Professional Apprenticeship for Consulting Excellence Program

Are you looking to pipeline top talent into your organization while
mentoring the next generation of consulting leaders?

The Professional Apprenticeship for Consulting Excellence (PACE) Program brings talented early-career professionals with an interest in federal government management consulting to your organization and gives them the training, support, and experience needed to quickly become a valued member of your team.

Maximize efficiency and reduce recruiting burdens.

The PACE Program allows you to capitalize on apprentice talent as they work as a part of your team at an economical market rate. Watch the apprentices evolve to become valued professionals over the course of the 12-week session. And best of all, there is no charge if you choose to hire these excellent professionals at the end of the PACE Program.

Our apprentices are noticeably different.

M Squared Strategies understands the value of excellent human capital and knows that a knowledgeable, professional staff is an absolute necessity to reaching quality client outcomes. We take the time to match your needs with our candidate pool and support their entry into the Washington consulting world.

• We draw on talent pools outside the typical beltway colleges to bring the best of the best into public sector management consulting.
• Our rigorous screening process thoroughly evaluates candidates against core competencies that are essential for effective consulting, including writing, presentation, and teamwork skills.
• We provide classroom trainings to develop apprentices' skills around federal government operations, teams, organizations, and project management that directly influence client delivery performance.
  
  

We offer a unique professional development opportunity.

Our apprentices work under the direction of your delivery teams while receiving training. The PACE Program Coordinator and M Squared President are directly engaged with the quality-assurance of the program. Each group is assigned an M Squared trained coach who supplements the classroom training with additional mentoring and skills development for the apprentices.

What is your role in a successful PACE Program?

• Clearly identify the quantities of apprentice consultants that you require
• Secure building access, work space, and technology
• Enable the apprentices to interact with clients
• Give opportunities to produce meaningful and rewarding client work
• Clearly define work activities and objectives
• Support the time needed for training program
  
  

Program Details:

• The PACE Program is a full-time, 12-week apprenticeship for early-career professionals
• Apprentices work a minimum of 32 hours per week at partner or client site
• 8 hours per week is dedicated to classroom trainings on professional consulting
• Low-cost program fee is recoupable through customer billable opportunities during the 12-week apprenticeship period
• No fee to hire apprentices at the end of the program
• Team Coaches interact with partners and the apprentices to ensure successful transition from apprentice to professional
  
  

Secure your apprentices for the next program cycle.

• Launch the M Squared recruiting process with a signed Memorandum of Understanding stating your expected need
• Contract with M Squared to place apprentices
• Review the apprentices selected for your organization
• Onboard your apprentices
  
  

Program Schedule:

For contracting information, please contact:  Ivette Granier-Smith, Executive Advisor  |  ivette.smith@msquaredstrategies.com

For program information, please contact:  Erin Bankey, PACE Program Coordinator  |  pacepinfo@msquaredstrategies.com

Download the 2012 PACE Program Tri-Fold Brochure as a printable pdf