Is Consulting Right for You?

Being a great HR professional may make you a great employee, but it takes much more than technical HR expertise and know-how to become a great HR consultant.  Take a moment to complete the following assessment to see if you've got the right characteristics to consider a career in consulting.

3 = Very Confident, 2 = Somewhat Confident, 1 = Don't Know

1. Have you had a diversity of HR experiences so you can easily understand and assess what is needed in an organization and offer creative and appropriate solutions?

2. Do you have equal interest in a company's business and in their human resource practices?

3. Are you able to establish a quick rapport with people and easily earn their trust and respect?

4. Are people drawn to you?

5. Are you self-confident enough to tell it like it is and stand up for what you know is the right thing to do even if it isn’t the popular thing to say or do?  

6. Do you listen more than you talk?

7. When speaking, are you articulate, succinct, and respectful with your words?

8. Are you able to set professional boundaries and “push-back” appropriately?

9. Can you handle criticism and rejection gracefully without becoming defensive or taking it personally?

10. Are you willing and able to set expectations and be held personally accountable for work products and outcomes and quantify the results? 

11. Are you capable of seeing alternative ways of applying your HR technical knowledge in order to provide scalable HR solutions and services?  

12. Will you be able to produce consistent quality outcomes while juggling multiple clients and multiple clients’ needs/demands?

13. Do you have the self-discipline to set your own schedule, work from a variety of locations and get work done (and meet deadlines)?

14. Are you able to provide solutions that don’t require you to stay involved in the process? 

 

15. Are you ready and willing to acquire new skills and knowledge and to practice HR management in a new way?

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