When first starting out, almost all of us underestimate how much we need to charge for our services. Also, many of us deliberately low ball our services in order to just get clients when competing against large consulting firms. Here are some ways you can go about determining consultant fees.
Starting your own consulting business can be very rewarding, but it can be the most challenging time of your life. Depending on where you are in your consulting career, you may already have clients to take with you, therefore you have business right away. If you are starting a consulting firm from scratch, give yourself [...]
Many businesses hire consultants to solve specific problems. These problems can range from payroll and accounting, to outsourcing and supply chain management. The 4 main areas of the consulting industry area
Industry Specific Consulting
Strategy Consulting
IT Consulting
Management Consulting
If you are starting out as a consultant, knowing what 6 sigma is all about can help you become an even better consultant. While many consultants specialize just in 6 sigma techniques, you can use that principles in almost every consulting project you do, and even use it to improve your practice.
The great thing about consulting is that you can offer your service to just about anyone. If you can think of an industry or company you can find a consulting company that has something to offer that company. There are so many types of consulting firms out their it can be hard to classify them. [...]
Finding entry level consultant jobs in this economy can be tough while landing one can seem almost impossible. When most people think of consulting jobs they dream of landing a gig at one of the Big 5 firms. In this post I go over on how to find good positions and how to stay ahead [...]
Welcome back for part 2 on how to become a consultant. As a brief recap in the last post we talked about two ways to get into consulting. One way was to work for a company that does consulting and the other way was part-time. Today I’ll give you a good tip on part-time work [...]
Over the next two posts I’m going to go over how to become a consultant. For those people who are consultants already this may seem a bit basic, but you might pick up a tip or two. There are several ways to become a consultant. In this post we’ll go over working for a consulting [...]
Consulting careers are extremely variable and wide ranging. In this post I will try and cover all the different consulting career possibilities, but I will likely not even scratch the surface, and in the process you’ll see why consulting is such a great career choice.