As-salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah, would anyone here happen to be in an office in the Middle East?

I tried recruiting for consulting out of university but didn't have many options (graduated during covid in South Africa so they weren't hiring foreigners, and I'm from a least developed country in Africa so no consulting placement there).

Landed on my feet, alhamdulilah, and I'm now trying to see if the Middle East would be a good place to give it another go, wanted to get the lay of the land.

How is work culture in S&P Global platts segment for Software Engineer II role?
And weekends may not be on Saturday and Sunday?

Looking for a referral for BDO !

Anyone hiring for a remote staff accountant position in industry? 1 YOE in audit at a Big 4.

Moving to top consulting firms after 1-2 years in the non profit sector? Will I be taken seriously?

As a BA ... what are some good certifications to have?

I currently have a Master of Arts in Public Administration and am trying to break out of the realm of government and law enforcement.. that being said, I have been pondering the idea of getting certified in Environmental Social Governance (ESG) and sustainable business. Would this be worth the investment or should I leave that to people with a heavy finance background? Just want to be more marketable since my main background is in law enforcement data analysis.

I just recently signed up to take the PE exam in 4 months in my specialty (civil: water resources and environmental). Now I am seriously looking at switching to software engineering in the next year or two. Would it still be worth it to complete the PE? Would it help me get a career in software engineering?

Hey BCG fish. Just got feedback after my decision round interviews that I passed the interviews but finance team is determining hiring needs because I’m an experienced hire. Does this mean offer?

Any CA paralegals who took the CAPA CCP exam? If so, would you recommend?

Need Advice.
I am working in production support with yoe 4 want to switch to Devops, cloud, Azure devops. Have certification as well.
Is it ok lie in cv, i am showing past 4 year i am working as devops engineer and worked on different devops tool.

But cracking interview getting tough as all recruiter/interviewer looking for Senior roles given my exp. Is it ok to show 2y in devops. Need Advice

What should i do have no interest in production support and preparing from last 1.5 y


TIA

Hello! I am a Technical Sourcer/Recruiter at a reputable FinTech company. I would like to transition into Project Coordination/Management within the tech space. Any tips for the transition? Recruiters: I am open to entry level & contract roles to gain experience! Thanks in advance for the assist!

Does anyone know how much does S&P Global offer for senior software developer role for 3+ years experience candidate?

Has anyone accepted an offer only a few of weeks after starting a new role? How did you hand in your notice? Keen to do so and not burn any bridges in case I want to join again in a few years

In your honest opinion, do you think your HR certification was worth it? I personally think certifications are a scam. 😅

I rarely have been asked about my certs in interviews and I never ask about certs when I'm interviewing.

Thoughts/advice on leaving privacy law to practice corporate/commercial law?

I completed the final interview but am now getting ghosted by my recruiters, should I just assume I didn’t get the role?

Hi Fishes,
I am looking for some guidance to grown career in DevOps
I have been working on tools like Jenkins and Git for CI for 2 years now also I am leading my Regression Testing Team and I also have experience in Perl language also I have recently started learning Docker, Kubernetes and their implementation along with AWS will soon complete the course and what other things I should go through to grow my career in this field also I know couple of languages like Java, C , C++, Perl & Python

On the chopping block. actively looking. anyone hiring?

So just this week my friend from high school, my uncle, and my best friends parents all got Covid. They live in different places all over the country, urban and rural. Before this week I only heard of people who I was not close to getting it. Assuming it’s creeping closer to everyone now. 😕

Anyone play Hearthstone??

Hi ,

Anybody working for Telstra client in hyderabad on behalf of FRACTAL Analytics ?

Please let me know the benefits of working at Telstra client when your payroll company is diff ?

How the company benefits like food ,cab and leaves do apply.

Please do comment.

Thanks

I have 6.5 years of experience working with multiple SAP modules and some middleware solutions that talk to ERP. I haven’t found a niche yet..and am a functional resource not a coder. Thinking of moulding myself into an IT PMO kind of a role as I am good with people, good communication skills and very organised. Does PMO have any career growth opportunities or is it a dead end where growth is minimal and you are easily replaceable?

What's the craziest client feedback you've heard?

Has anyone ever switched from working for an SI to a PDO? If so what was the transition like and how is it?

Thoughts on masters from oxbridge? I'm interested in a PhD after but also want some flexibility to work for a bit after back in consulting.

Thinking of either mba+social science focused masters, then target US PhD. I don't currently have research experience.

Anyone in the Houston area?

What's your absolute favorite dinner spot in Chi-town? I'm willing to travel, but I'm moving soon so want to hit all of the greats I haven't been to or didn't know about.

Anyone can help for the prayer room in Accenture DDC5 building where is it or on which floor?

How long did it take you to lose interest in your job?

Hi Fishes,

Is there any job opportunity in Accenture for a BA or consultant role with 5.7 years of exp in domain consulting and project management?
Any leads would be much appreciated.

What the current salary range for SPMs, East Coast, 5-6 years of experience?

Hi everybody! I don’t have a car but want to buy one for my dad - needs to be moderately priced, easy and cheap maintenance. He drives an 8 yo VW which is slowly falling apart. What cars would you suggest I look into?

Anyone from power programmer bridge wave 12/13 whose role is changed to Specialist programmer recently??

Thanksgiving is upon us. Send help.

My step in laws are TERRIBLE. Not directly to me but family dynamic is stressful. They parent their youngest kid with pills and ignoring him, so that he does inappropriate things around me with zero correction (walking in on me, insulting me). They are all half siblings (4 boys 30-11) so they all don’t care including my partner. FIL also verbally abuses MIL in front of us. Yet they all want to please him constantly. It’s just bad.

Food was good though.

I have a fairly aspiring career in Product Management if I want it. (I think.) But what I want more is to be an internal driving force for small firm growth. I want to be a Jack-of-all-trades who brings in clients and has a forward-looking vision.

But I also want equity, eventually. I don't have an idea for my own business yet, so I want to help others while getting a solid piece of the pie. I don't want to be just another cog. How do I go about following through on this dream?

What strategies do you adopt to maximize praying (and ibaadah in general) during Ramadan when on a case? Any tips?

I’m a hijabi and I’m so tired of Molvis pretending that women’s clothing is the biggest plague faced by Muslim community, it’s made out to be this source of all evils. Not that corruption, poverty..

As a Muslim, how comfortable are you at Deloitte with its culture and people? I got an offer and considering it

Salam everyone, I’m looking to move to NYC. Let me know if anyone is looking for a roommate

Anyone wonder why wealthy Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are not taking in Muslim refugees?

Ramadan Mubarrak to the entire Muslim Consultants Fishbowl. May you and your families have a blessed month.

AOA everyone! I am a Pakistani currently living in Germany. I am in the final stages of getting a transfer to Canada but can’t decide between Toronto or Vancouver. Both have high COL so I’m trying to weigh the pros and cons. I know Vancouver’s weather is a lot better than Toronto, but any recommendations from Canadians on the bowl?

Jummah Mubarak Fam! 💚

I feel like being a consultant has made my standards for finding a significant other go up astronomically lol now I expect them to be a similar standard as my coworkers which are smart, pretty, social and also same level of religiousness as me. I understand why everyone struggles to find an SO now

Does anyone work in Deloitte’s Oracle practice and would be willing to connect?

Salaam fam! Looking to move from Canada to a warm city in the US. Looking for (a) large airport (b) good public schools (c) low crime (d) progressive Muslim community (e) halal food options. Bonus if it is close the ocean. Any suggestions?

Suppose you die today and meet Allah (swt) and Allah Almighty asks you, “I gave you a good consulting career that provided you with halal income. How did you use it to benefit others?”

What will you say?

How is it perceived to indulge in amr bil ma’aroof wa nahiyy anil munkar with colleagues but after work, eg a teetotaler is going to a bar because of peer pressure and you could encourage them not to?

How soon after marriage do guys start demanding kids? Asking for a friend

Is there anyone else who doesn’t fast during Ramadan? I haven’t come across any other friend of mine. Told this to one of the friends and got quite a nasty reaction.