Today many people are not willing to work in Government or in private organizations; instead they themselves want to start a business. May be everyone can’t be able to start a consultancy service but if you are a law degree holder then you can work as a legal consultant or you yourself can start a legal consultancy. You can even join in a separate firm, work for some period and then start your own after gaining enough knowledge about this field.
When you look at the opportunities related to this field, it has got a lot of potential as you read every day newspapers you can come across various disputes in families over money and some other civil cases. Only a very few disputes will get published whereas there may be so many which doesn’t get published. To be a legal consultant you need to have got some experience. You need to be a well trained consultant in a particular area out of the various specialization areas. Professional law holders in areas like Patent Laws, Taxation laws, Constitutional Laws, Labor Laws, and Corporate Laws have got nice opportunities in corporate and some private organizations.
These kinds of job opportunities are mostly available in rich countries like North America, European countries, etc. Everyone used to approach a legal consultant before approaching court which could get them idea and some guidance about their case. In many countries youngsters are more passionate about this job since it is becoming more popular than any other profession.
This job is not only about consulting for cases but also relates to consulting your client regarding a new venture in his business, or it could be regarding a suggestion for advertising, buying a new property (in that sense you need to explain them about the risks involved in it), etc for your clients. If you are planning to start a consultancy firm then you need to have a strong people of diversified knowledge working for your firm.
It will be good if you start an environmental consultant firm since every major corporate and private organization is turning their buildings in to green buildings and the Government is also imposing strict laws against those who are violating environmental acts. So people will start consulting with environmental organizations to meet the laws of the government. Another major section is the engineering consultancy.
If you are an engineer and got sound knowledge about your field then you can start an engineering consultancy, you can have your customers from basic building builders to high tech machinery manufacturing people. Engineering consultancy needs each and every stream (mechanical, electrical, civil, etc) to be under a single consultancy firm. Ad consultancy firm needs to know the ways in which people can be reached by ads so that they can sell products very easily, the consultancy firm should also need to suggest the easiest and economical way for their clients in order to be their permanent consultant.