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Career Changer needs help. |
| Message Name: |
Government Consulting |
| Date Posted: |
02/25/2002 |
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I have been looking at making a career change for awhile now. I have a background in sales/marketing with alot of dabbling in the IT field. I was a client project manager for a Y2K SAP coversion and loved it! I am trying to make a career change to Project Managment. My question relates to the need for travel in the IT consultancy area. I do not want to travel at all. I have a 8 month old son at home and I want to be an active parent.
Are there any consulting firms which do not have travel? Should I look to a differnt area maybe? Is project management the best crossover path?
Your help would be greatly appreciated. |
| Message: |
If you live in an area with a large government concentration (D.C. being obviously the best place), you might want to consider working as a government consultant. After three years as a commercial consultant, my wife switched over to her firm's government practice, and she has been very happy. She has reasonable hours and zero travel (as do most of her coworkers), but still gets to participate in a number of different and interesting projects. The downsides include lower pay (although I think the pay is still good considering she has to make very few lifestyle sacrifices) and the perception that people in her government consulting practice aren't as "good" as commercial consultants....
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