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Is your LinkedIn updated to show you are Open to work? I’m independent and agree with D1 that there are always opportunities coming my way via LinkedIn.

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As an independent, would you prefer going back to a Big 4 or another boutique type firm?

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Thank you!

Apply, for starters. Try through headhunters. Show the book of business you’ve built up, and apply to firms which haven’t had much success with your client base, will be an added incentive to bring you on board.

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^this. Create a sanitized version which outlines the customer and the work done (Developed/built out a corporate finance strategy for a fortune 50 CPG company which specializes in toothpaste etc.).

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