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consultant
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The Consultant is an expert in matters concerning their field, and provides advice to improve business practices. Their role is identifying the cause of problems, and presenting their solutions in a comprehensive and detailed manner. Their responsibilities are to undertake short-term and long-term projects to address a variety of issues and needs, meet with management or appropriate staff to understand their requirements, conduct situational and data analysis to identify and understand a problem or issue, present and explain findings to executives, provide advice or suggestions for improvement according to objectives, and formulate plans to implement recommendations and overcome objections...

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Avg Pay: $86K
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  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
    The number of occurrences matches with Consultant in our database.
    Avg. Duration:17 monthsAvg. Fees:$27,469Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Psychology
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$31,580Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor of Arts (b.a.) in Physics Education
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$28,739Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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Annual Pay Estimate for Consultant and Other Important Info

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4.9 years
$76K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
4.17 years
Mixed
The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
306 out of 4016

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