The top goal for consumer goods companies was finding and evaluating new growth avenues. Market oppounity and growth (23%) Sttegy and planning (20%) Project and progm management (10%) Tnsformations (10%) Ops and peormance improvement (10%) Organizational effectiveness (10%) Other (17%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN CONSUMER GOODS Today’s consumer goods companies run lean. They turn to independents when they need experienced project and progm management or expeise in unmiliar markets and niches. Projects nged from supply chain optimization to pricing, business analytics to bnd sttegy. Growth Sttegy Market Landscape Big Data Platforms 1 2 3 Marketing Sttegy 4 5 Industrial companies looked for ways to pull ahead of slow-growth and turbulent markets. Market oppounity and growth (29%) Sttegy and planning (17%) Tnsformations (17%) Ops and peormance improvement (9%) Mergers and acquisitions (8%) Other (20%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN INDUSTRIAL GOODS With complicated supply chains and zor-thin margins, industrial companies turn to independents when they need to combine cutting-edge skills with hands-on indust experience. Projects nged from business analytics to business process tnsformation, from panership sttegies to customer journey mapping. Growth Sttegy Salesforce Effectiveness Big Data Platforms 1 2 3 Retail companies looked for new ways to reach customers in a cluttered, competitive landscape. Sttegy and planning (50%) Project and progm management (10%) Market oppounity and growth (10%) Tnsformations (10%) Mergers and acquisitions (10%) Analytics (10%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN RETAIL Retailers turn to independents when they need high-end skills and expeise without a bnd-name budget. Projects nged from supply chain tnsformation to customer journey analyses, M&A target assessments to financial modeling. Financial Modeling Growth Sttegy B2C Marketing 1 2 3 Sttegy Progm Management Office (PMO) 4 5 Technology companies were looking for the next billion-dollar business. Market oppounity and growth (46%) Sttegy and planning (23%) Tnsformations (15%) Product, pofolio, and innovation (8%) Other (8%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN TECHNOLOGY Tech companies understand firsthand the power of disruption. They levege independents to gain cost-effective, cutting-edge assessments of new oppounities, or to get deep functional expeise in areas like sales and pricing. Projects nged from change management to customer segmentation, market analyses to competitive landscapes. Growth Sttegy Corpote and Business Unit Sttegy Business Plan Development 1 2 3 Market Landscape Project Management 4 5 Financial services firms had a number of priorities, from marketing, sales, and IT sttegies to sizing new oppounities. MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES Financial services companies turn to independents when they need sttegic vision, cutting-edge skills, and targeted experience with service models and asset classes. Projects nged from cost reduction to oppounity assessments, customer experience to IT systems tnsformation. Communications Market Research Progm Management Office (PMO) 1 2 3 Big Data Solutions Business Plan Development Technology / Systems Implementation 4 5 6 Financial Modeling Growth Sttegy Corpote and Business Unit Sttegy 7 8 9 Project Management Sttegic Planning Market Landscape 10 11 12 Market oppounity and growth (22%) Sttegy and planning (20%) Tnsformations (12%) Project and progm management (10%) Product, pofolio, and innovation (8%) Mergers and acquisitions (8%) Analytics (8%) Other (12%) PROJECT TYPES | Life science companies needed to manage ongoing projects and size new oppounities. Project and progm management (25%) Sttegy and planning (20%) Market oppounity and growth (19%) Product, pofolio, and innovation (10%) Tnsformations (7%) Other (19%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS IN LIFE SCIENCE Independent life science consultants offer expeise in specific thepeutic areas and niches such as market access and data analytics, integting seamlessly into client teams to deliver great results. Projects nged from pofolio management to pricing, patient experience to bnd sttegy. Project Management Market Landscape Corpote and Business Unit Sttegy 1 2 3 Growth Sttegy Product Development Progm Management Office (PMO) 4 5 6 Across all industries, the greatest needs were for big ideas and strong project leaders. Market oppounity and growth (22%) Sttegy and planning (21%) Project and progm management (18%) Product, pofolio, and innovation (8%) Tnsformations (8%) Other (23%) PROJECT TYPES MOST NEEDED SKILLSETS ACROSS INDUSTRIES And no surprise: independent consultants aren’t the “sma genelists” you might find at a tdtional consulting firm. They also have pctical experience and expeise in a variety of indust and functional niches. That makes them well-suited to tackling ve big—and ve specific—questions about growth, disruption, and innovation. And then leading those projects to success. Sttegy Project Leadership Marketing 1 2 3 Opetions Mergers & Acquisitions Quantitative Analytics 4 5 6 TRENDS BY INDUSTRY TOP PROJECTS AND SKILLSETS FOR SOUGHT-AFTER INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS 4 Eve day, more and more F1000 companies turn to independent consulting talent to complete critical work. These independent consultants and expes—tined by top firms and companies—bring sttegic insight and hands-on executive experience to projects nging from market evaluations to supply chain optimization, big data to eCommerce, and more. of employers plan to replace up to 30% of their permanent positions with independents to become more agile 3 of new jobs created between 2005 and 2015 were in “alternative work categories" 1 61% 94% of today’s total global workforce is comprised of non-employee talent 2 40% A GROWING INDEPENDENT ECONOMY The Independent Consulting Economy 2017 IN REVIEW 1 Katz, Lawrence and Alan Krueger. "The Rise and Nature of Alternative Work Arngements in the United States, 1995–2015." NBER Working Paper No. 22667; 2 Dwyer, Christopher J. The State of Contingent Workforce Management 2017–2018: The Convergence of Talent, Technology, and the Future of Work. Ardent Paners, October 2017; 3 "Beyond the Limits: Acceleting Business Agility with an Integted Talent Model." Talent Quaerly Repo Q4 2017. Randstad Sourceright, December 2017; 4 Internal analysis of project data. Business Talent Group, 2017 Got a pressing project need? Business Talent Group’s network of independent consultants can help with your critical work. Request an individual consultant or a team of expes at businesstalentgroup.com