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Well given how celebrated and privileged you are to have special recruiting tracks and events, I think you will be ok. Think of all the people who didn't get special treatment to get where they are and had to work much harder.
i think it’s the comment of a very little meaningless person. people forget that slavery was a thing. C3’s ancestors may have even benefited from it. but he still doesn’t care. it’s all fine - the world’s changing and people like him will get left behind
If you’re south Asian you shouldn’t have a problem. I am south Asian in financial services and my practice is easily 30% Indian descent.
If you’re a minority in a white dominant practice, e.g. strategy, this is sometimes a problem. Some strategy practices are a bit parochial.
Hahaha, using the minority card in accenture is ridiculous. We are more diverse and open minded than the UN.
Nobody cares what you look like, as long as you deliver.
Honestly, staffing is all about who you know and who likes working with you. You find some people you enjoy working with and vice versa and staffing becomes much much easier. I think it’s more about you not finding your niche, which may or may not be because you’re a minority woman
Oh don’t get me wrong, racism may very well play a part in it. But it could also just be a personality difference and an inability to jive on both ends. You may work with people that are not racist but you just don’t get along with them.
I’m a brown woman myself and I’ve been in teams where I get along with them (found my niche) and in teams I don’t. So this is coming from my experience of seeing racism and that being the main reason for me being an outsider. But I’ve also worked with teams that I just don’t vibe with and vice versa and that’s nothing to do with the team being racist towards me.
In the same boat. What worked for me was finding out my niche and performing well on the engagement. Then repeating that niche with people who you like and they like you back.
The other consideration is external market. There should be demand for the type of work you excel in.
Luck also plays quite a big part. You can literally do everything well and things can still go against you.
Thanks! I can relate to this. The niche and the tribe, neither is easy
I work on a team with about 50 Indians and 3 white guys who the executive director (Indian) likes to openly talk down to in meetings. Can I claim racism too?
Don't be ridiculous. If White men were this fragile, then there's nobody left to bear the weight of everyone's forever historical grievances and trauma.
Consulting is egalitarian. You either perform or you don’t. It has nothing to do with race, gender or personal characteristics. We are one of the most diverse profession.
My (free) advice: First thing you need to do is to burn your race card. It will only create drag in your mind. (it is was invalidated in 2025 anyway). Present yourself as a Consultant, and only this. Not using your race and gender. Then focus all the attention on work, relationship building, and learning new skills. Best of luck with your career.
ask him but i assume someone who does the stated JD proficiently?
Yup. Been there. Left consulting aka popularity contest. I’m a buyer now. Go figure! Tables have turned!
Agreed. What would you recommend I do to get to that point? Genuinely asking
OP are you URM or over represented? i dont really agree with all these people saying that gender and race make no difference in staffing decisions. we all know how human nature works.
I always get staffed but I don’t get promoted so switched firms for advancement. I luckily found a South Asian Director early in my career who helped me network and find my people.
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I’m a minority woman, and have had zero problems getting staffed as a cloud engineer. I like to think I’m pretty good at what I do and am able to deliver. I truly think race and gender have nothing to do with it.
Thanks CM1, what I found was just network doesn’t do anything. I have to bring them something, how did you network?
I’ve worked on two projects now and I don’t feel “I belong” with either team. I'm concerned about how many more chances I’ll have to find my place before I’m shown the door
I wish I had advice. Still struggling to find my people after a couple of years. I always do well on projects, receive super positive feedback, upskill in "in demand" areas. But when a project wraps up, there is nothing. No one seems to ever be staffing for a role. At best, they know of someone who is "probably" staffing. And when I reach out to that person, they have no roles right now. I feel like I do everything I'm told to do, but it doesn't work reliably for me.
It's been wearing down on me for a while and is the #1 reason I want out of consulting altogether.
Been there. Exactly know how you feel.
Interested to hear about this! I feel the same and want to know what it’d be like at the next level
Well don’t come here lol you’ll be left to rot away looking for a project while certain other privilege folks don’t have that same issue
yes agree pwc … thus my earlier q
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