What You Can Do as a Consultant
The Consultant Program is built around strategic value. As a certified consultant, here’s where you can thrive and drive results for your clients:
Guide customers on how to get the most out of Bullhorn from a business perspective.
Recommend best practices for user adoption, process design, and data management.
Support organizational change with expertise in process transformation and operational alignment.
Help clients prepare for implementation by assessing needs, gathering requirements, or vetting vendors (without executing the implementation).
Collaborate with Bullhorn or SIs during a project to ensure that business strategy and technology deployment stay aligned.
What You Can’t Do as a Consultant
While your strategic expertise is highly valued, the Consultant Program is distinct from the System Integrator (SI) Program. That means there are clear boundaries around what you’re permitted to do within the Bullhorn ecosystem.
To avoid confusion and protect the customer experience, here’s what falls outside the scope of your role as a consultant within Bullhorn Consultant Program:
Implementation Services
You are not authorized to:
- Configure, customize, or deploy Bullhorn environments.
- Set up integrations, data migrations, or build out system architecture.
Implementation Training & Certification
- Bullhorn’s technical implementation materials, tools, and certification tracks are reserved for approved System Integrators.
- Consultants do not have access to these resources.
Acting as a Bullhorn Implementation Partner
- You may not position yourself as a Bullhorn SI or claim implementation expertise on Bullhorn’s behalf.
- Representing Bullhorn in a technical or deployment capacity is strictly limited to certified SIs.
Selling Implementation Services
- You may not offer, package, or resell Bullhorn implementation services—even if subcontracted—under your consulting brand.
Access to Developer or Test Environments (For Implementation Use)
- Bullhorn sandboxes and test instances provided for technical implementation are not available through the Consultant Program.
Leading Implementation Projects
- Even if a client requests that you lead an implementation, you are not permitted to execute or deliver a Bullhorn implementation unless you are working in partnership with a certified System Integrator (SI) or Bullhorn Professional Services (PS).
- However, you can serve as a Project Manager for the implementation. In this case, you will be treated as an extension of the customer’s team, not as an official Bullhorn implementation partner. Your role would focus on oversight, coordination, and ensuring alignment with business goals—while the technical work is handled by a certified SI or Bullhorn PS team.
Internal Tools
- Consultants do not receive access to internal tools, deployment scripts, or backend configuration resources used by Bullhorn or SIs.
Post-Sales Implementation Support
- You may not provide technical post-sale setup, configuration, or system support related to implementation activities.
Moving from Basic to Advanced
To transition from Basic to Advanced, you’ll need to:
- Meet the mutual customer threshold (5).
- Complete required training and certifications (tailored tracks determined by Partner Manager).
- Pay the applicable program fee.
Summary
| Feature / Benefit | Emerging Consultant | Established Consultant |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Fee | $0 | $5,000 |
| LMS Access | Limited (3 mo, 5 users) | Full Access |
| Sandbox Access | Not included | Included |
| Marketplace Page Listing | After 5 customer references | After 5 customer references |
| Co-Marketing | Not included | Included where relevant |
| Sales Enablement & Account Mapping | Not included | Included where relevant |
| Present to Sales | No | Yes |
| Implementation Training & Access | ❌ | ❌ |
| Can Act as Implementation Partner | ❌ | ❌ |