{"id":46876,"date":"2022-07-14T04:13:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T08:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/?post_type=podcasts_smcs&#038;p=46876"},"modified":"2023-02-27T17:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:10:41","slug":"consulting-buyer-market","status":"publish","type":"podcasts_smcs","link":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/podcasts_smcs\/consulting-buyer-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Consulting Market is booming for consultants: How to stay ahead as a consulting buyer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Consulting Market is booming for consultants: How to stay ahead as a consulting buyer?\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=5k8m5-1272ae5-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;pbad=0&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=f6f6f6&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=ff6d00\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, the consulting market is booming. And in such a market, consultants enjoy a host of bargaining advantages.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does it mean for clients? Well, they need to be extra cautious while purchasing consulting services and the procurement team has to play the most vital role in it all.<\/p>\n<p>Besides staying up-to-date on new developments in the consulting industry, they must also have a good understanding of the competitive landscape.<\/p>\n<p>These industry insights will enable them to select the right consultants and negotiate with them more confidently.\u00a0\u00a0A hasty decision can be contradictory to clients&#8217; interests.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Smart Consulting Sourcing Podcast series, Helene shares some insider tips that consulting buyers can follow to stay ahead in this rapidly changing landscape and buy consulting services like a boss. Only a person with deep familiarity with the industry can coin these techniques and they can be very effective in earning a winning edge when it comes to hiring a consultant in a booming consultancy market. So, don&#8217;t miss it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":46883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[212,209],"class_list":["post-46876","podcasts_smcs","type-podcasts_smcs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowing-the-consulting-industry","category-scs-podcast"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs\/46876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcasts_smcs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcasts_smcs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consultingquest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}