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How to Be an Effective Consultant on Virtual Projects

Successful Independent Consulting

Liz) Normally when I start a project, I take my main client out to lunch, just so we can get to know each other better, and I can explain a little bit about my work style. I always started every project that way, with a personal conversation about our families, etc. Do you have anything fun planned with your day off?"

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Be True to Your Word

CaseInterview.com

When a competing employer makes promises of great projects, your employee has no idea if they will follow through or not. When you tell your boss, “I will get XYZ project done on time, on budget, and with exceptional quality,” if she believes you to be true to your word, she knows the project is as good as done.

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8 Common Misconceptions about Managed IT Services

Kraft Kennedy

We collected feedback about the misconceptions around Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and we’d like to take a moment to debunk the myths. “When an MSP says 24/7/365 support, you’ll be patched to a call center on weekends and holidays.” You spoke, we listened. ” Not here.

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How to Be an Effective Consultant While Working Remotely

Successful Independent Consulting

Liz) Normally when I start a project, I take my main client out to lunch, just so we can get to know each other better, and I can explain a little bit about my work style. I always started every project that way, with a personal conversation about our families, etc. Do you have anything fun planned with your day off?"

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

Instead, it depends on valuable information collected from suppliers and customers and evolving market dynamics. Professional service firms like law, accounting, or management consulting firms might also use cost-plus pricing to ensure that labour costs associated with each project are covered.

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Ever Wonder How ProFinder & Upwork Could Help your Practice?

Women in Consulting

For those new to freelance work exchanges: LinkedIn Profinder allows companies and individuals to post requests for proposals on projects and send them to professionals who have signed up for the ProFinder network of freelancers. I connect with new clients over a small, initial project that builds into recurring work.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

Direct link to the application and formal job ad: [link] As part of a recently-funded US National Science Foundation project in which we will be building an online virtual interviewing platform, my laboratory will be hiring a part-time project manager with work to do for roughly the next two years.