{"id":8082,"date":"2021-07-14T01:49:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/industry\/professional-services\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T02:39:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T02:39:26","slug":"professional-services","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/industry\/professional-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professional services sound a bit vague, but it\u2019s essentially an industry that aims to provide support, advice and guidance to organisations and businesses through a subset of professional skills and knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, there is a set of companies known as \u2018The Big Four\u2019 who are internationally known for the high level of quality expertise they bring to the professional services and consultancy industry, They are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Deloitte<\/li>\n<li>Ernst &amp; Young (EY)<\/li>\n<li>PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)<\/li>\n<li>KPMG<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>These organisations act as consultancy firms and assist other businesses, government departments, and organisations across all kinds of other industries. Some of the core professional services they offer include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial services<\/li>\n<li>Audit and tax services<\/li>\n<li>Legal services<\/li>\n<li>Administration and human resources<\/li>\n<li>Project Management<\/li>\n<li>Data Research and analytics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While other smaller businesses offer these services, The Big Four have come to be world-renowned for their expertise and high-quality service and deliverables.<\/p>\n<p>Professional services consultants work in numerous areas, including sales, agriculture, the arts, environment, tourism development, operations research, human resources, building and construction, public relations, events, and many more!<\/p>\n<p>These organisations are also widely acknowledged for the quality graduate and early career programs they\u2019ve developed, providing young people with exceptional experience and giving them a strong stepping stone into their future careers.<\/p>\n<p>To become successful within top-tier professional services and consultancy, you\u2019ll need exceptional analytical skills to evaluate the issues and solid problem-solving skills to resolve them efficiently. Effective communication and strong leadership skills are essential to implement positive changes for your clients.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll be innately curious and proactive in expanding your own expertise in order to build upon the general and specific knowledge required to be effective in your role and keep your company at the forefront of the services they deliver.<\/p>\n<p>Securing entry into these organisations can be competitive, but they\u2019re an excellent starting point to a long-term and sustainable career for the right person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8083,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}