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Skills that move you up faster

• Pulling your own data

  SQL (a database query language) and Python. Consultants who do not have to wait on an analyst finish a week early.

• Financial modeling

  Building a spreadsheet that shows what a decision does to profit over five years.

• An industry specialty

  Health care, supply chain, energy, public sector. Specialists bill more than generalists.

• A project management credential

  The Project Management Professional certification is common on operations and technology projects.

• Change management

  Most recommendations fail because people will not follow them. Knowing how to get a workforce to change is rarer than knowing the right answer.