Clients don't look in the yellow pages for a consultant or turn to the full page advertisements in trade magazines to find one. Neither do they respond well to the hard-sell, and in fact, that's a thing of the past for most successful independent consultants. The truth is that these days, clients buy as opposed to get sold to.
The Secret to Consulting Success
Quite frankly there is no 'secret' to consulting success, just as there's no secret to building a plumbing empire or a large construction company. The word 'secret' has been used for decades to make people water at the mouth and let them think that there is one secret to fulfilling their dreams.How to Start a Consultancy with Almost No Money
Being a consultant is being in business. I'm not talking about the consultants who are employed by companies such as Accenture, KPMG, etc. I'm talking about independent consultants who stand on their own two feet and who actually run their own business. Of course being in business requires far more than any regular employee needs to survive. It's a tough call but once you've made it, you'll never want to live the life of an employee ever again.Who Are the Best Consulting Firms to Work For?
If you don't want to miss any superb career opportunities that appear in a HR department of one of the world's leading Consulting firms, then consider registering your CV with them. You might be actively looking out for your next opportunity or just passively interested in opportunities that could catapult your career into a new an exciting phase. Or are you ready to go one better and become an independent consultant?