---
id: "quote-numbers-game"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶1"]
tags: ["attrition", "legacy-model"]
related: ["concept-pyramid-talent-model"]
speaker: "Atta Tarki and Joseph Raczynski"
speakers: ["Atta Tarki", "Joseph Raczynski"]
quote: "Professional services count on large entry-level pools to eventually yield just a few partners, roughly one or two per 100 at the prestige firms."
sources: ["reskilling"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-reskilling"
originDay: 10
articleStem: "hbr-edu-45-consulting-firms-hire-talent"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/10/how-ai-is-upending-how-consulting-firms-hire-talent"
sourceTitle: "How AI Is Upending How Consulting Firms Hire Talent"
---
# The Numbers Game of Professional Services

> "Professional services count on large entry-level pools to eventually yield just a few partners, roughly one or two per 100 at the prestige firms."
> — [[entity-atta-tarki]] and [[entity-joseph-raczynski]]

This quote succinctly captures the extreme leverage and high-attrition nature of the traditional professional services talent model ([[concept-pyramid-talent-model]]), highlighting exactly why the automation of entry-level work poses such a structural threat to the partnership pipeline.