Resource Management for Client Service Firms

The firm has spent money to establish an RMO and ton promoting its use. But some teams refuse to utilize it. They'd rather spend time analyzing resource availability and staffing projects themselv… more

For those of you leading other RMs, what does your day to day look like? How are you providing value without micromanaging?

i’m currently enjoying my RM role at an agency, however i’m not learning or growing in the RM space and am not feeling fulfilled in my day to day. the good news is that i am learning about how large companies ope… more

Okay RM peeps, who's hiring and more importantly, who would recommend their company for RM roles?

Hot take: Resource management is a dead end job. You’re often stretched too thin, given duties way outside the scope of your work and stuck in a pay band due to title restrictions that’ll never get yo… more

Has anyone had any luck finding new RM roles? I’m stuck at less than 65K, and oversee 200+ employees across 15+ clients. I feel like it’s extremely low…

Does anyone ever feel like you’re looked down upon for working in resource management? If so, how do you deal with this?

Question for RMs: how does your firm track missing time ? Daily vs the week? Does partially entered time for the week “count” in some way? How does your firm promote compliance?

Does anyone actually like being a resource manager? If so, where do you work?

Anyone hiring for remote RM roles currently? I’m a team lead at my current but would consider an IC role.

What is our function called at your org? EY calls it Experience Management.

I’ve always been an RM for accounting firms but I’d love to get into consulting. Has anyone made the transition?

Are any firms hiring? Please let us know if your firms are!

Have any Resource Managers in public accounting received their raise/bonus yet? If so, what is it? If not, what should I be expecting? Assuming it won’t be much.

How do you deal with practitioners constantly trying to do your job, working around you, undermining you, etc? Anyone have these issues?

Anyone else’s firm doing RIFs? Yikes on several bikes. Is everyone in RM safe so far?

Has anyone ever transitioned out of resource management? What was your experience like? Any advice or career paths you can suggest?

Anyone else interview or apply to the lead RM role at CrossVue? Would love to hear about your experience as mine has been … odd at best.

We’ve been told we need a “differentiator” in order to be promoted. Excelling in our day to day isn’t enough. What do you do for your differentiator/+1?

What are other RM’s making in public accounting? I’m currently at 125k plus 3k-4k bonus. Top 20 accounting firm.

How many resources are you typically responsible for as an RM? I’m currently holding about 250. I feel like I operate as a glorified Senior since I have little to no staff support.

The arrogance of some partners really… just grinds my gears. It is so hard to try to help people who treat you like they’re beneath you. Even if I was an administrative role - would that still be an a… more

EisnerAmper has two open roles for Assurance Resource Management (hybrid role in either Philly, NJ, or NYC—lots of flexibility!!!)—one at the director level and one at manager level. If you would like… more

Is this a dead end job?

I am looking for any leads on remote Resource Management positions. I have 4+ years of direct Resource Management experience and 6+ years in staffing!

Hi. About to have a "case interview". Never had one. Can some of you tell me about your experience with these interviews? Thank you

What exit opportunities are there for resource management professionals, besides the obvious resource management elsewhere?

Any leads on remote RM positions open? I have 4 years experience in staffing, 3 years of which were for consulting firms. Thanks

I saw this in a consulting bowl:
Is everyone happy with their current company? Type yes or no

What’s the worst scheduling software and why is it Retain?

Are any consulting firms hiring right now for Assistant Director level or above?

Advice on moving from an individual contributor role to a team lead? I have about 7 years of experience and it seems so difficult to move up (like someone has to die or resign, and even then there are… more

Is anyone willing to share an honest opinion on Dayshape. What's annoying about it? What do you really like?

Anyone at Cherry Berkhaert ?

Before I start, I want to preface by saying I know this is a “good” problem to have - so, at my current job, I can successfully complete my role in about 3 hours per day. I have great performance revi… more

Looking to break out of pharma agency. Is anyone hiring for remote?