I’m a producer - interested in working for a brand and getting out of the agency world. Any advice how to find those opportunities and make myself marketable? I’m in a secondary market.

What is THE BEST professional development you've ever been to? (Conference? District workshop? Etc.)

CFA or CPA ? Anyone has both? Any benefits of having both instead of just focusing on one ?

I’m looking into exiting consulting and moving into product management. Picked up a few books to read. Would a PM certification provide a lot of value? Any other tips are appreciated! Thank you.

Hi guys,
I want a genuine opinion as i am confused regarding this
I am thinking to learn DSA and move to product companies to become generic developer instead of salesfoece developer.
What should i do ?
Is spending time and energy worth it to go out for salesforce space and learn dsa or no?
If anyone has done it in past or tried it,
I am happy to discuss

Anyone work in nonprofit tax? What exit opportunities are available with 3-6 years experience? Hoping to be promoted to senior this year and curious what options exist with this specialized skill set.

Thinking of making the transition from Project Management to Product Management. Has anyone done it? Is it a smooth transition?

Is anyone out there needing cleared individuals? I’m fairly a noob doing analyst work, but I have a TS SCI with several DOD 8570 certs. Just wanting to learn good technical skills and be paid fairly.

How's magic finser company? It's culture, wlb and growth opportunities?

Thoughts on Wealth Management as an industry? Offered a role to work under a senior FA and eventually take over the book (~$800M AUM and growing). It sounds great, but I am worried about the disruption this industry is facing with Robo advisors and other low cost, DIY options. I’d want to make sure the clients stay through the transition, and I don’t want to join a dying industry. Thoughts and advice?

Data analyst trying to break into data science. Anyone willing to network?

Hey Fishes,

Will ECBA (Entry Certificate Business Analyst) certification by IIBA be helpful to me in my career ?

My background-
* B.E in Computer science
* MBA in Systems and Analytics (2019-21)
* It's been 6 months I am working as an Analyst- Data science at Infosys

Help! I wanted to know your thoughts about accepting a job and forgetting to negotiate salary and 3 months in asking for a raise. Should I just wait or should mention it? I do love my job but because I feel like I’m not getting paid my worth, I have been looking at other positions but do not really want to leave. Help!

Hi, I’m looking to switch into marketing (entry level), as consulting is not aligned with my skill set/passions. Does anyone know of any ad agencies in LA that have good work-life balance, good pay, PTO, great culture, promotions, training? Your help means more than you know!!! Looking to do informational interviews and try to network my way in, as I feel the barrier to entry was much harder than anticipated. Anything helps, thank you so much!

Non MBA with 15+ years of Consulting experience; will taking GMP from Wharton/Harvard/MIT help further my career ?

Hi Team,
Need your inputs. Is stability more important than the opportunity?

I have an opportunity to explore how ever it's been only 6 months in current organization.

Can I take the offer and switch? Does it affect the stability?

Please help.

Is it ok to switch to Big data tech stack like Hadoop, Hive, Python after 7 years of experience from .Net technologies ? Which of the two field is good for long term perspective.

Trying to transition and looking for a general progression of how you would go from essentially zero to entry level job as quickly as possible?

Currently going through the CS50 course to get a very basic introduction. Trying to avoid going back to school but open to boot camps if the community thinks they're with it.

Thanks in advance!

Currently a senior in audit, but I am interested in trying to transfer to Turnaround and Restructuring after busy season. I have my CPA and about 6 years of audit experience. Is there anything I can do to make myself more marketable? Is the transition from audit to restructuring difficult?

Hey ZSers,

I have been selected into ZS for the BTAC role under CCM(Customer-Centric Marketing). My YOE is 3.8 in Cognizant, and the domain is ETL, DW, cloud(AWS).

My question is, ZS is giving a great package compared to what I have in Cognizant (Above 100% hike), and Cognizant is ready to retain me by giving somewhere 50%-60% hike. Will ZS be a good choice for me to switch? In terms of growth, technologies, work, pay. Or should I accept what cognizant is giving and get retained?

Has anyone partnered with SOFA, society of financial awareness a non profit. Gets advisors in the door at companies for purely education.?

Advice for getting out of non profit and into corporate/tech? In a creative project management career..any tips appreciated 🙏

Has anyone ever tried to work outside of AFS's typical locations (DC, SAT, STL)? I'd like to stay with AFS, but I want to move away from TX to CO. I've heard rumors that some people have been able to do this. Any experience or insight?

Has anyone gone to INSEAD while intending to end up in the US afterwards? I’m enrolled to start this fall and getting cold feet 🙈

Has anyone taken the Executive assessment exam? How long did you prepare for. GMAT crushing me.

Which firm has the best deals practice?

Hi Fishes,

How is Birlasoft company overall ? please do comment as per your exp. It is urgent.

#wlb #projects #work-culture #growth

Hi,
Wondering to get some advice on how hard it would be or get an understanding of the market to get back into private accounting/advisory or financial analyst after stepping away for 2.5 years. I was in public accounting for almost 5 years prior and stepped away as a supervising senior in audit for a mid tier firm. Would love to get a chance to connect/network with some people.

Hello, I'm a fan of Formula 1 news and I've been trying to find some nice YouTube channels to follow on a daily basis, but most of them are pretty slow uploading new content. Any suggestions?

Hello 🐠

Are your firms transitioning to golden visas? If yes, at what level? Please answer with firm - level. Thanks!

Anyone been to Ibiza? I’m (27M) traveling solo in July and would love some recommendations on where to stay, party, and eat. I’ve never been so any advice is appreciated!

Hi, I am going to have interview at wipro for Android Developer for Lucknow location. I have 8 yr of experience and my current ctc is 6 Lac. What salary should i ask them.

Anyone have any good audit jokes or one liners?

Any recommendations to avoid feeling sleep towards the end of the work day? 3-5 PM I start doing the famous head bob if you know what I mean 🤣

How much do we get paid

During the pandemic I lost my job and was desperate. I found a 5 month tax law internship to full hire and applied.
Description: “$20/hr to JDs, $15/hr to JD students”.
This was our convo.
Me: …I graduated from law school a few months ago…
Interviewer: so I’ll be paying you $15/hr if you’re hired… I’ll let you know in a week
Me (in no position to negotiate): umm… okay
*3 months later*
Interviewer: You’re hired! However it will now be an unpaid internship, are you still interested?
Me: *ghosts*

Looking to pivot into managerial. Can someone take a look at my resume? Tips would be appreciated as well!

Hey what’s people’s experience with performance advertising for brands? Do you come up with multiple ideas for reaching out to new customers?

Some companies just aren’t built to have in-house creative teams. I know because I landed at one.

A former client director colleague has gone in-house as CMO. They are now asking me (currently ECD) to join and set up an agency-like creative team to up-level everything from brand to sales materials. It's a good mgmt opp and good creative is a definite possibility, but I'm conflicted. Aency BS would be nice to step away from, but I think I'm still bought into the notion that agencies are superior and in-house is where washed-up creatives go to die. Any regrets from those that made the jump?

I started my in-housing adventure only a few months ago but I’m already feeling so much momentum and potential in this space versus the vibe I felt agency side, which was constant fear and anxiety.

Any in-house agencies hiring Junior creatives?

I’m a Creative Director (copy-based) ready to move in-house, to a consultancy, or tech platform. What job titles should I be searching for? Are there recruiters for non-agency creatives? Help!

Looking for examples of In House Agency names. Ex. Yellow Shoes / Disney. Searching Google was not my friend on this one. Thanks all. Peace

Who does the CD / ECD at your in house team report to?

Any agencies or in-house companies hiring senior resource or talent managers? Asking for a friend who is looking. Thanks!

Hey anyone work in house for a brand? If yes how do you work with the brand team? Is creative a part of the brand team or works along side it? I’d love to hear!

Thoughts on FrontGate?

If you don’t have a CD above you and you are doing the work, do you just send it off or do you ask other creatives for their take? Seems weird to just do work and present it without a gut check from somewhere.

In house copywriter 2-5 years experience, how much to budget for position?

Please share your experience if you have experience working in an Agile marketing structure! Stand ups, scrums and two week sprints to create, test, learn and iterate. Are all advertising/ marketing companies headed this way eventually?

How long (honestly) will it be before agencies start hiring again? I’m looking to get off this ride.

Asking for a friend. For an SVP CD on agency side what would be the equivalent on client side? This is for art.

Looking for a global video transcreation company to take existing videos in English and translate, re-edit and add any other necessary tweaks. Any of you fine folks have any recommendations? Peace to you all

In-House Politics VS. Agency Politics. Discuss.