The Consultant Identity: Can Your Microsoft Dynamics GP Pro Deliver?

Several weeks ago a business owner I know was lamenting that everyone is now a salesperson. As he sees it, anyone who had ever worked in a mall kiosk was calling himself a salesperson and applying for jobs that required real selling, not just the ability to unbox another iPhone.

I understand his point. "Engineering" lost some of its cachet when we started to re-label garbage workers as "Sanitation Engineers".  I would add the job title "consultant" to the list of professions headed down that same tired route as people who used to be "contractors" assume the consultant's title.

In my mind there is a marked difference between a "consultant" and a "contractor" and it has nothing to do with h...

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