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Consulting Consultants: Writing is a Valuable Skill
When you are a consultant, writing becomes an important part of your daily routine. Everything from proposals, emails, to instant messages get written. You need to make sure that you can communicate effectively through your writing even if it is just a simple instant message. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: Training
There are two distinct routes you can go (3 if you do a combination of the two) when it comes to knowledge: specialization or breadth. Specialization is exactly what it sounds like in that you pick a technology or subject and you dive in deep. You become the guru of that topic/technology/whatever. If you go for breadth, you will now a little about a lot but not have much depth on anyone particular thing. Some consider this a blessing while others might consider it a hindrance, and which one will largely depend on where or with whom you work. Continue reading
Consulting Consultants: Rolling Off a Project
Lets begin with the basics. What does “rolling off” mean? Quite simply it means that your work for the client is complete or they have decided to let you go. Either way, you will no longer be working for that client and hence will not be billing any hours, thus not earning any money Continue reading
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