Management consultants tend to come from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds – you do not need to be an economics major to be a business consultant. Here are some of the hard and soft skills that consultants tend to have.
Hard skills –
- Data and quantitative analysis skills
- Comfortable reading and building charts, graphs, and other visual forms of data
- Business acumen
- Can create beautiful, clear powerpoint presentations
Soft skills –
- Critical thinker, clear communicator
- High level of professionalism
- Strong client relationship skills
- Authentic
- Intellectually curious
- Fast learner
- Strong team player
- Optimistic, go getter attitude
- Ambitious and hard working
- Organized, can handle many tasks at once
