I wanted to reach out to you guys, through this anonymous platform. Any advice will be much appreciated.Since leaving university, I have been working for a large multinational consultancy. Originally excited about being able to resolve challenging problems for clients, I have been mostly spending the past few months chasing people with a clipboard in my hand and producing status reports. Apparently this is what they call leadership. To say I find it mind numbing and unsatisfactory is an understatement. I don't think I can take it anymore.It hasn't always been like this. Previously, I was working in a smaller team: I had more interaction with the clients - we had more opportunities to talk about the bigger picture (rather than holding an hour long workshop talking about some IT interface program). It is different to what it is like in a massive implementation project. I actually liked my work back then.I want to leave....but I am not sure where my skills will be wanted. I am in IT consultancy work - but I want to get away from the implementation side of things. I applied to the other big firms (Dtt, PWC, EY etc...) , but to be honest, my heart was never in it. It all seems like the same old $***...but in a different flavour.It's weird, as I never thought I would ever want to leave....but what options are there for a "consultant" (it sickens me to use that word) with 2 years experience?

With only 2 years of experience, your options are limited. Tour best bet would be small companies on a growth path- there you might find some non mundane work. In most large companies, you will likely be doing somekind of mundane work; a different flavour, as you say.So what do i suggest? with only 2 years experience, i'd hang in there and make every attempt to get some meaningful work from your current company....ask your boss, make contacts with colleagues, pm's looking to staff gig's etc...Besides, with only 2 yrs under your belt, it aint exactly your market. If you leave, idgo for a small company as they probably will be less likely to give you such trivial tasks.

What you are experiencing is not unusual. The truth is, only 2 years out of Uni, you still do not have a great deal to offer. This is the period of your career when you lay foundations, do some grunt work, learn the ropes. Not every project will be your dream one, not every task will inspirational and allow for your creative abilities to flourish. Gunslinger gives good advice. Stay where you are for a while and work your ar*e off to get as much learning done as possible. Look at people in your company who ARE doing the jobs you think would interest and inspire you, then work out what you need to do to get there. Alternatively, perhaps the consulting gig just isn't for you. In that case, get yourself out quick and into industry using your 2yrs in consultancy as 'exposure' to things you wouldn't have seen otherwise.

I would like to offer an alternative and starker view. Get out now.The one thing a graduate can offer is enthusiasm (and its by-products hard work, energy and optimism). If you are patently unhappy you will not be providing that enthusiasm – which means you are providing next to nothing. You are already sliding down the internal rankings and without enthusiasm it is a one way trip. I suggest you focus on getting another job where you get to “do” something you enjoy. Do not worry about salary levels. Most people double their salary quite quickly when they are doing something they are good at (I’m thinking of the professional world, I’m not suggesting you can do this by doing charity work). If you stay you will simply drop down and down.

Regarding Mr cools message, its a plausible view but requires that that the OP know what he/she wants to do with only 2 yrs out of uni.If the OP is dead sure, then yeah,ok, you might think about leaving for a company that offers what you want to do ( good luck with that with only 2yrs). Most likely, the OP does not know enough about the business world ( to make that decision) with only 2 yrs. If the latter is the case, id stay put in a large company and get exposure, if nothing else.

I agree with Cynic - and at 2 years experience you still have a chance to change direction. Hey you tried this gig for 2 years but your heart isnt in it. Thats a good enough reason for anyone. But you'll need to figure out what you DO want to do before you jump.

Gunslinger,Very fair rejoinder. It does require that one knows what one wants to do and I would go so far as saying that there are three categories of graduates.1) The lucky ones - who know what they want to do with certainty and get on with doing it.2) The practical ones - who do not yet know what they want to do, but are willing to apply themselves to jobs that are likely to pay dividends, until they work out what they want to do.3) The floaters - who do not yet know what they want to do and let that get in the way of doing something in the meantimeIronically I do not believe there is very much to choose in the career progression enjoyed by Cat 1 and 2. Cat 3 are the ones who inevitably progress at a slower pace, at least to begin with.