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People and Personalities This section will cover some of the high-level personalities you will find throughout your career. These are not meant as a stereotype and every person is different in some form or fashion, but the overall personality types should prepare you for what to expect at your clients’ site. Personalities The Go-Getter The…

Being Kind while Traveling Please remember to be kind when travelling. Travelling will lose its charm at some point and long flight delays, odd eating pattern and lack of sleep will take its toll on you. You will be tempted to chew out the flight agent for not getting upgraded or the hotel service for…

Dining Since you will be on the road, you will be dining out. A lot. I’ve tried to get creative about bringing granola bars and other dry snacks with me on the road but most of the meals you eat will be at franchises and restaurants. The cost you incur by eating out can get…

Ride Sharing A great way to travel in the modern age is to utilize a ride sharing app. A rental car can run you and your client around eighty dollars a day with taxes and airport fees. For a fraction of the cost you could just call a ride share from your phone to get…

Travel Efficiency Being able to quickly navigate an airport is one of the most critical skills you will need to have in order to be a traveling consultant. There are many unavoidable red tape and security protocols all airports have and they continue to grow more strenuous as time goes on, so you are going…

Credit Card Perks If given the option to not use a corporate card, I would recommend getting your own. Credit cards usually give you thirty to sixty days to pay off the balance, so if you keep up with your expense reports, you should be able to keep a zero balance on the card. This…

Expense Reports At the end of each month, you will be required to fill out an expense report. This activity will be one of the more mundane and tedious job requirements you will have but you will want to be reimbursed for the large sums of money you put up for weeks of airfare, food…

Paying the Bills While you travel, you will be expensing all costs you incur to the client. This is usually done at the end of the month when your firm invoices the client for billable time and expenses. The cadence can vary based on accounting and other agreements. Some firms will issue you a corporate…

Never Burn a Bridge and saying Goodbye Everyone you meet and work with is a possible future client, coworker or friend. Keep this in mind as you wrap up client engagements. Even if a project was rocky or had you working long hours, be sure to leave on a good note with a good impression.…

90% Travel Required One of the best parts of a young consulting career, especially early on, is the ability to hop on a plane to some cool new destination Monday to Thursday, live in a hotel, eat foods you could never afford in college and get to work in cool new places every few months…