Fishies, name drop boutique consulting firms that have offices in San Francisco Bay Area. Coming from industry with 1.5 YOE (Food&Ag R&D). Recent-ish MBA grad (Dec 2021) and PMP. I know I won’t make it into a Big 4 so hoping a smaller firm will consider me instead.

exit opportunities for someone who got a good gpa from a well known school and a cpa who thought they would be doing something cool while building a foundation for a fruitful career but got stuck on state/federal claims and related government work instead? or is a full restart needed?

S1 at B4 now but looking to do something more traditional (?) that will provide opportunity in finance/accounting and not something ‘risk’ oriented that will pigeonhole me.

For the CFE, did you do anything in addition to the ACFE prep course? The course is just practice questions, so I’m wondering where I can actually learn the information first before that.

Nursing is the only job I've had where I've wanted to quit every week. I always come back to it.

What is the best online training centre for learning devops/SRE?

Has anyone ever transitioned from account management / customer success in tech sales to PMM? Any advice for pursuing this route?

Hey Accenture Team!
I’m a L9 consultant based out of San Francisco, California who was impacted by recent lay off at Accenture. I wanted to understand as per WARN Act California employees are to be given at least 60 days notice, however I was only given 3 weeks notice. Can I challenge this?

ACN 🐠- Has anyone been able to transfer from Big 4 or any other firm to ACN and got them to transfer H1B? I have an approved I140 if that helps.

Does PHR certification help in India, as this is globally recognised how much valuable is this currently in indian job market.

Do we got some good offers or its another certificate just to add to CV after so much of investment & time I don't want to get this wasted !!

Need suggestions ??

I have cleared all my interviews for Visa for the role of Sr Project Analyst which band I6 can someone help me with the seniority level of I6 is it entry or mid level?

Please help! I’m a CRC who manages Investigator- led clinical research projects and I want to transition to a PM role in industry (I would slightly prefer not a PM role in clinical trials since I don’t have clinical trial experience.) I’ve applied to PM roles at many biotech companies (e.g. Charles River, ICON, Paraxel) but only got 1 interview which didn’t work out. Which companies should I look to for an entry level PM role? Any good startups to consider? Anyone have any insight or advice?

I exited to FAANG from big4 and part of me is seriously thinking about getting an mba to go to mbb. Does that make any sense?

Hi fishies! Considering an internal big 4 move from Western Europe to Dubai. Not sure about WLB and whether there’ll be enough growth and learning opportunities after reading some of the threads here. Anyone up for sharing their experience? Especially concerned about sexism / racism as a WOC…and whether moving back to Europe in a few years will be difficult because the ME experience won’t be considered valuable.

McKinsey 🐠: how much did you practice before your case interviews? (i.e. how many weeks / months in advance, how many hours per week, etc?) any tips on most effective ways to prep as an experienced hire coming in at the associate level? (No MBA or finance background so may need some extra prep to learn key concepts / terms)

How is it like to be product manager for nps prism? Is it a good learning curve or just a mundane dashboard maintenance? And what about the working hours and pay?

Anyone know how to get a position as an HRBP without HRPB experience? All positions I've looked at want previous experience. Would over 5 years of HR experience and a PHR suffice, or what skills should be added to that?

I’m leaving the public school and I’m trying to find a job that would be good for the experience I have.

Have any of you pursued a graduate certificate in cyber security? If so, did you find any value in it? I currently have Bachelors and Sec+. I’m looking to obtain my AWS CCP in the few coming weeks and was looking for what to get next. I entertain the idea of continuing to pursue my education but I don’t want to incur too much debt with a masters.

What are some great investment banks to work as an associate in the Washington DC area?

Best books on leadership and sales skills?

Is anyone else pissed that our hard earned money wasn’t lost today, it was STOLEN by CORRUPT GREEDY HEDGE FUNDS

Anyways, not giving them the satisfaction. Gonna keep holding. Actually just bought the dips today for AMC BB NOK. Will keep holding for years if I have to because stocks eventually go UP📈📈📈 and ain’t no paper handed simp.

That is all
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Anybody awake and want to chat? 35M here!

This weekend flew by smh. Can't believe it's about to Monday already

Best/Most Efficient tools (research; analytics; editing)for Social Media Manager? Interviewing for a startup so I’ll most likely be starting from 0 and want to handle it the right way. Any suggestions help!

The place I'm interviewing with is asking for a writing sample. If something is public record, can I use it without my current company's permission?

Hello Fishes,

I want to understand the work culture of HCL.
I have cleared many interviews but i got one offer from Cognizant For 14 LPA
And HCL salary negotiation still needs to be done
My ask is 18 LPA
YOE :4 .2

Thanks

Are there any RPA UiPath openings in any of the big 4? Is lateral recruitment happening for these roles? Thanks in Advance

I got used to Big Law money and lifestyle, but to be honest, does anyone actually love living in New York anymore? It's really starting to lose appeal for me

How are Projects in IBM ? Any Pros and Cons ? If any idea please do let me know.

When ibm provides relieving letter and when they provide service letter??

Hi guys,
Got offer my Tiger analytics for the role of data engineer. How good company is tiger and team member are supportive or not?
What is wlb and does they fire employee as this is my first switch.

I’ve been trying to exit consulting for almost a year now. I’ve gotten a couple of interviews but no offers. I’m hopeless at this point 😔

Are there any books or classes about convincing people that have irrational arguments? Trying to figure out how to frame conversations that lead to my conclusions that aren't based in logic and fact.

Bcg 🐠: are you required to “resubmit” your application after someone refers you?

Is it pronounced gif or gif?

How many years do you allow yourself to get passed up for promotion?

Planning to do a PRM or FRM qual. How useful is it to move from Big 4 Risk and reg consulting to industry? Finding it hard to get anything other than non-PM roles

Who’s running diligence for this TikTok deal?

🐠 Vegas meet up on Jan 6th? Comment if you're down!

9 pm on Sundays are not same anymore after Succession finale last week. What y’all doing to fill this void?

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.

Do you guys have Any good books on business? Not those self help books

How long did it take for you to realize a career in consulting was not for you ?

Beside toastmasters, what are other ways to improve communication and public speaking skills? Books, podcasts...?

Are management consultants as useful to society as farmers, doctors and soldiers?

Does anybody have good electric standing desk recommendations? Ideally in the $200-300 range.

Honest question here-hw do I work better with Indians who come over frm India(on-site) to client?My patience with them is at an all time low since they jst dnt gt the methodology & hate owning anythng