Posts tagged Networking
Four Signs It’s Time To Expand Your Public Health Consulting Business

Once you’ve established your public health consulting business and completed a few projects, you may start to wonder if you should expand your team. Perhaps you don’t feel like a real business since it’s just you. You might find the solopreneur life is lonely and want someone to collaborate with. Or you may just be tired of questioning whether you should use “we” or “I” in your business social media posts.

There are countless reasons why you might consider expanding your public health consulting business. But bringing on additional team members is a big decision that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Here are four signs that it might be time to expand.

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The ABCs of looking after yourself and your consultancy during the pandemic – a guide for self-employed consultants

Today’s guest post is written by Rebecca Zosel, MPH. Director, Zosel Consulting and Co-founder, Australian Public Health Consultants Network.

Self-employed workers have been hit hard by the pandemic. As organisations scale back and focus on delivering in a work-from-home world, many ‘non-essential’ contracts have been cancelled or indefinitely postponed. While freelancers are used to managing the ebb and flow of work, the drop in demand for consultants is unprecedented and has impacted all of us in one way or another – economically, physically, mentally and socially. Here are some tips to support you and your consultancy to navigate through these uncertain times.

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Public Health Consultants: What’s Missing From Your LinkedIn Profile

Last year on the blog I shared tips for successful online networking. It was a pretty popular post, so I’m back with “Part 2”- specifically focused on LinkedIn. I look at A LOT of LinkedIn profiles, so I’m here today to tell you what I see missing and what consultants should do to strengthen their profiles to better connect with potential clients and collaborators.

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Public Health Consulting: Find Your Community

In past blog posts, I have written about fighting loneliness or isolation as a consultant. For many, it can be a big change from working in person, on a team, to working solo often from your home office. However, while connecting with other consultants sounds like a great idea, I have heard people express hesitation. They hesitate because other consultants may be doing the same or similar work. Should they really befriend someone who is their “competition?”

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