How do you guys scout or get staffed on a new project? I always end up having a lag time which hurts my utilization.

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Ive found that when u become trusted by couple of partners ull always end up staffed by them and end up with little down time. Best to nourish relationship with few folks from leadership n will rarely find urself on the bench.

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Usually an SOW doesn’t get executed in time, and I get reallocated. Or a partner decides he needs me on xyz project instead

Develop relationships with people and as you come close to ending reach out. Also our firm has a teams channel with all up coming projects then I reach out to the person that posted

Same as what most have said. I also start looking a month out so I can get staffed right away or leave in the last week.

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