{"id":512,"date":"2020-02-24T21:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/?p=512"},"modified":"2020-02-24T21:28:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T21:28:03","slug":"consulting-101-what-does-my-client-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/consulting-101-what-does-my-client-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting 101 – What Does My Client Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What Does My Client Do?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The very first thing you must learn before you set foot through\na client\u2019s front door is the basic understanding of what they do, their goals\nand how they generate revenue. Initial insight can be found on the company\u2019s\nwebsite under their mission statement or the \u201cabout us\u201d section. Dig through\ntheir entire public facing website to get a good idea of what image they are\npromoting to their customers. Even though this image may not match what you see\nwhen you hit the ground, it will give you a good idea of what they originally\nwanted to be or what they plan to grow into. Most companies fall into some\nbasic industry like pharmaceuticals, banking, telecom, etc., so it is wise to\nread through the basic Wikipedia articles on how those industries came about,\nhow they currently exist and how they generate their revenue and growth. Your\nclient may be more of a niche player in a larger industry, but knowing the\nbigger picture is always a good start. From the high-level, dig into the\nspecific goals and revenue models of the respective client. Most of your valuable\ndiscoveries will come once you are onsite but this should give you a good head\nstart and allow you to speak with more credibility early on. The last item you\nwill want to research is the exact group you will be working with and the basics\nof their day job. Will you be working with accounting? Read a basics of\naccounting book. Are you going to be helping review data for a private equity\nfirm? Pick up some books on how PE Firms operate and invest. If you get stuck\nfinding information or want to know more, reach out to your manager or mentor\nand see if they can guide you to some resources at your firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you interested in starting a career in consulting? Be sure do read the full book Jack of all Trades Master of Some; An Introduction to Consulting<\/a> available on Amazon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What Does My Client Do? The very first thing you must learn before you set foot through a client\u2019s front door is the basic understanding of what they do, their goals and how they generate revenue. Initial insight can be found on the company\u2019s website under their mission statement or the \u201cabout us\u201d section. Dig […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-consulting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackofalltradesmasterofsome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}