How to Be a Successful Computer Consultant (Expanded & Updated)

Simon, Alan R,Mougayar, Walid

ISBN 10: 0070580294 / ISBN 13: 9780070580299

Published by McGraw-Hill Companies, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Be a Successful Computer Consultant (Expanded & Updated)
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070580294
• ISBN 13: 9780070580299
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Thus.
• Condition: Like New
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Synopsis

Describes the market for computer consultants, identifies qualifications and responsibilities, and offers advice on getting started, setting fees, selecting a target market, and handling taxes

From the Back Cover

"An excellent introduction to the realities of starting and operating a computer consulting practice... "-Robert Fleming, Computing Reviews. "The book will steer you clear of many of the pitfalls awaiting you in your quest for profitable independence."-Alfred Poor, Pc Magazine. The computer consulting bestseller-now fully updated! Includes revealing interviews with successful consultants. How to Be A Successful Computer Consultant outlines the career survival skills and technological know-how you need to be a consultant/expert sought after by corporations. It outlines step-by-step proven strategies for delivering optimum results-and brings you up to speed on effective use of important technological environments (like the World Wide Web). This updated manual is so in-depth, it can serve both new computer consultants looking to build business and busy experts who will appreciate the book's value as a complete professional reference. It tells you how to: Stay current with technological advances; Manage projects from inside or outside the client site; Zero in on scenarios in which corporations use computer consultants; Assess client needs; Steer clear of trouble spots; Run an efficient business; Choose your target markets, and market yourself in them; Get what you're worth. PLUS, NEW material on: Assessing the effect and usefulness of new technologies; Industry-specific consulting-choosing your specialities and services; Scoping out the client's organization and corporate culture: how to fit into it: how to bring future business your way; Coping with difficult clients/client employees; Next steps in your career-including how to position yourself in new specialties and geographic areas.