Hi! I can use your input. 🗣🗣I’m revising my eight-week professional coaching program for CPA exam candidates. In the past, I aligned the program around the blackout periods. Now that they are gone, what do you feel would be helpful dates to keep in mind? For example, compliance deadlines (eg create a tax track), score release dates, holiday closures that provide you more time study? TIA! 🙏🏼

Hello!

I'm about to start a new job with my main account being a big beer brand.
I want to study and prepare as much as I can before it starts, and influence myself as much stuff as possible... Both from advertising and outside of it.

Can you please share your tips and recommendations?
Specially Art Direction focused - I really want to arrive and be prepared to perform to the best level possible.

Thank you!!

I am currently finishing up CFP course work. Does anyone have tips or tricks for studying for the actual exam? I am particularly concerned about the investment planning section. I have 12 plus years in the industry and CRPC. I do planning literally everyday but a test is a test and this is the module I have had the most trouble with.

Hi IBMers
What is role of a senior advisory consultant. Is it similar to solution architect

Foreign trained lawyer (common law) and just starting bar study. Freaking out. Please tell me it’s possible in the timeframe.

I work as a Solution Specialist (sales rep) at an Authorizer Verizon retailer. Phone/wireless sales is not something I want to do forever. I have 4 years mobile sales experience and 3 additional years of niche sales/ customer service experience. I’m feeling stuck and every career/job move fells it is a step backwards. Does anybody have any advice on how to power through this or what other routs I could go?

10 years sales experience selling eyewear to eye doctors. If I were to transition to tech would I have to start as a BDM? I think that would be a pay cut for me. Thanks

Are any BBs or EBs still looking for experienced hires? I have 2 years of deal-focused strategy consulting for buy side and sell side biopharmaceutical firms (includes asset valuations, market models and risk adjusted NPV models). I am looking to break into investment banking and would love to do so without having to get my MBA. Any insights/tips would be GREATLY appreciate.

Been trying to lateral from PwC Deals Adv to IB and it’s been very difficult. Have the experience and technical skills, just not the banking background firms want to see. Anybody in IB willing to connect and share their experience?

All else equal, is it easier to become direct admit PP rather than promoted to that role from SM or MD? Seems less obstacles. Thoughts?

Any advice for a CD team who wants to move to pharma? We’ve freelanced in the space, but don’t have work in our books. Currently we’re running a large CPG brand, FT at a network agency in NYC.

Hi All,

I have been an automation engineer for around 6 years and wanted to switch my career from QA to a management post or a Business analysist post.
What should I do for it to have this career change

What is the value in professional certifications? ACCA, CFA, CIPD, etc.

My company went toxic in the last couple months. Chose me and started interviewing. Had a very successful interview with Amazon but recruiter is working hard trying to place me and said there’s no knowing how long to find a team. Meanwhile I just received a Director offer for a company with a 29% pay bump July 1. If Amazon or any other FAANG/large co gets back to me, is there an acceptable way to not burn bridges with new job and accept or delay start date with FAANG? Or fuck it just hop?

Heard that in a Zoom call with all 2024 PE candidates today, the head of CPI was encouraging everyone to sit out of oncycle if it’s this early. If true, that’s huge given that CPI basically runs the game

My HR rep told me that to apply for your CPA license in MA you only need 1 year of work experience, not 2009 billable hours. Didn't sound right- can anyone confirm/deny?

I’m a current federal clerk and I have an option to clerk again with a different federal judge or take a career clerk position with a state judge. Any insight into how each would impact my career path going forward?

Have never worked on java before but wanted to switch as full stack java react developer.

YOE: 9+
Current tech stack: react js, frontend dev

Questions :
1. How much time it will take
2. Do I need to cover all frameworks
3. Micro services are must ?

I have to switch with in month.

Is it good decision to leave SAP labs Hyderabad, I got offer from Blue Yonder

YOE:5.10 years

Hi,
Quick question: Do you think is it fine to be asked for preparing an outline for marketing plan as an assessment test so, employer decide if you will be the right fit for position ?

Keto diet for vegetarians? What are option for breakfast/lunch/dinner ?

Any suggestions for healthy self help books? Or healthy eating or understand why we get cravings? Looking for self help books alone those lines to help get my eating right

After 3 years in TCS, I'm looking for a job switch. It would be highly appreciated if anyone can provide me with a referral to HCL.

Profile: Data Scientist/ML(Computer Vision, NLP)

Relevant YOE: 2

I am on bench from 1 nov 2022. I am PA.

What books would you recommend for someone wanting to get better at sales?

Is USCIS closed temporarily? Are they still processing h1b extensions?

all - qq I’m currently on an LoA, stuck in India due to personal reasons (on F1 OPT) right now. I have a lot of interest in teaching kids online (coding and such), could I do non contractual job teaching coding online while in India with an indian firm?

Who’s going to the shameful ADDYs?

Trying to find freelance job or full time job I’m a draftsman Cad drafter and 3D visualizer

Looking for a project manager / consultant opportunity in Dubai. I've got 6 years of experience in digital transformation consulting - any leads here?

Has anyone heard anything from the Amtrak RFP?

Hi Folks,

I want to move into Deloitte Newzealand, applied a job opportunity through career portal, currently associated with Deloitte India.

Is internal transfer possible?

So for any of you panicky paper-hands who need to get talked down from selling.

This is what playing dirty looks like - welcome to the real Wall Street. They want to send a message to scare off enough people by mimicking a crash through intentional sales that trigger freezes. This is the endgame, because they know that if retailers don't blink they have to take the bath of all baths tomorrow.

Log out, get some fresh air, come back later. Lots of good DD on wsb and discord. HOLD is FUN!

I hate being an attorney. How do I get out.

I read this super interesting article about how big companies like Toyota are investing in social-emotional training for their employees and seeing massive benefits. I actually think this could be a whole separate class for students of all ages. Learning about conflict resolution, growing your own self-regulation skills...it's really important.

Has anyone used or is currently using My Perspectives ELA curriculum from Savvas Learning Company? Our district is considering switching from iReady and I am looking for honest feedback. Thanks!

Bhaiyo like dai do...

Anyone have an app or Excel spreadsheet they use to keep track of utilization? We just switched systems and our new system doesn’t give us a real time balance of our utilization rate (cont)

FAR, what a pain..that’s all

Prometric is closed until May 31 all across the country.

FAR on Saturday - Absolutely terrified. I feel like there’s so much I don’t know how to do and idk how to handle not knowing everything.

Took the NINJA practice exam for REG and got a 72. What is the average difference between the mock and actual?

Anyone use SOLELY Ninja for BEC? What was your study time and score? Worth it?

Took REG twice and got 69 both times without studying business law. Best believe I am going to study business law to the death of me

VA CPA’s. How long does it take to get official license after passing the exams and submitting application?

Taking FAR soon! Currently reviewing the book and wanted to see if y’all had any advice on what modules/sections to cover more then others? Been hearing Gov/NFP is a big one. Anyone care to share what the exam was like for them and what it mainly covered?

Just took FAR for the fourth time today 😂 LOTS of not for profit questions and even sims were not for profit!!!!! Definitely more than 5-15% Becker said!!! I got like 60% was based on NFP!

So took FAR today, felt good about it. For the most part I felt questions were from stuff i ready and felt was easy. Now am not sure if I got everything of it but I also know1/2

I only have Reg left. I failed it once before. For those who have passed Reg what were some of things you focused on? Also if you have any study tips I would really appreciate it, tax has never come naturally to me.

I failed my first exam and now I am having a difficult time gaining the focus and drive I once hard to study and seat for another… did anyone went through that same thing or similar how did you over come that? I tend to set high expectations for myself and get overwhelm when those expectations are not met… but I’m working on that.

What’s the best advice and also the worst advice people have heard for dealing with BEC specifically? Thank you!

Anyone switched from Becker to Wiley and regretted it? I did and though I appreciate the bite-sized lectures, I don't enjoy it as much as Becker. My access for Becker expired already and I don't want to spend 2k again 😭 such a tough choice to make but I feel like I'm not getting what I need from Wiley.

Becker expired. What to do? Cant extend it since i dont have an nts and dont want to pay for one yet but need to study.

How to find motivation to study again?

Anyone here taken the LSAT and the CPA? Which one is harder?

Anyone else waiting on BEC results?

I have 3 weeks to review for FAR. Any tips? How many MCQs a day? Practice TBSs?

Failed REG by 2 points... I feel defeated and honestly don’t know if I can do this anymore