Any tips for a new senior starting at a new firm right at the start of busy season?

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Develop a close relationship with the experience staff to learn the process and technologies. Be confident in yourself and know that you will have a transition period and learning curve. Bring the right attitude and spend time to learn your clients, teams and do the things that you were doing to get promoted.

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Totally agree... we’ve had a few start, but you have to be willing to learn. Just because you are a senior doesn’t mean you can’t learn something new.

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Utilize your staff as much as it makes sense to. Your staff might know your systems better than you do.. also don’t be afraid to ask other seniors on your team questions or even your managers. It’s all a team so don’t put everything on you.

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Busy season is temporary so try your best

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good luck

Take care of yourself and try your best

In the virtual environment, I would think this is going to be tough. I left a firm to work at PwC as a senior and my pathway to eventually to tier 1 status was because of my team being so welcoming and helping me understand a lot of the nuances. If you can develop positive relationships with all levels on the team, from the associates to your senior manager they will be more forgiving and my associates in particular was super helpful in answering very basic questions about the system generic EGA questions. There are a lot of Acronyms at PwC so write these down. Also, try to limit the amount of work discussions you get involved in until you are comfortable enough to pull your weight. I was lucky I was on a team who brought me up to speed slowly but I understand not everyone will have this luxury especially when you join at busy season.

Don’t be afraid to put your personal well-being ahead of your desire to “look good” by saying yes and taking on too much.

You are your biggest advocate.

SALY

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