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Consulting: A challenging and varied career choice

David Kunzmann writes about the diversity that a career in consulting offers:

A changing landscape...

Since my consulting career began I have been involved in a wide variety of work, from conducting pieces of analysis work through to facilitating workshops. As a consultant, being able to adapt to a changing landscape and deal with ambiguity is a key skill. As part of the CDC programme, having the opportunity to be involved in different projects (both client and internal) has allowed me to acquire a broad range of experiences quickly, helping me to get used to moving into a new environment, quickly understanding what issues the client is facing and then thinking about what might be done to address these. It is often challenging, but the constant change is something which can be thoroughly enjoyable. As a consultant, you are likely to experience a changing landscape almost constantly:

• Changing clients – a variety of projects with different clients, each very often facing different challenges and issues.
• Changing physical environment – projects in different locations, whether that is in London, the rest of the UK or even abroad (just last week I was in Poland).
• Changing colleagues – working in different project teams, meeting new people and learning from the experience of others.

Consultancy presents an incredible diverse career, but is certainly not for those that want to be in one place – the landscape is always changing. However, like me you wake up in the morning looking to thrive off new challenges and work with new people then few careers are as fulfilling.