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The line between IT consulting and management consulting is quite often blurred, with overlaps between the two fields habitually happening. Worse still, most people do not understand who an IT consultant really is, or what he/she does. There are those who think the job entails fixing computers, others – selling computers and associated accessories. This is misleading though.
In a nutshell, IT consultants are professionals who aid businesses in deciding what computer tools and technologies are best placed to grow and sustain a profitable business. They work hand in hand with clients to help integrate IT systems into the latter’s business. They show clients how to use technology more efficiently, and in so doing, the client is able to get a higher return on their technology investments, and ultimately, increase the bottom-line.
IT consultants, or IT advisories, could work independently or for a consulting firm, with their clientele spread across all sorts of businesses and industries. Companies hire or contract the consulting firm to come in and analyze their IT systems and structure.
The job itself is not short of challenges, however, and the path to becoming a successful IT consultant is fraught with its fair share of ups and downs. But hey, which job isn’t? Experience is the best teacher they say, and only after you’ve worked as a consultant for a number of years will you finally gain invaluable understanding of what is expected of you. Learning from the experiences of those who’ve been in this business for long is a good starting point for those who decide to venture into the world of IT consultancy.
I’ve been a technical recruiter for several years, let’s just say a long time. I’ll never forget how my first deal went bad and the lesson I learned from that experience. I was new to recruiting but had been a very good sales person in my previous position. I was about to place my first contractor on an assignment. I thought everything was fine. I nurtured and guided my candidate through the interview process with constant communication throughout. The candidate was very responsive throughout the process. From my initial contact with him, to the phone interview all went well and now he was completing his onsite interview with the hiring manager.
Shortly thereafter, I received the call from the hiring manager that my candidate was the chosen one for the contract position, I was thrilled. All my hard work had paid off. I was going to be a success at this new game! The entire office was thrilled for me, including my co-workers and my bosses. I made a good win-win deal. It was good pay for my candidate and a good margin for my recruiting firm. Everyone was happy.
I left a voicemail message for my candidate so I could deliver the good news. He had agreed to call me immediately after the interview so I could get his assessment of how well it went. Although, I heard from the hiring manager, there was no word from him. While waiting for his call back, I received a call from a Mercedes dealership to verify his employment for a car he was trying to lease. Technically he wasn’t working for us as he had not signed the contract yet…. nor, had he discussed this topic with me. I told the Mercedes office that I would get back to them. Still not having heard back from the candidate, I left him another message and mentioned the call I just received. Eventually he called back. He wanted more money.
I told him that would be impossible as he and I had previously agreed on his hourly rate and it was fine with him. I asked him what had changed since that agreement. He said he made had made much more money in doing the same thing when he lived in California. I reminded him this is a less costly marketplace than where he was living in California. I told him if he signed the deal I would be able to call the car dealership back and confirm that he was employed with us. He agreed to sign the deal.
Recently, I asked my friend, Ray, to list those he believes are the top 10 most forward thinkers in the IT industry. Below is the list he generated.
Like most smart people, Ray gets his information from institutions such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, Ted Talks ... Ray is not an IT expert; he is, however, a marketer: the type that has an opinion on everything and is all too willing to share it. Unfortunately, many of his opinions are based upon the writings/editorials of those attempting to appeal to the reading level of an 8th grader. I suppose it could be worse. He could be referencing Yahoo News, where important stories get priority placement such as when the voluptuous Kate Upton holds a computer close to her breasts.
Before you read further, note that missing from this list and not credited are innovators: Bill Joy, Dennis Ritchie, Linus Torvalds, Alan Turing, Edward Howard Armstrong, Peter Andreas Grunberg and Albert Fent, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz/Hermann Grassmann ... You know the type: the type of individual who burns the midnight oil and rarely, if ever, guffaws over their discoveries or achievements.
From Brennan's Blog which is no longer up and running:
I use Remote Desktop all the time to work inside of my development systems hosted by Microsoft Virtual Server. I use the host system to browse the web for documentation and searches as I work and when I need to copy some text from the web browser I find many times the link between the host clipboard and the remote clipboard is broken. In the past I have read that somehow the remote clipboard utility, rdpclip.exe, gets locked and no longer allows the clipboard to be relayed between the host and the client environment. My only way to deal with it was to use the internet clipboard, cl1p.net. I would create my own space and use it to send content between environments. But that is a cumbersome step if you are doing it frequently.
The only way I really knew to fix the clipboard transfer was to close my session and restart it. That meant closing the tools I was using like Visual Studio, Management Studio and the other ancillary processes I have running as I work and then restarting all of it just to restore the clipboard. But today I found a good link on the Terminal Services Blog explaining that what is really happening. The clipboard viewer chain is somehow becoming unresponsive on the local or remote system and events on the clipboards are not being relayed between systems. It is not necessarily a lock being put in place but some sort of failed data transmission. It then goes on to explain the 2 steps you can take to restore the clipboard without restarting your session.
- Use Task Manager to kill the rdpclip.exe process
- Run rdpclip.exe to restart it
The clipboard communications should be restored. My clipboard is currently working because I just restarted my session to fix it, but I wanted to test these steps. I killed rdpclip.exe and started it and was able to copy/paste from the remote to the host system. The next time my clipboard dies I will have to check to see if these steps truly do work.
Tech Life in Missouri
| Company Name | City | Industry | Secondary Industry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Coal Corporation | Saint Louis | Agriculture and Mining | Mining and Quarrying |
| Solutia Inc. | Saint Louis | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
| Monsanto Company | Saint Louis | Agriculture and Mining | Agriculture and Mining Other |
| Kansas City Power and Light Company | Kansas City | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| The Laclede Group, Inc. | Saint Louis | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| Peabody Energy Corporation | Saint Louis | Agriculture and Mining | Mining and Quarrying |
| Emerson Electric Company | Saint Louis | Manufacturing | Tools, Hardware and Light Machinery |
| Energizer Holdings, Inc. | Saint Louis | Manufacturing | Manufacturing Other |
| Centene Corporation | Saint Louis | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, and Biotech Other |
| Express Scripts | Saint Louis | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Biotech | Pharmaceuticals |
| Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated | Chesterfield | Financial Services | Insurance and Risk Management |
| Ameren Corporation | Saint Louis | Energy and Utilities | Gas and Electric Utilities |
| DST Systems, Inc. | Kansas City | Computers and Electronics | Networking Equipment and Systems |
| Inergy, L.P. | Kansas City | Energy and Utilities | Alternative Energy Sources |
| Leggett and Platt, Incorporated | Carthage | Manufacturing | Furniture Manufacturing |
| Cerner Corporation | Kansas City | Software and Internet | Software |
| O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. | Springfield | Retail | Automobile Parts Stores |
| AMC Theatres | Kansas City | Media and Entertainment | Motion Picture Exhibitors |
| Sigma-Aldrich Corporation | Saint Louis | Manufacturing | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |
| HandR Block | Kansas City | Financial Services | Securities Agents and Brokers |
| Graybar Services, Inc. | Saint Louis | Wholesale and Distribution | Wholesale and Distribution Other |
| Edward Jones | Saint Louis | Financial Services | Personal Financial Planning and Private Banking |
| Arch Coal, Inc. | Saint Louis | Energy and Utilities | Alternative Energy Sources |
| Brown Shoe Company, Inc. | Saint Louis | Retail | Clothing and Shoes Stores |
| Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. | Saint Louis | Manufacturing | Food and Dairy Product Manufacturing and Packaging |
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The Hartmann Software Group understands these issues and addresses them and others during any training engagement. Although no IT educational institution can guarantee career or application development success, HSG can get you closer to your goals at a far faster rate than self paced learning and, arguably, than the competition. Here are the reasons why we are so successful at teaching:
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- Our educators have years of consulting and training experience; moreover, we require each trainer to have cross-discipline expertise i.e. be Java and .NET experts so that you get a broad understanding of how industry wide experts work and think.
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