The 2012 Vault Consulting Rankings for Europe and Asia are H

The 2012 Vault Consulting Rankings for Europe and Asia are HThe 2012 Vault Consulting Rankings for Europe and Asia are HThe 2012 Vault Consulting Rankings for Europe and Asia are HereIts shaping up to be a good year for McKinsey. Not only is the firm the worlds most prestigious consulting outfit, it has also emerged as the Best Consulting Firm to Work For in both the 2012 Vault Consulting 25 Europe and the Vault Consulting 25 Asia rankings. McKinsey overtook Bain in both regions this year, with its top marks for prestige combining with improved employees scores for quality of life issues to push the firm to the top of the overall consulting rankings.The rankings are a result of Vaults annual consulting survey. More than 500 consulting professionals of all levels in Asia Pacific and almost 1,700 professionals in Europe assessed their peer consulting firms on a scale of 1 to 10 based on prestige (respondents were unable to rate their own employers and rated only firms with which they w ere familiar).Consultants also ranked their own firms quality of life in such categories as firm culture, compensation, overall satisfaction and diversity among others. A weighted formula was then used to combine findings from both prestige and quality of life rankings to create one Best to Work For category for each region.The Top 10 Best European Consulting Firms to Work For are1. McKinsey Company2. Bain Company3. Oliver Wyman4. Roland Berger Strategy Consultants5. OCC Strategy Consultants6. A.T. Kearney Europe7. Booz Company8. Frontier Economics Ltd.9. Simon-Kucher Partners10. CandesicThe Top 10 Best Asia Pacific Firms to Work for are1. McKinsey Company2. Bain Company3. Booz Company4. Oliver Wyman5. A.T. Kearney6. NERA Economic Consulting7. Roland Berger Strategy Consulting8. OCC Strategy Consultants9. Deloitte Consulting LLP10. Alvarez MarsalNo matter where you are in the world, McKinsey simply cannot be beaten when it comes to prestige, said Phil Stott, Vaults Consultin g Editor. But the Quality of Life ratings prove that theres more to McKinsey than just reputation. The firm has clearly stepped up its efforts to attract and retain employees across the board. That effort helped them upend Bain in Vaults rankings in Asia and Europe this year. With that in mind, Ill be paying close attention to see whether they or Bain will emerge as the Best Consulting Firm to Work For in North America when we release those Consulting 50 Rankings later this year.Read MoreCheck out the full Vault Consulting 25 Europe rankingCheck out the full Vault Consulting 25 Asia ranking.