, E&Y, and Cognizant. ZENeSYS certification holders have also made it to coveted programs offered by TAS.
Alumni Network
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Dr. Jayanta Sen
Program Director at University of Maryland , PhD from Booth School of
Business, B.Tech- IIT Delhi
Mr. Jamshed Modi
Ex- Professor SP Jain Institute of management research; Post Graduate from Cornell University
Program Curriculum
Induction to consulting
Indus-try
Secondary Research Skills
Presentation Skills
Written Communication skills
Report Writing Skills
Excel Skills
Application of Frameworks
Guesstimates and Modeling
skills
Initial Hypothesis Development
Strategic Thinking
Basic Case Solving
Method-ologies
Advanced Frameworks
Primary Research
Decision Making
Process Improvement
Methodologies
Competitive Landscape
Analysis (CLA)
Strategic Execution
Business case development
Advanced case solving
methodologies
Managing Transformation
Change Management
Proposal Writing for
con-sulting projects
Quality Assurance for
con-sulting delivery
Negotiations Skills
Managing Conflicts
Managing Scope of
consult-ing projects
Phase 1 : Basic Consulting
Tools & Knowledge
Mr. Michael ConnollyPresident, MarketBridge Solutions (Washington DC); Ex-consultant Mckinsey;
MBA Harvard Business School
Phase 2 : Decision Making Skills
applicable to Consulting
Phase 3 : Consulting
Project Management
Mr. Rajat Lal
Senior Director Corporate Strategy at EMC2 Boston , Ex– Principal BCG, MBA
Sloan School of Management
LIVE
Project Opportunity
ZC3 program provides mul-tiple opportunities to work on Live consulting projects for our clients based out of UK and US. Students can work on these projects throughout the certification process.
More the students accumu-late their learning hours; more are their eligibility chances for the live projects.
Who all should apply!
The program is ideally suited for management or final year undergraduate students planning to take up management consulting or general management/ corporate strategy roles.
Also, professionals especially in ,IT, manufac-turing or other services (Marketing, Law, CA) can take up this certification to complement their current experience.
Bo
ard of Advis
PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD
Each student will have the access to visually stimulating
dashboard that displays their performance during learning
modules as well as consulting project execution. To further aid
development, their performance is also benchmarked with other
enrolled students.
CONSULTING PASSPORT
On successful completion of the program students would be given
a digital passport. It is a testimonial of your competency &
experi-ence to potential employers. Also it provides you with an
oppor-tunity to get selected to work on freelance consulting projects for
ZENeSYS’s international clients.
Consulting passport is a digital visiting card sized summary of the candidate,. The passport essentially summarizes the entire life cycle of certification. It can be embedded to their online (Job portals & LinkedIn) and Offline (CVs) profiles.
What is a Digital Passport?
A personal
Performance Dashboard
is maintained for each student to aid regular monitoring and competency gap
analysis. On successful completion of the program student would be awarded a
Digital Consulting Passport.
It is a
proprietary concept developed by the ZENeSYS team
.Passport as the name suggests, establishes your eligibility for
a defined task. Consulting passport showcases an individual’s competency and experience level in the field on
con-sulting. Also the program is characterized by flexible learning schedule which allows the students to complete the
sessions during a time span of 18 to 36 weeks hence promoting a
Self Paced Curriculum
.
Key Features
Self Paced
Curriculum
Considering the tight schedule of the students the sessions may be completed as per con-venience. Students have the flexibility to finish each tri-mester as quickly as 6 weeks or as late as 12 weeks, de-pending on how their other priorities are lined up. Hence the student can finish the en-tire program within 4.5 months or can phase out the same in 9 months.
The student has access to his account even after he has completed the course and is always eligible to keep work-ing on projects as well as learning material.
Step 1 – Student must fill in the application form available on our website
(@ ZENeSYS CERTIFICATION webpage)Step 2 – After application screening, the selected candidates will be intimated and invited to enroll for the course.
Step 3 – Once the course fee has been paid, the account for the course is activated and student can start accessing his/her student
home page
How to
Apply
15th July : Application Opens for the Program
30th Aug : Last date for Application
1st Oct : Course Begins
Important
Dates
Fees &
Payment
A total sum of USD 300 (three hundred US Dollars), inclusive of service tax, needs to be paid for availing this certification
pro-gram. EMI payment aid has been also arranged. Fees need to be paid once the candidate has been intimated of his successful
se-lection. The payment gateway link would be provided thereof.
