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Figuring Out Your Billing Rate as an Independent Consultant

Successful Independent Consulting

Use these sites even if you just left your corporate job because it’s possible your cost-of-living increases didn’t keep up with the market price for your expertise. Local market conditions: Professionals in New York and San Francisco get paid more than those in Cincinnati or Boise—by some estimates, up to 25 percent more.

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Consulting 101: Operations, Hierarchies, and Types of Firms

Tom Spencer

Learning how consulting firms operate can help you better understand what you would do as an analyst. Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. How do Consulting Firms Work? Large Consulting Firms.

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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

Rather than addressing the operational angle of how to do it, we address the bigger question of what to do. Let’s say a company is looking to relocate to a new market. They may hire a consultant to advise on ideas for gaining market share. With the scope of the problem clearly defined, you can begin framing your approach.

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How I Started My First Consulting Business: Confessions of a Bain Consultant

Management Consulted

This month’s Transparency Series article, How I Started My First Consulting Business: Confessions of a Bain Consultant, is all about Jenny Rae’s renegade life and her first business that wasn’t a souped-up lemonade stand. I played it cool. But inside, I was terrified. See, I’m this interesting breed of risk-taker.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. Bain & Company. In fact, Bain is among the most established and profitable consulting firms in Turkey. in revenue (wow!). for example. McKinsey & Company. McKinsey at #4?

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How to Figure Out Your Consulting Bill Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

You need to consider the real and perceived value of your services, expertise, and experience, as well as geography and market conditions. Was it at a big firm with formal training (for example Deloitte, Bain & Company) or did you learn on the job as an internal resource with a company? Typical rates vary by industry too.

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The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews

Management Consulted

Do you sweat when nervously thinking about how Disney can expand its operations in Brazil? We’ve helped 1600+ people land interviews and offers in the consulting world (including such esteemed firms as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte and Mercer). Do you stumble when asked why you’d be a great consultant?