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Consulting Firms

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Consulting jobs may be found in all sectors of biomedical research, as businesses, governments, the nonprofits find that hiring outside experts is often more productive and less expensive than developing their own internal expertise.

Consulting may be either a part-time or full-time profession.

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Opportunities: The Accidental Consultant — Technical consulting from the perspective of you, the young(ish), entrepreneurial-minded scientist.

Consulting: The Career Path Not (Oft) Taken — Options that are available if you're thinking of becoming a consultant and tools that can help you in the process.

Consulting the Experts — Answering the question "What is it that consultants do exactly?"
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