Hi all, I hope someone could provide me with some thoughts and suggestions as a sense check and because I am stuck in a bit of a hole.I work in the business intelligence area for one of the big 4. Having started as a graduate in generalist consulting, I eventually realised my interest lay more in the BI area, and moved around a year ago. I really enjoyed working in BI and felt happy that I was building a skill and my career had some direction. The firm has now asked me (I had no choice really) to work in a generalist consulting area again on a long project. I have discussed with my line manager on this project who said that this is just part of the deal working for a consulting firm, says it is a good opportunity - it may be in the very long term.From my point of view I want to stick to the choice I made to work in the BI area - and I feel like I have a good perspective to decide this as I spent a couple of years in generalist consulting. I also feel that I am happier/more productive as I am working on something I enjoy and will therefore do better. The problem is that I will not make many friends trying to go against the firm.Any thoughts or suggestions? Have I got this totally wrong?

Do three months and then make some moves out to your preferred area. Three months is a blip and you'll probably learn something. If you can't make it work for you after 3 months then spend the next three months making louder noises and start to look for roles in a firm that can give you BI work.

generalist consulting isn't a good career move in my opinion unless you want to explore and try out new avenues.these days, people value specialisms more than they used to

generalist consulting isn't a good career move in my opinion unless you want to explore and try out new avenues.these days, people value specialisms more than they used to

[quote]Do three months and then make some moves out to your preferred area. Three months is a blip and you'll probably learn something. If you can't make it work for you after 3 months then spend the next three months making louder noises and start to look for roles in a firm that can give you BI work. [/quote][quote]generalist consulting isn't a good career move in my opinion unless you want to explore and try out new avenues.these days, people value specialisms more than they used to[/quote]Thanks both for your comments, very much appreciated, I'll stick it out for a few months and see what happens. Anyone else please feel free to add your thoughts