Sneak Peek
Are you considering branching out and becoming a consultant? This course covers everything you need to know about becoming a consultant.
Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about consulting.
Whether you work for yourself or someone else, you will still need to be able to present what you have to offer in a way which attracts employers. As a consultant, you need to stand out from others. Whilst to some degree your demand will be related to your relevant experience, years in the industry, and perhaps notoriety through media recognition, publications, word-of-mouth and so forth - the way that you sell yourself is also important.
ACS Short Courses offer many benefits:
- They are great for embarking on a project,
- for refreshing your knowledge in a subject area,
- or, as a quick way to learn something ahead of a meeting.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a
topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when
you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra
case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to
get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self
assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then
download your personalised certificate.
Course Contents
This short course covers 7 lessons:
Lesson 1: How to be a Consultant
- Areas of operation
- Who employs consultants?
- Consultancy offshoots
- Consultant resources
- Becoming a consultant
- Does small business suit you? ..And do you suit it?
- Lesson 1 additional reading
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 2: Packaging Consultancy Services
- Choosing your services
- Presenting your services
- Presenting yourself
- Structuring fees
- Working as a consultant
- Lesson 2 additional reading
- Business coach – an example of consultancy work
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 3: Delivering Consultancy Services
- Amend to pro forma contract
- Time management
- Group work
- Outsourcing
- Location
- What to ask a client
- Farm planning
- Reduce stress, improve your career
- Chronic physical illnesses with mental health associations
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 4: Building Resources for a Consultancy Practice
- Networking
- Collaboration
- Developing relationships with clients
- Developing relationships with employment agencies
- Memberships
- Physical resources
- Team building
- Additional reading
- Personnel management
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 5: Finding the Work, Getting the Job
- Where to look for work
- Preparing for job interviews and meetings with potential clients
- Creating a curriculum vitae or resume
- Selling your expertise or your consultancy
- New contracts
- Improve your editing skills
- Freelance writing
- Additional reading
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 6: Planning to Be a Consultant
- The importance of planning
- Situational analysis
- Marketing strategy
- Marketing plan
- Case studies
- Advertising and promotions
- Additional reading
- Better selling
- Review what you have been learning
Lesson 7: Ethics for Consultants
- Guidelines for making ethical decisions
- Managing time
- Lesson 7 additional reading
- Do you have leadership potential?
- Review what you have been learning
- Final assessment
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end
of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and
each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need
internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment
which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60%
pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of
completion with your name on it.
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