I’ve been working at a business research think-tank for several years and have been desperate to transition into a private sector position. Ideally, I’d like to be in strategy consulting or an in-house strategy/planning or corporate affairs/policy role. Unfortunately, the only offer I’m expecting in the near future is as an R&D manager with an organization development consultancy. This is a boutique firm and most of their engagements are with one major corporate client. The salary is appealing, the position seems challenging and the people at the firm are great. Unfortunately, I don’t see myself in an HR consulting field for the rest of my career.

Is it worth pursuing this as a transitional step for the connections and private sector experience, or am I going to end up pigeon-holed in this field?