How to Become a Successful IT Consultant by Dan Remenyi

How to Become a Successful IT Consultant by Dan Remenyi

'How to Become a Successful IT Consultant' is a practical book for anyone considering setting themselves up as an IT consultant. It is essential reading for those contemplating such a career change. Today IT consulting has become a major opportunity for many IT professionals who want to work for themselves. It is no longer only the domain of the high-flying international organization. In fact tens of thousands of IT professionals are leaving their regular jobs to set up as IT consultants on their own. Although there are many consulting opportunities available it is quite a challenge to make a success of your own IT consulting business. There are a lot of things to think about and many decisions to be made. For those who get it right there is a very exciting and highly lucrative business career ahead. This book takes the IT professional through all the key issues which have to be understood and explains how to optimize your chances of developing a long-term IT consulting business of your own. This practical book explains what is involved in setting up your own business as an IT Consultant. It explains the opportunities involved and gives practical advice as to how to take advantage of them. The book looks at the full range of issues concerned with getting started and maintaining your business and gives practical guidelines about how to face the many challenges which you will encounter if you leave your job and set up on your own. Amongst the many issues involved this book specifically addresses:how to find clients; how to get more business and the opportunities areas available; how to price your services; the funding you will require; how to plan your consulting assignments And much more... This book is an essential reading for anyone who is seriously thinking about taking this big career step.

It is like getting answers from a consultant that has been there, done it and got the T-shirtIf you have any doubts this book can put your fears at rest. Dan's book will help you decide if jumping into consultancy is for you, and if it is, how to get started. - Reviewer Amazon

Remenyi, Dan: - Dan Remenyi BSocSc, MBA, PhD. Born in Dublin and taken to South Africa by his family at the end of the 1950s, he is a prolific writer in the field of research methodology. He has also written four history books and one novel. Over the years he has worked as a Visiting Professor at more than a dozen universities and has taught on research training programmes on all six continents. He lives in South Oxfordshire with his wife and her bees. As the children have left there is no longer a cat or any fish. And the foxes have taken the chickens and ducks. He is a regular speaker at conferences and other events.

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ISBN 13	9780750648615
ISBN 10	0750648619
Title	How to Become a Successful IT Consultant
Author	Dan Remenyi
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2002-09-23
Number of pages	186
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