Development directions of the consulting services market in modern macroeconomic conditions

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in modern conditions expert consulting has an impact on the efficiency of financial and economic activities of companies in various types of economic activity. The formation of the consulting services market is influenced by key areas of demand due to trends in management, financial support of business, information and communication technologies and the virtual environment. Consulting companies are actively adapting models and technologies of services of leading entities, which, as the situational analysis shows, are resistant to negative crisis influences. In complex dynamically changing environmental conditions, the need to contact specialists in key functional areas contributes to the optimization of activities and obtaining financial benefits. The article discusses the main types and services of consulting activities, as well as factors affecting this area of business. The indicators of the development of the consulting services market in Russia are given. The key problems and advantages of the consulting sphere are revealed, promising directions of diversification of this type of activity are presented. The analysis of a new modern type of consulting activity - Internet consulting, its classifications and characteristic features is carried out. The advantages of Internet consulting are the ability of business managers to actively use modern technologies for business processes in production, contributing to effective development and increasing the level of competitiveness. It is concluded that the effective development of the consulting services market is directly related to the introduction of modern information technologies.