Anybody know what is happening at Bain that they are promoting some of their managers to senior manager within 6-8 months of the last promotion to manager?

Hey folks, I’m about a year into my new SE career and looking to continue to invest in professional skills. I’ve obviously been thrown into the fire learning the sales side of things, but what areas (technical skills, certs, books, etc.) you all would recommend I look to invest in? I’ve been looking at some beginner coding boot camps and scrum product owner certs, but interested in what you all have done to further advance your career

Never been in an SE or consulting or B2B sales role before but have a referral at Salesforce and have been in some informal conversations. I’m starting to freak out a bit now that maybe I can’t do it. I have a tech background so can handle that part, but perhaps strategy may be difficult. Anyone make the transition to an SE role that have some advice?

Hi mates,

Anyone you know who has moved from Operations to BA and doing well ?

If yes what are the major challenges as a BA when you have moved from Functional Team ?

Considering that the end of this year will probably signal the start of a recession, is this a bad time to jump into a new role in Pharma?

want to interview at MBB again. Last year i had started the process but had to stop the process due to severe family emergency. What followed was depression and im doing fairly better now. I am Leaving Big 4 to join a tech focused Bank. But i feel like I should reach out to recruiter and start the process again. Just not sure if it’s the right move since im joining a new company. Feel it’ll look bad trying to join MBB after starting at a new bank. What to do?

Trying to make the switch out of law. It’s not for me. Been in transactional RE work for a while now and I’m ready to move on. I’ve got an MBA as well so looking to try to find a career that would allow me to use my business background and actually help make business decisions. Would love to try consulting. Does anyone know where I should look?

Any thoughts on Sidley's London office? How sharp elbowed are the associates and how much do partners genuinely try and help you develop a career? Bonus points if you can provide insight on how the corporate and finance departments work with specialists on transactional matters. As a final ask, are they genuinely into D&I and flexible working efforts or is this predominantly lip service? Thanks in advance!

What is the average salary for an account manager in employee benefits at brokers firm? And what about a senior account manager salary? I have 7 years of experience in the health insurance industry. I want to see if I’m on track or if it would be out of line to ask for a raise.

Life insurance agents!! I’m in the process of getting licensed now, what are some tips you have for me just starting out ? How long did it take for you to start selling? I’ll be doing telesales only , let me know your way of selling and why it works best for you. Thank you !

Hi all,
Does Consultant specialist designation GCB 5 come@under the role of AVP?

Hello fish,

Could anyone recommend any good reading on Capital Project Management. Specifically management side for large projects and best practices on how to align finance, procurement, business PM, construction management, and assurance

Are there any good PM certification that’s worthwhile? Not something that’s on Udemy for 2 hours of coursework.
Most “certifications” I’ve seen seem a bit superficial… but my current PM job feels like a glorified project manager role so I was hoping to use my extra time to study/earn a certificate to show my skill. If possible.

How easy is it to move from an investment bank firm to a tech company?

I’m considering ways I can “serve” part time. Aside from being a part time service branch reservist, are there any other interesting programs out there that people know of? My family has a history of service and I want to continue that. I’m 28 years old, if that matters.

Hi everyone, applied for an investment consulting internship few weeks back.
It's a client facing job, but it might come at a later stage of a job, maybe after finishing my internship and getting a job offer.
I'm interested to know what is the must develop skills, must take courses or must read books to get insight, develop the required knowledge and skills for the position. I majored in business management finance and currently preparing for CFA level 1. Thanks in advance ☺️

Hi guys,
What's the annual hike at band 601 in CB LOB. How much time it takes to get promoted to next level 602. How much will be the annual bonus at 601 level & percentage hike we will get at the time of promotion.

Recently, the CEO and my boss, the VP gave me the latitude to promote myself and "write my own" job description. I've been the Marketing Manager of this company for about 7 months. Already received 1 raise.

Much of the work in my "new" job description, I've already been doing. My currently salary is $70K. New title is Director of Communications and Systems Integration. What is a reasonable salary increase here.

I have about 7 years experience in this area.

I’m a free-lance video producer wanting to expand more into social media content creation. Any advice? Feel especially weak on understanding analytics. Course recommendations? I have strong journalism background. Write, shoot, direct and edit.

FDD 🐠 I will be promoted to audit SM in October, however looking to transfer to the FDD practice. Based on discussions with partners in the practice, I would be brought in as an experienced manager with opportunity to promote to senior manager in FDD next year. Is the learning curve steep, or should I push to come in as SM? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Any opening for data scientist in EY GDS. I have total 8 YOE and 3 years in data science. I am seeing vaccancy for GDS team in LinkedIn, if there are any can someone refer me ?

My problem with this bowl is it makes me want one of each kind of cat I see here and I have neither the space nor the budget!

I joined OPTUM today so how soon we can expect laptop and goodies.

Best resources for platform dev 1? I failed in 3 times and have to wait until spring. I’ve got 9 other certs(5 yoe) but this one is kicking my butt

What do you guys think about the Eagles this season? I don't want to get my hopes up but with this new Dream Team I'm thinking we might be going all the way? At least divisional

What are the best ways to increase my assets and decrease my liabilities? Specifically for the age range: 21–30, paying down my student debt, need to pick my next investment targets

Hello everyone!

We (I and wife) are looking to buy a 2+ bed condo in Chicago area by this September.

We are doing research pretty much on our own for the houses. So, I am looking for any references for buyer's agents who could offer us good commission rebate and help us with just basic stuff like paperwork and reviewing disclosures etc.

Sharing a helpful tool to increase discipline. “The 5 Second Rule is simple. If you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within 5 seconds or your brain will kill it.
The moment you feel an instinct or a desire to act on a goal or a commitment, use the Rule.
When you feel yourself hesitate before doing something that you know you should do, count 5-4-3-2-1-GO and move towards action.”

Hi guys, I joined care ratings about 5 months back. However I had been asked to move from Research to ratings due to high work load.
However now the company is asking me to move back to research. It has been 5 months and I have been trying to adapt to this company. I feel like quitting this job already. It is frustrating. Any recommendations??

Just got a $125 gap gift card in the mail from EY for having a child. Though QR code doesn't work.

Anyone else receive this from EY?

From what I understand, ethics is separate from legal. Legal violations have consequences, ethical violations don’t. What’s the point of ethics if there are no consequences? Sure when it’s convenient to be ethnical, everyone will be. It only matters when it’s not convenient. So should there be ethics set up with consequences like loss of job that applies evenly for everyone in the company including the CEO? Should their be financial consequences set up for smaller violations?

$doge time tonight on SNL with the first world wild broadcast for them ever? I expect nothing but fireworks! Have fun 🤣

Hi,

Currently working in Sony India.
Have an experience of 5+ years in operations along with handling g team management, handling escalations (voice and non voice). Single handedly handling the official social media handles addressing issues.
Also, contribute in hiring, man power planning, providing trainings and nurturing employees for over all growth
I would now like to expand my horizons and thus looking for a job change.
Request to provide some references if you have.

Thank you in advance

Anyone know why AlixPartners is the only firm that doesn’t seem to have any active job postings for M&A or restructuring, while all the other firms out there are hiring like crazy?

[New to London ask]
I have a super long tube travel to work like many I hope. What do you do in the tube? Any suggestions?

Just curious are there any EAs in the Las Vegas, NV area and what are your salaries?

Hi,
What could happen if we do not work in the current organisation after putting down the papers?
Though the LWD is yet to be received from the Manager.
Thanks

Fishbowlers - do you book your vacation and ask for forgiveness later, or ask for the green light from your PM and then book?

Which firm is the “best” (e.g., highest market share, works the most with the best clients, tough to win proposals against head-to-head, general market perception, whatever other metric you care about) in the food and beverage space and why? Interested in answers across the value chain

Is there any advice for networking into projects when you don’t know many people at the firm yet? I always to help on BD work when I’m on the bench, but it never turns into any billable work. Every time I have talked to a partner/senior manager I was told I don’t have the skill set they’re looking for, but I don’t know how to build up from there. Feeing very lost but I want to improve my approach.

Good gift ideas for a male first year consultant?

Any book recommendations for philosophy, psychology, and business? Or any book you read last year changed your values? Going to fly international, gonna read it on flight. 😍

Are there any good movies or novels that show skill development - like follow through? Self-management? Money management? I read a lot of self help books so I know a lot of the theory, and books peppered with examples help, but I feel like most 1 paragraph examples don’t five justice to how hard it may be to change a behavior.

Any recs for CIPM study books?

One of the reasons I want to transition from industry to consulting (tier 1) is that I get frustrated when I have to collaborate with mediocre people. My assumption is that Tier 1 consulting firms hire really sharp people and if I can get in, I’ll be collaborating with folks on top of their game (not expecting much from clients). I’m aware there are personal aspects I need to work on like my mindset, patience etc etc, but I just get so frustrated with blatant stupidity.

Do you have your high school on your LinkedIn education section?

Looking for book recommendations on strategy/strategic thinking. Something along the lines of Contagious but open to any options. Thanks in advance!

401k question - I know I can only pay $20,500 each year tax free but can I pay more in and get taxed or something? When I set it up it recommends 12% of salary which is going to hit the limit pretty quickly so what’s the deal here? (Not from US originally and this 401k stuff is confusing af)

Any advice on how to switch from big 4 to tier 1 consulting firms like BCG and MCK?

I am looking for a firm to help us with our product and pricing strategy. Who would you recommend?

Any book recommendations for someone who worries way too much about work? Have already read The Subtle Art...looking for other good ones? Specific to consulting would be awesome!

ON TIME FLIGHT FROM LGA.. What life am I living today 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️

Best way to study for AWS cloud practitioner certification? (Not very technical but hoping to learn)

Just drove through downtown Knoxville, TN and bars/streets were overflowing with people not wearing masks. Smh, it’s not that hard people...

HNY! For those of you that took the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam, how did you prepare for it? Study materials, hours, etc?

Who else feels like they don’t “belong” or fit into their office? What did you do to build a connection with your coworkers when you have very different personalities and few hobbies in common?