One thing that always surprised me was the difference between hiring a consultant vs hiring a full-time employee in a senior management position. The full-time senior manager gets 3 months to ramp-up; the consultant is expected to start producing in 3-4 weeks.
Great article, Frank!
One thing that always surprised me was the difference between hiring a consultant vs hiring a full-time employee in a senior management position. The full-time senior manager gets 3 months to ramp-up; the consultant is expected to start producing in 3-4 weeks.
Ted, that's an excellent point. Consultants don't get benefit of a learning curve.