Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key professional services trends for 2023.
As the professional services industry experiences cyclicality in demand, many firms are struggling with aligning workloads to people in seat. On-demand talent are an ideal solution to strategically supplement in-house teams with in-demand expertise and support client needs in business process optimization, opportunity assessment, IT and tech transformation, advanced analytics, M&A, and more.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Professional Services
| 49% Strategy |
| 18% Operations |
| 20% Transformation |
| 7% Organization |
| 6% Interim Leadership |
IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Business Processes
Opportunity Assessment
Marketing and Sales
IT and Tech Transformation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Product Strategy and Launch
Interim Leadership
Growth Strategy
Human Capital
IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Due Diligence
Advanced Analytics
Process Optimization and Transformation
Growth Strategy
Strategic Planning
Organizational Design and Workforce Planning
Technology and Systems Implementation
Program Management Office (PMO)
Supply Chain
Operational Excellence
SAMPLE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECTS
- Advise on processes employed by a competing product currently in use by the client’s target customer
- Create a holistic Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy in advance of new SEC regulations
- Lead the integrated product strategy and launch for a major FinTech client
- Conduct outside-in financial analysis on client’s company and provide guidance on growth opportunities
