consulting
Professional advice service
Consulting is the business of providing expert advice professionally.
A consulting firm employs specialists who advise organizations on management, strategy, technology, or other matters.
As an adjective, it describes someone who gives professional advice rather than holding a permanent position: a consulting physician, a consulting engineer.
She left her corporate job to start consulting independently.
Solid or resolute
- agencyPower to act
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- clientOne who hires professionals
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
project · contract · retainer · billable · proposal · pitch · deliverable · scope
Advised course of action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
evaluation · analysis · feedback · insight · direction · solution · proposal · perspective
Organizing and directing resources
- strategyPlanned approach to goals
- ITComputer systems management
- HREmployee management department
- financialRelating to money
legal · marketing · operations · environmental · sustainability · implementation · outsourcing · advisory
Expert in one field
- analystOne who examines systematically
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
- proficiencySkilled performance level
domain · competence · skill · acumen · insight · experience · know-how · methodology
One who gives guidance
- analystOne who examines systematically
- partnerOne who shares activity
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- principalChief school administrator
manager · director · contractor · freelancer · interim · facilitator · coach · mentor
Arranging for future events
- transformationThorough change in form
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- growthIncrease in size
innovation · vision · roadmap · initiative · turnaround · merger · acquisition · integration
firm
Solid or resolute
engagement · project · contract · retainer · billable · proposal · pitch · deliverable · scope · stakeholder
recommendation
Advised course of action
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- opinionSubjective personal belief
assessment · evaluation · analysis · feedback · insight · direction · solution · proposal · perspective · expertise
management
Organizing and directing resources
financial · legal · marketing · operations · environmental · sustainability · implementation · outsourcing · advisory · audit
specialist
Expert in one field
- analystOne who examines systematically
- expertHighly skilled practitioner
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
proficiency · domain · competence · skill · acumen · insight · experience · know-how · methodology · framework
advisor
One who gives guidance
- analystOne who examines systematically
- partnerOne who shares activity
- associateConnect mentally or socially
principal · manager · director · contractor · freelancer · interim · facilitator · coach · mentor · practitioner
planning
Arranging for future events
- transformationThorough change in form
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
growth · innovation · vision · roadmap · initiative · turnaround · merger · acquisition · integration · scalability
- careersdoctor, lawyer, teacher, engineer, nurse
- adviceadvice, advise, tips, guidance, suggestions
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- businessesbusiness, company, bank, bakery, enterprise
- extra incomeside hustle, side job, freelancing, gig work, moonlighting
- guidance servicescounseling, mentoring, advising, coaching, tutoring
consultingpermanent employment
Ongoing work with no termination date
full-time employment · in-house · salaried work · employee · direct hire
consultingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
disregarding · dismissing · neglecting · going it alone · overlooking
- consulting firmProfessional advisory business
- consulting roomProfessional meeting space
- consulting detectiveFreelance crime-solving expert
- consulting servicesProfessional advice for organizations
- management consultingProfessional business improvement guidance
- consulting feesPayment for expert advice
consult, counsel, counselor, consultant, consultation, consults, consulted, consultants, consultative