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What kind of proposals?You mean marriage proposals?Not a single one so far.Proposals for a personal meeting over tea/coffee - frequently.Business proposals? A few now and then.Consultancy proposals? More than a few, now and then.Writing proposals? For other web sites? Plenty. I have declined so far.Proposals to be a mentor? Plenty. I decline.GVEdited to add on July 13, 2020Some months ago I received a unique proposal! An American girl sent me a proposal. She wanted to be my daughter in law! She offered to convert to Hinduism, become a vegetarian and promised to “adjust” and be acceptable to my unmarried son!

“I started a consulting firm and I’m trying to put together a proposal for a client. Does anyone have a template that I can use as a base? I have searched online but can't find one.”Really? I googled “consulting proposal template” and received dozens of hits.Consulting Proposal Template, from How to Create a Consulting Proposal, was one of the first hits past the paid advertising.

You can follow a path similar to the one I followed below.I was working at General Electric Co. as a System Analysis Engineer. I had graduated from the Univ. of Pennsylvania 3 years before with a BSEE. I never liked engineering, not being technically inclined, although analytically oriented. But applied to business more than science or engineering. I developed an interest in operations research and started sending resumes to various small firms practicing OR/management science. That gave me some insight into management consulting.GE, as it was trying diversify from the aerospace business, got involved in a hospital planning project. I was working on the project as a junior analyst when the project manager resigned. At age 24 I was managing a project to develop a new extended care facility. It involved data collection by a team of registered nurses, who reviewed medical records from a large acute care general hospital. This was closer to management consulting and my interest increased. I accelerated sending out resumes and got a job with a small public sector consulting firm in Pittsburgh, PA.Important to my success in breaking into consulting were:Aggressiveness in sending out resumes and searching for a consulting job.Performance of analytical work and a quasi consulting project while at a major industrial firm- General Electric. I also participated in writing several consulting proposals.Good aptitude for management consulting, including strong analytical and writing skills.Recommendations from two people who, as it turned out, knew the president of the consulting firm I joined.I liked the consulting work, but after a few years realized, especially for public sector consulting, I wanted to be in Washington, DC, where most of the Federal Government clients were. I got a job as a senior analyst with a small consulting firm in Silver Spring, MD, and then joined Booz Allen Hamilton as a consultant just before my 30th birthday. I became a vice president 3.5 years later.I started my own consulting firm in my mid 40s, coincident with completing my MBA degree (in Finance). So I did complete an MBA, but it was long after I broke into and established my management consulting career.