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HI.. I am Naga Srinu ..I have experience of 11 yrs in Accounting & Finance..Still my CTC is 6.70 lacs as Sr.Execuitve (Branch Reviewer)
My query ..I want to Increase my salary package and shift to software MNC companies. What are the channels to get into big 4.
I am feed up with salary increments frm past 11yrs.
Kindly any one advice n share ur experience.so i can get awareness.
Note: Software i worked on GAC Dolphin ,SAP ,Oracle ERP, Tally ERP.
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After Appraisal, company haven't shared updated offer letter (with new salary), it's been 2+ months now.
If I start searching for new job, will that HR ask about recent offer letter? Or only salary slips are enough?
P. S. Current company didn't share updated offer letter to any employee (in fear that employees will switch 😅) Accenture Tata Consultancy Capgemini Deloitte ZS Associates Fractal Tiger Analytics Deloitte USI
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I always found it helpful to be always looking for new roles and networking in the background. This helped me see the value I could bring externally and also what kinda of roles I was interested in even pursuing after consulting. Ultimately led to my departure but always a good idea to be monitoring the market for this reason
How did you market yourself when you were applying to different roles? Most of the skills I’ve learned are around Project Management and I’d rather not work in that space lol
Young consultants - recommendation only: 1) don’t aspire to be at the biggest & best firms for just a small increase upfront - not sustainable , 2) note you are in great competition - bring your BIG game, 3) if you have BIG game, seek out different industry) to apply skills to be MASTER value, customers of consulting firms)… A) expertise/mastery better, B) compensation better, C) long term strategy exists.
Nope, approaching 3 years this summer. Feel the exact same way.
Feel the same way and making 110k in Dallas
Get your 3 years and apply to analytical type analyst roles to start your career path outside consulting. Do it before you are priced out of junior/intermediate level roles. Having the consulting background will be impressive background throughout your career but I don't recommend spending your mid-career there or you will miss 'real world' experience
This was very much my experience at Accenture. I left for a different industry at a lower level and a pay cut to get some real skills.
How did that work out for you
That’s more for folks at the top firms, the name Accenture won’t open doors for you.
Focus on specific skills you want to develop and then lead heavily with those.
You also got the tough luck of your experience being largely pandemic, which limited your opportunity and exposure.
I'd agree, we often look for consultants with more direct experience to our industries. Consultants from the big 4 often have the consulting skills to develop and nurture relationships, and are great for client services - but need significant coaching/onboarding to learn our industry. We just don't have time to teach someone consumer insights from the ground up.
I would assume this is true for other industries as well. I'm sure the name opens the door, but it won't get you much farther.
if you stuck to one industry you can lean on that
I feel similar but all of my work is in one industry which would help me sell that story if I wanted to
in terms of tangible skills - I'm right there with you
true but that probably means we're overpaid 😂
I think outside of finance (PE) tech and pharma generally come close
Embellish on your resume and in your interviews. Then learn the skills at a new job you’re interested in. Consulting work out of college is lackluster. You’ll be really great at putting together PowerPoints but you can leverage the title.
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I actually started the other way around... I started out in a specific industry then moved into consulting for Accenture... I feel that was the best decision for me... Aren't you working with a career counselor? You need to be taking on more projects that specialize in one role, ideally one that you're great at.
I was also assigned a CC who was not in the same career path and that was holding me back. As soon as I requested a change I started to see improvement. The new CC helped me get the roles I wanted and was great at providing suggestions on how to get a promotion.
What do you want to pivot to? It won’t just show up.
You can definitely leverage that experience! Do you know SQL? If you add that to the mix (you can learn in well enough in a week or two), it should make it a lot easier to pivot into a less generalized role.
Could you describe how you developed no skills so far at these firms? I just graduated college and felt bad that I wasn’t able to get an offer from AFS/Deloitte GPS from campus recruiting but now I’m intrigued as to how you dont learn any skills working there
ACN1 that makes sense. A lot of people who go into the big 4 from my college make it seem that they’re only in it for the exit opps then go into industry (engineering) or something after 2-3 years
I’ve been in this position before and 100% doing side projects that piqued my interest specifically to build in-demand skills paid off for me. I was so relieved to interview with other companies after that. Literally was the only thing that helped me and employers were very intrigued with how I articulated my experience. Didn’t matter if it wasn’t “on the job”
What kind of side projects did you do and how did you get into them?