What is your day to day work like in government and public sector consulting? Interested in transitioning into this field

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The same as commercial but some workpapers look different, actually gotta teat compliance with laws, and you need a different background for some areas (e.g. budgetary).

If you are below manager it ain’t that different for you.

Assuming audit at least.

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Hi. Looking to transition out of consulting.

3+ years of HR Transformation including HRIS Analysis.
2+ years of Strategy and Operations

Interested in HR Transformation, Human Capital, DE&I, and Strategy & Operations.

Could someone point me in a new direction?

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