Hey all,

I’m a fairly young consultant in London with IBD internship experience. My bank didn’t give any real return offers and I needed to start work due to personal reasons.

I don’t have the same level has drive here and am realising my passion for banking even further. Is it possible to break in in this case (especially considering a better market than last year), and if so, how should I approach this? Any help would be highly appreciated!

For those of you who are SHRM CP certified. Can you please advise if the SHRM learning system is worth it? Are there other effective learning tools that are less expensive ?

Have others found it hard to transition from Audit to Financial Analyst? All the recruiters I’m meeting with are telling me I probably won’t get an interview since they’re looking for someone who’s ready to hit the ground running.
It’s discouraging because I’m a fast learner, and from talking to my friends who are Financial Analysts, it doesn’t seem like what we do is so dissimilar.

Any good job pivots from wealth management into another career? I’ve been a wealth management advisor at a wirehouse for 7 years. Wanting something with less emphasis on selling and business development. Any suggestions?

Hey guys! I am currently in the process of studying and applying to take all 3 exams of the NCIDQ. I was wondering if anyone had tips or advice on how/what to study or even for the actual exams themselves. I greatly appreciate any advice people could give me who have taken the different exams. Thank you in advance!

What are the cheapest study materials to study for the CFE? I didn’t want to pay out 1k+ for the prep course from ACFE.

Hi everyone, I'm new to Canada and want to start my career here in the Financial and Banking industry. I have passed the CFA level 2 exam and was wondering if I have to complete the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) as most of the job postings here mention about it. I saw that if someone passes at least the CFA level 1 exam then the requirement of CSC is exempted. Can anyone enlighten me about this? As the CSC exam costs above 1000 CAD, I wanted to be sure if I need it before investing behind it.

I’m on the consulting side (FDD) and I’m curious if there are PE firms with good WLB. I’m happy with my pay, growth, and hours. PE interests me but I don’t understand why anyone would want to consistently work 65+ hours a week every week. What’s the appeal? Making double the pay? What’s the exit plan?

Thinking of getting a CFA; would appreciate recommendations on test prep providers.

Has anyone left Consulting in the Big 4 to switch to a smaller firm (Slalom, A&M, etc)? Pros? Cons?

Hey , I need some help ,I am a backend Java dev with 7+yrs of experience, however I am looking for a switch and I do have an interview scheduled with a startup looking for NodeJs+ReactJs , I desperately need to convert this ,what can I do ? Any tips ?

Insights on OC&C?

Culture in the offices -New York or Boston, project teams?
Base and bonus for 3-4 years of experience?
Career progression model?
prestige and ability to exit to corp strat?

I'm a senior in Big 4 AAS but looking to switch to a different AAS group because I'm tired of doing audit support... Would it look bad to go from one big 4 to a different advisory group after a year?

When should a stub start getting worried about not having much work and low billable hours?
I’ve asked for work but no luck. I know they say this is normal for a stub but when should I start getting worried and consider looking for exit options? Fyi, I like my practice group, so I don’t want to change to a different group within my firm, hence would have to lateral, if I have to. Also, other co-1st years are churning in high hours.

What are different roles in LTI. I have got offer as P4 .May I know other roles from P4 onwards.
My exp is 11.10 years

What has been more beneficial to your career and why: specializing in a service offering or an industry?

Switching from consulting to product managment role. Any recs for prep (books, online courses, etc.)? Thank you!!! 😊😊

Did anyone exit into support or escalation engineering? If so, I'm wondering how the transition was and whether you are enjoying the ride so far? Any insights would be really appreciated!

Hi! Currently interviewing for CPI. Would love to hear your interview process. Any tips would be appreciated. (Also, is CPI a good department to go into?)

If you could start your MBA degree over what would you do differently?

Is there such place as non toxic ID firm? Or does any of ID attys like what they do? I moved from general practice to an ID firm six months ago. Biggest mistake of my life. I am trying hard not to just quit and walk away as I’m battling head cold but still have to bill bill bill and get criticized for not billing right and etc and cases being piled up - while everyone is looking forward to the long weekend. I seriously question my judgement. Need word of wisdom just to get through this hellhole

Is RPA a bubble and will soon fade away? How much valuable is it as a skill set?

We’ve been attending a church for about 6 months now and trying to decide if it’s our church home. The only reason I’m hesitant is because people don’t seem to engage with us as much as I expected. For example, I told the pastors wife about a serious diagnosis we recently received and she did pray for us on the spot, but no one has reached out to us at all to check in. Am I expecting too much?

Can those not picked in lottery earlier this year and whose status still reads submitted still expect a selection over the next 2 months in case those selected are denied approval?

How are ppl feeling about Miami as a city to live in since you can work remote now?

(extent of my knowledge comes from Will Smith movies and songs)

How much should a Scrum master project manager make with Deloitte in a HCOL city with 5 YOE?

I currently work at a medium sized firm and have about two years experience in personal injury litigation. The billable hours and lack of work life balance are really getting to me and I am looking to switch to something else out of litigation, preferably in house. I am also looking to relocate to a different state. How do I go about properly marketing myself to companies that might not take my relocation and minimal experience seriously?

If you do billable work on a given PTO/vacation day, do you still count that day as vacation? Or do you get that vacation day "back"? Or do you only get the part that you billed "back"? (Or some other option.)

The toxicity of Legato’s work culture is on the same rise 😒

While in system implementations, how do you augment user adoption?

This involves training, however what other approaches and tools/solutions do you lean on?

Please help with your suggestions to this Depressed fish!
10 YOE and worked diligently with sub standard package relying on bosses alms without realised the exploitation until recently.
But now I really want to make it big.

So got some offers, but not those which I am looking for. Skillset is cutting edge cloud.cold applying on LinkedIn job openings aren't helping getting decent interview calls!
Can you please show me some path? Or am I estimating myself beyond my capabilities!
Really frustrated. SOS

Anyone gone through Amazon AWS’ military apprenticeship?

Just got an offer - yay! I've never been good at negotiating/asking HR questions up front. What do you wish you had known before accepting your job?

I got into marketing because I thought it would be an opportunity to make good money in a field where I could still exercise my creativity, but I’ve found it to be extremely stifling and bogged down by bureaucracy. Does it ever get better?

Does anyone have suggestions for a refresher course/presentation on critical care? I'm an OB/GYN wanting to keep myself educated.

how do we get out?! i’ve been doing office work in a grocery store for too long… this was supposed to help me transition out of hospitality but it feels like i’m going to be stuck in a grocery store for the rest of my career
i guess i just need to voice my frustrations. it’s not that i hate my job or the field, i don’t. i’m just feeling extremely overwhelmed and discouraged i think. does anyone really, truly enjoy what they do in retail/hospitality?? needing some positivity

How much are 3-5 yr associates making in big law in Denver? I’m a female and one of my male colleagues told me he makes $10k more than me and we received the same score on our annual review

Any references for good tutoring services for the bar? Repeat taker and want to make sure I pass this time. I’ve already looked at the tutoring that barbri etc offer and I am looking for a person/service which isn’t part of a course. TIA!

I’ve seen this rant a lot so I know we all have that one partner—but for the love of god can you just forward me the emails when you get it?? I see you got this urgent request over 10 days ago 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Anyone analyze QoEs before? Need to come up with questions for due diligence call and looking for some guidance

Thoughts on PJT strategic advisory?

What’s the best VDR and why is it datasite?

Any staple brands for a first year analyst’s wardrobe?

Say I work in tech and have a decent finance experience. Would my 3 yoe of domain "expertise" in tech make me an attractive bet for the banks Tech coverage team? In other words, does having experience in Tech make me more hireable for IBD?

What are bonuses like for a first year IB Analyst in London? (Think US banks like GS, MS, Citi etc.)

Thoughts on the Tech investment banking scene in Charlotte, North Carolina?

Does anyone know Barclays Ib summer bonus cycle month?? Thanks in advance

What does everyone wear for client meetings in a WFH setting

Would tech ib (m&a) be more affected than say Healthcare/pharma ib in an economic downturn?

Question for more experienced bankers, when did you start to feel comptent at your job? For example, I am 5 months in and am still making small mistakes and getting corrected, feeling like I’m putting in the work and time but still miss things, thoughts on normal progression?

I want to be a client instead of an investment banker. Where do I sign up?

If anyone needs a cfa tutor Dm me I tutor all levels.

When is external hire IBD recruiting season?

I am going to speak with a recruiter at Houlihan Lokey TMT in LA. I would like to know more about the group and its culture. Would love to connect and network🙏

I’m a financial advisor (Series 7 and 66) and I really wish I would have become an accountant or investment banker. I like advising, but it’s a grind to find people to make new clients to sell to in order to survive. Are there any exit strategies for a successful young 26 y/o advisor to move to investment banking or a salaried advisor job?

Have technical interview (pen and paper only) coming up with a BB, can anyone offer advice/resources/suggested way to practice?

I just graduated from a nontarget in Dec 2020 & am currently interning at PwC before I go back to do my Masters. My initial plan was to accept my full time offer and slowly work my way into IB.

I see postings right now for FT IB analyst programs. Should I even try applying online?

Ik recruiters don’t really read cover letters, but I learned about banking rlly late into college. i’m the daughter of blue collar workers who don’t speak English so I never really knew what jobs were “prestigious”

I can really use some direction. My background, I've worked 2 years in strategy and am currently coming off an exhausting year 2 in investment banking. I didn't particularly enjoy either role and am not interested in moving over to the buy-side or some monotonous FP&A role. Everybody says there's exit-ops aplenty, but I find myself with less options and even more picky than I did as an ambitious T2 undergrad student. Where do I go from here?