George Clooney plays a corporate downsizer for hire in the 2009 film Up the Air, but most consultants do positive work.
Choosing a job title is serious business nowadays. If you’ve ever attended a Meetup group or built a LinkedIn profile, you know what I mean. Almost every day we inevitably encounter some variation of “So, what do you do?” The answer had better be truthful, easy to grasp, and (most importantly) make you proud to say it.
“Consultant”—the title on my business card—is wonderfully malleable. Depending on who’s talking, it can mean just about anything. Let’s examine just what consulting entails across the career spectrum, and why it’s a fast growing profession.
Bryan Jarvis 
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