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What do people take into account when deciding your exit date before grad school? What is a typical last day for GSAP folks?

Pretty sure I’m being underpaid at my agency due to lack of knowledge of the market when I was negotiating... Can anyone give me a benchmark for any of the following salaries in Europe?: SAE, AM, copywriter, senior copywriter

Has any creative here ever tried to make the leap to leave advertising and be a film maker, photographer, illustrator, etc.?? I’m so tired of ad agencies and how draining the “creative” can be. Happiness is more important than a nice paycheck for me. Any inspiration success stories advice would be so helpful right now...

Looking for referral in JP Morgan for credit analyst role . Location Mumbai/Bangalore preferable@jpmorgan

Hi,
I’m currently working as Selenium with Java QA tester. Looking to pursue agile CSM certification. Will it be helpful for career growth and for which Roles can we apply with Selenium Automation and Agile CSM certified. Suggestions will be helpful

Is the "we're just trying to gain the clients trust so they'll allow us to make good work spiel," a crock of crap?

What is a fair salary range for a Senior Solutions Architect in Austin?

Looking for opinions. I’m an IW with 2 yrs experience working from home at a Fortune 500 company w/ excellent benefits, target salary 75k. I was previously offered a job at another company where the 75k salary was guaranteed for the first year. Most people make much more than this once their comp fully ramps up, but, I would have to work in the office. I declined the offer, but now the CEO wants to meet with me several months later. Would I be crazy if I asked for 100k guaranteed salary?

Anyone joined IBM GBS recently... what are the contents in the welcome kit/ goodies?..which brand laptop are they sending?

PWC SA2 got an offer for 34LPA fixed.
Currently at DUSI at 24 LPA.
Worth the jump?

Hello Fishes,

Yesterday i received salary breakup letter, I accepted it. When can i expect my offer letter from TCS. Any Idea?

Did Epsilon just go through a round of layoffs ?

If you’re working with a freelance recruiter/ headhunter but know of open positions outside the ones they’ve brought to you, is it best to reach out to the agencies yourself or through the recruiter?

Who is in the dental field?

first time freelancer here - should I make a second bank account or do anything special to track income for taxes? or just pay estimated taxes quarterly and square up during tax season?

The account dropped the register down the flight of stairs and it shattered into a million pieces. Fear not the account says, for it was already depreciated to $0.

Are there any books or other resources that mid levels/seniors/counsel/partners on here have found helpful for the project management / managing junior attorney aspects of your job?

I am not finding a lot of stuff written for lawyers specifically , but there is a lot directed at “managers” in business generally that I imagine could be applicable.

What all methods to save tax on a 22 LPA salary (fixed including PF both employer and employee) apart from standard 80C, NPS, insurance and home loan, etc

I've been tasked with developing an M&A Integration playbook from scratch (I'm in industry and don't have the library of materials/templates you consultants have). Anyone know where to find a decent example, or resources online to help me build one? We will be bringing in consultants eventually to help review/validate what we put together. TIA!

Is deal flow starting to pick back up? Just started as an FDD analyst and would love to keep my job

ACCA and CPA qualifications. How useful are they in the line of consulting. I work in the M&A space focusing on FDD. Happy to have a chat to see what qualifications if any are actually useful in our line of work.

Do industry professionals involved in M&A sign to close and integration work long hours too or do they peace out at 6

Hey everybody, I work in Healthcare Consulting (9m of prior M&A experience) and have an upcoming PwC Deals Contracts Analytics associate interview next week, any PwC D&T/M&A folks willing to connect, share their experience and provide any insights for nailing the interview?

Good book recommendations on the basics behind M&A deals and the DD process? Asking for a friend who is looking to start a search fund and has operational experience but no finance.

Any insight into TCS M&A group? They reached out offering $200k for an M&A specialist role and would be a significant jump from my current salary. Unsure what they do in M&A space since they focus largely on delivery vs strategy

Anyone on pros and cons of A&M PEPI group?

Anyone have good resources (online or book) to learn about the finance function?

Hi all. I am looking to crack into the pe value creation space. Any tips or recommendations? Mckinsey senior EM and LBS grad with some early tenor investment banking experience; currently based in the middle east working for a public sector infrastructure player.

Any CDD / M&A Strategy fish willing to chat?

AM here with corporate finance (M&a) experience just moved to the US to marry my American fiancé but having a really hard time landing a job right now. Job apps that match my background and requirements almost always gets rejected immediately. What should I do?

Any way of being in Ey s&o and being local? As in, is there a team that mostly does projects that are local (NYC)

Man PwC PEVC is poaching KPMG Strategy folks like crazy! Recruiters are swarming the DMs out here. Does this mean that the good natured roasting that KPMG Strat gets is just for jokes and in actuality we’re actually well respected professionals? I’m actually very impressed with the practice and everyone I’ve worked with and I feel as though clients really gravitate towards us as well given the positive numbers this year. Jw what our true reputation is out here on the streets is all

How long does it takes for you to feel confident on what you are doing at FDD? Essentially I am not trying to stay at FDD forever but want to make sure that I learn all the necessary skills before I go.

Working in Risk Advisory-Internal Audit at EY. Looking to move into valuations. Have knowledge of valuations through FRM and CFA level 2 but no direct valuations experience. Anyone willing to help?

Private Equity groups at Oliver Wyman, S&, and EY Parthenon have all invited me to interview. Alix Partners has reached out to build out the Galt Co acquisition. 1. Anyone else who is considering a move to private equity consulting, are you concerned with joining at what could be the peak of M&A? Are these companies being rational in such a hot market when it comes to hiring? 2. Any thoughts on the quality of these teams relative to one another?

Is Assistant Director at EYP same as Senior Manager at Accenture?

Hi M&A professionals, please recommend between Deloitte M&A M vs Aon M&A AD. Both in London.

General practice or specialized center of excellence (CoE)? KPMG Strategy has certain CoEs, one of which I am part of. The TMT general practice hints at wanting to bring me over. What are the pros associated with becoming more of a “generalist”? I’m current in the technology CoE. M level