SpertonAcademy

Free courses for consultants who want to win more assignments

Seven short courses on LinkedIn, sales, pricing, client relationships, interviews, contracts and your own strengths. Created by recruiters at Sperton for the consultants in our network.

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The courses, in recommended order

Each course is text-based, takes 1–2 hours and ends with an exam. Pass it and you get a certificate. You need a free account to take the courses. Courses 1–3 are available in English, and the rest are coming soon.

7
courses
Free
for consultants
  1. 1

    LinkedIn and CV as sales tools

    Get found by recruiters and clients. Learn how LinkedIn Recruiter searches, and build project CVs that win assignments.

    8 chapters and an exam Start the course
  2. 2

    Find assignments and sell your own services

    Positioning, networking, cold outreach and working with agencies, combined in a weekly sales routine.

    8 chapters and an exam Open the course
  3. 3

    Pricing and negotiation

    Calculate your minimum rate, find the market rate and negotiate without giving away value.

    7 chapters and an exam Open the course
  4. 4

    Keep clients and get extensions

    Deliver so the client wants to extend, show the value you create and handle the annual price adjustment.

    7 chapters and an exam Open the course
  5. 5

    Present yourself to the client

    Prepare for the interview, present yourself in two minutes and follow up after the meeting.

    6 chapters and an exam Open the course
  6. 6

    Contracts and law for consultants

    Business structure, self-employed or employee, the agreement, the key clauses and getting paid.

    6 chapters and an exam Open the course
  7. 7

    Know your strengths with Sperton MTI

    Take the MTI test for free, learn to interpret the results and use them in sales and assignments.

    Test, 4 chapters and an exam Coming soon

Templates you can use right away

The same templates used in the courses. Free to download once you have signed up. The templates are in Norwegian.

Project CV Built around assignments, role and results. Download Competence matrix Skills with level, years of experience and last used. Download Short profile One page to send when someone asks for something brief. Download Price sheet Minimum rate, target rate and terms, worked out once. Download Sales plan A weekly sales routine and an overview of opportunities. Download Proposal template A short proposal of one to two pages, ready to fill in. Download Contract checklist What to check before you sign an assignment agreement. Download

Take Sperton MTI for free

MTI gives you a picture of what motivates you, how you work in a team and how you get things done. 20 questions, about 15 minutes. The report is yours, and you decide who gets to see it.

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Free reading

Registered users can read three chapters for free from the book “Selskapsforståelse” (in Norwegian).

Selskaps­forståelse

Selskapsforståelse

When everyone sees the whole company. By Erik Mellebye-Giertsen, Head of Recruitment at Sperton. Useful for consultants who need to understand a new client quickly. Consultants in our network get 50% off a signed copy.

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Get off to a strong start on a new assignment

A five-step start-up guide covering what should be in place and what to ask about when something is missing. The guide and checklist are ready once you sign up.

1

Before you start

What to read and ask about before day one.

2

Day one

What to check, and who to meet.

3

Week one

The questions that clarify expectations.

4

The first 30 days

How to show value early.

5

The rest of the assignment

How to lay the groundwork for an extension.

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Why Sperton makes courses for consultants

Sperton recruits and places consultants with organisations in Norway and Sweden. Every week we see skilled consultants lose assignments over things that are easy to fix: a profile that is not found, a CV that does not answer the requirements, or a rate that is set too low.

The courses are what we teach the consultants we work with. We give them away because strong consultants make our job easier, and because we want to be the agency you call first.

1 500 consultants in our network in Norway and Sweden

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Then we can consider you for assignments that are never advertised.

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Assignments we have open now, in Norway and Sweden.

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Borrow a meeting room in Drammen

Need a place for an interview or client meeting? Use a meeting room at Sperton's offices in Drammen, free of charge and by arrangement. Nedre Strandgate 11, 3015 Drammen, Norway.

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CV and profile review

A recruiter reviews your project CV and LinkedIn profile, followed by a 30-minute session on Teams. NOK 3,900 incl. VAT, or NOK 1,950 incl. VAT if you have passed courses 1, 2 and 3 on this portal.

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Order a signed book, book a meeting room, book a CV and profile review, or ask about something else. We reply as soon as we can, usually within two working days.

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