Good to be a Consultant

A recent survey co-sponsored by American Management Association (AMA) and The Institute of Management Consultants (IMC USA) and conducted by Consulting Intelligence (CI), showed that "82 percent, who retain consultants as part of their job rated the client-consultant experience as positive."

Furthermore, the "...survey results also reveal that the consulting profession is viewed as trustworthy. When respondents were asked to rank a list of 10 representative professions from most trustworthy to least trustworthy, they ranked consulting as the 5th most trustworthy profession, behind nurses, doctors, teachers and accountants. Rounding out the list of professions were sales representatives, corporate executives, attorneys, journalists and politicians."

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Now, what's interesting is that "The Consulting Survey^SM asked senior-level managers, CEOs and other business professionals to rate their overall experiences working with consultants" and they ranked consultants higher than corporate executives, aka, themselves. Hmmm...

Additionally, consultants are ranked higher than journalists in the trustworthy category which I found surprising. So the next time you are out on a plane, saying your a consultant isn't so bad.

The question remaining is, is it better than an investment banker? =)