By Katina Brady


Its not easy to deal with numbers. Unless you love analysis and computation, you may find the task exhausting, if not boring. And yet you need to do it with accuracy. If you are tasked to do a report involving a lot of numbers, you have to be honest if yu can do it or not. If not, then you'll have time to find someone who can help you finish the task.

But sometimes, even the best efforts of this team may not be enough. Given that the data is big and complex enough, the aid of someone who is an expert on excel presentation may be needed. When deciding to hire the service of this person, excel consulting rates is among the top concerns.

Now this doesn't mean that the rates are the only basis that you should take note of when you do the selection. There are other factors that you should also keep in mind. Below are some of these things.

Specialization. Before you hire someone, you need to be clear with each other. You have to tell him the task that you have and see if he is willing to take it. It is on this part where you ask him what is his specialty. There are excel consultants that only limit their services to providing you with an analysis. There are also those who deal with individual data management. Tell him what you need and see if he is capable of doing it.

Hourly rate. There is no specific amount that will tell you who among your options are good and who are not. But you should be suspicious if someone offers you a very low price with the task that you have for him. The standard rating runs between 80 dollars to 140. Some charge higher than this depending on the job and their credentials.

Online reviews. One of the fastest ways that you can employ to check the credibility of your pick is by looking at the feedback from other clients online. Note down those names or firms that are continually receiving good comments. They must have been doing a great job to merit the good word.

Company affiliation. You may also want to check what companies the person has serviced both in the past and as of the present. If he is a consultant, then he should have enough experience on handling matters that involves the use of excel. The more reliable the companies he is affiliated with, the higher the boost to his credibility is.

Recommendation from friends. If you cant find anyone promising online, then you can call some of your friends and coworkers who can recommend you to somebody. If they are working in the corporate arena, then they must have tried hiring one before. Ask them if they know someone who is reliable enough to handle the job.

An experts rate is reflective of his reputation. Don't get too attracted with someone who offers a too good to be true price. The job that you have at hand is not that easy, so you cant just expect someone to take it and then deliver a good quality at a very low price. Be selective.




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