What do consultants do? I seriously don’t understand what they are especially since you can be a consultant in a completely different field than another consultant? What are you actually doing?

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What background or degree/if at all do you need to be one?

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They’re typically highly skilled and experienced in fairly niche field.

Say your business needs to build a 30 story building for their new headquarters. There is probably no one in your firm who has done this before or even have any construction experience at all.

This is a big deal. You need someone with expertise who has a fiduciary duty to you to guide you through this process.

But once the building is done, you don’t need that person anymore. So you hire a consultant for the duration of the project.