Ms Thomas says she learned about the challenges of being a “change agent at CareUK, which delivers health and social services to half a million people each year and which she joined after 23 years in the NHS.

托马斯表示，她是在CareUK了解到作为一名“变革推动者所面临的挑战的。CareUK每年为50万人提供医疗与社会服务，托马斯在英国国民保健服务(NHS)部门工作了23年后加入这家公司。

But becoming a management consultant posed some specific challenges. “I’d never done a time sheet before, she says. “I had to learn techniques such as how to pull together proposals and to make a pitch, although it helped that I had been on the other side of the table. Sometimes with all the adrenaline I think this is maybe like being a surgeon.

然而，改行作管理顾问为她带来一些具体的挑战。她说：“我过去从来没列过工作时间记录单。其他一些技巧我也需要学习，比如如何把各种提议综合起来去做宣传，尽管我过去曾身为客户的经历会对此有所帮助。有时候，所有这些挑战带来的亢奋感让我感觉我像是在作外科医生。

James Callander, managing director of FreshMinds Talent recruitment agency, says the prerequisites for making a switch are having a “top-class degree and being very clever.

人才招聘机构FreshMinds Talent的董事总经理詹姆斯·卡兰德(James Callander)说，改行做管理顾问的先决条件是“拥有顶级学位并且人非常聪明。

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