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Health Care Consultants

Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits

Try to obtain as much experience as possible in the field by participating in summer internships and working at part-time jobs. It will take several years of on-the-job experience to be considered a full-fledged consultant.

Health care consultants must be excellent communicators in order to convey their findings to clients. They must be good researchers and be willing to pursue continuing education in order to stay up to date with changes in health care management practices, laws, business practices, and treatment strategies. Other key traits include tact, organizational and leadership skills, creativity, confidence, strong ethics, and an analytical personality. Those who are self-employed must have good marketing skills in order to attract new clients. They also need knowledge of basic accounting and office management practices.

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