I'm narrowing down the services I could offer when I become self-employed. Is survey design and analysis a viable service for a one-person business to offer, or do clients only trust big research firms with that sort of thing?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 27, 2012 -
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I just put in my 2 weeks notice to my current employer. I am their IT department. Should I offer after-hours consulting? What would that really even entail?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 1, 2012 -
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Some friends and I are creating a small creative consulting group. Our skills are pretty diverse- environmental, web development, musical transcription/composition. We are trying to come up with an easy to remember name that is vague enough to cover all of what we do (with available .com URL) and drawing blanks. Any suggestions of names?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 6, 2011 -
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What's it like for a mid-career (35 years old) IT person to suddenly start working at a big 4 consulting firm?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 4, 2011 -
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Selling out successfully
Few months away from finishing PhD, & no interest in staying in science. Can I use my fancy credentials to try and get a high-paying big-city job? Help me chart a course.
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posted by anonymous
on May 11, 2011 -
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Cool, I have an interview at a consulting firm even though I have no business experience whatsoever! (Uh-oh... now what do I do?)
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 1, 2010 -
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I've been working as a consultant to a company that I want to work for full-time, but I don't want to burn any bridges or sour the relationship between my current employer and my (hopefully) soon-to-be employer.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 18, 2010 -
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I have two potential clients who are bidding on similar, but not identical, work with the same client. What's the etiquette here?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 3, 2010 -
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I work for a small (<40 people) specialized consulting firm. What should I be paid? My time is billed to clients at $150/hour. How much of that should I be seeing?
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posted by anonymous
on May 28, 2010 -
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Have you, or someone you know, ever actually quit your job and convinced your employer to hire you back as a vendor or consultant, producing great happiness?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 18, 2009 -
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About every 3 months, I receive an email asking me to join this company's [The Round Table Group (http://www.roundtablegroup.com/)] network of experts as a consultant. Is it worth my time? Is it a rotten deal? Are they blowing smoke?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 18, 2009 -
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I'm looking for specific guidance (based on experience or intuition) about whether or not to tell my boss that I am planning a career transition--and whether/how to approach the boss about helping me find a job that will better suit my talents, interest and ambitions.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 14, 2009 -
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I'm just starting out as an independent network and systems contractor and I think I've agreed to a bad deal. What are my options?
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posted by anonymous
on May 5, 2009 -
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What sort of state of organization are the financial records of most sole proprietorships in?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 17, 2009 -
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What are the best places to work as a consultant for nonprofit and/or charitable organizations?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 29, 2008 -
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A very successful business has just decided to build their next mission critical application using free open source tools developed by my small little consulting company. They want to contract with us for ongoing support and improvements. How should we structure the deal?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 15, 2007 -
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If you are a programmer who works on contract, how do you gracefully deal with an excess of opportunity?
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posted by anonymous
on May 5, 2007 -
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How should I handle this sticky job situation? I was offered a job, declined, have worked as a consultant, and now they hired an executive and charged him with tasks I would have been doing had I taken the job.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 22, 2006 -
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Ethics in billing IT hours: I'm not 'working' but I'm not 'not-working'. How can I bill for my time? This is a lot more than just being on-call.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 13, 2005 -
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