Starting a career as consultant

Answer:

Although there are no legal requirements to start a career in consultancy, for the technical side I recommend getting certified training about ISO 9001 and about internal audits. For the commercial side I recommend starting a blog about your reflections about ISO 9001, and keeping an active participation in Linkedin for networking and developing your “personal brand”. About the financial side I can only tell you my own experience: I worked for some years as quality manager I saved money for starting my own business as consultant, then winned the first projects as trainer, auditor and consultant and then the business became sustainable.

The following material will provide you information about the advice:

- How to sell ISO consulting services [free webinar] - https://advisera.com/9001academy/webinar/how-to-sell-iso-consulting-services-free-webinar-on-demand/
- free online training ISO 9001:2015 Foundations Course – https://advisera.com/training/iso-9001-foundations-course/
- book - Discover ISO 9001:2015 Through Practical Examples - https://advisera.com/books/discover-iso-9001-2015-through-practical-examples/