I’m about to graduate in May, looking to start out a big agency (Ogilvy, Starcom, Edelman etc.) and I have my sights set later in my career to work in new business. What stepping stones can I take?

Anyone studying toward the CIPM have any tips or study resources? Particularly those with a legal background working in privacy and regulatory compliance (non-IT cybersec). Would be delighted to connect. TIA ⭐

New to the US. Currently based in SF, CA. What is the most efficient and cheapest way to gain more CPA credits? Require 30 more credits.

How's the growth in PwC India Advisory? I know it's a very open ended question, but assume that one's joining as a manager with 6+ years of experience. Kind of looking for best case/avg case scenarios: if one's looking at becoming a partner. Assume all the other things as constant (politics/overall market growth)

Hi fishes

I have an MBA and currently working as ERP consultant with 1.5 YOE. I want to switch to PM. Please guide me as I'm confused about how to switch.

Thanks in advance!

When does a person get promotion from manager to senior manager in cognizant?

I’ve been practicing in traditional labor for about two years now (although about a decade of labor relations experience) but I’m trying to break into employee benefits law. Unfortunately I’m not being given much experience in benefits as I’m pretty typecast as a labor atty. Any advice on how I can go about getting employee benefit experience? My long term goal is to have benefits be my main area of practice.

I’m a designer in the planning/landscape architecture dept. of a CE firm. Extremely frustrated that after 4+ years and multiple asks, I’m not getting the in-field construction experience I’ve asked for. I know that my designs could be better if I could see how things are actually built but I get slapped in the face with “I need you in the office designing/drafting” or “there’s no budget to have you go out” and then sends an intern to inspect instead. I’m 5 yrs out of college. Any advice?

Hi all,

I've been in marketing for 7 years and it's been primarily paid social analytics and design at a local agency. I want to expand into the world of SEO, but I know its a complex new world for those without experience. Can anyone give me some pointers on where to start and how you got started learning about the basics of SEO? I want to set myself up with a solid base of knowledge from which to grow.

Are the recent economic troubles translating to slower hiring or lower salaries in life sciences industry? I want to transition to industry this year but am worried it may not be the best time to.

Hi ME 🐠s! Would like to know a bit regarding Business Analyst roles in MBB, T2 / B4 firms in UAE. I come from a target school in India (say MBB / T2 hires from my college every year) with ~1 YOE in consulting - based in Dubai. Would the stated firms consider me for a BA role (lateral hire as an experienced BA)?

How does leveling work for non-tech (non-swe) roles in Google?

Most information online are tech-specific, e.g., entry levels start at L3. Is it different for non-tech? E.g., fresh grads join at L1, 0-2y experience join at l2, etc.

Pivoting from copywriting to _____? Interested to hear from copywriters who are either considering or have already transitioned into a totally different or somewhat similar creative role.

Is getting into crypto law a bad idea or is it a burgeoning field??

hi fishes I have 10+ experience as operator /technician in coca cola want to skip job any FMCG sector is there any references.

Taking the Google Associate Cloud Engineer exam soon. Tips from those who have taken it in the past? What resources you found most useful? Thanks!

Does anyone have experience with any of the following preschools: st Luke’s, St. Paul’s or st Stephen’s? We live in the montrose area and looking for some feedback.

Any suggestions on what to ask during an introduction interview? First time in a corporate setting, going for an experienced associate role!

What would a typical path for TPM?

Anyone taken Oracle Cloud Cert exams? How was your experience?

If I get fired while on OPT without getting my H1-B stamped, is it useless or can it be used in future for some other job?

There are others! 🙌🏽

Hi fishes

Does fidelity revise offer letter without the counter offer or does they take the offer back?

Any good india health insurance policy for parents. My ICICI Lombard guy is quoting 96k for 2 years for both parents . 2k per month. I have had it from last 10 yrs so never changed it. Now cost has gone up so thinking of other company ?

What programming language are you mostly using at work? For me it’s Java

Hi,
I am looking to renew my contract with a telecom giant in Toronto, Canada . I am a back end java developer with experience in micro services. Overall experience of 6 years . What is the market per hour rate for the above skills ? Don’t want to undersell myself . Need your insights !
Thank you !

Moving to Dallas y’all!

Can I get a new 4 or 5 bedroom capped at 500k? 40 mins max drive to Downtown

New York Life. Beautiful.

Layoffs at Ogilvy NYC...

Do you all sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the self care tips you see online. Gua sha, sleeping mask, satin pillowcase, this body wash, that scrub, dermaplaning. I don’t know what I should do vs. what not. 😰 and I feel like if I don’t do it, I’m not taking care of myself and not going to look good a few years later. 😓

Does anyone still have an active Becker account that I could borrow for 2 months to study for my REG exam? Please! Thanks!

I lead our SOC practice for a US mid tier cpa/consulting firm. I've been losing a lot of deals due to lower cost / boutique vendors who are partnered with these SOC automation platforms (Vanta, Laika, etc.). Have any of you used these tools for the audit and what has your experience been like? Thanks

What do you guys think about consultants that charge agencies for their services? I’m new to the model and curious if it ends up being worthwhile?

Is anyone landing new biz these days? If you’re landing new projects with existing clients, that’s interesting. But what about new logos?

Anyone know of great junior talent looking to get into New Biz? We’re hiring

Thinking about biz dev on the media agency side: How do you find newness in strategy to get clients excited? Isn’t it 100% data now? As if media wasn’t unsexy enough.
How do media agencies do it?

Hey! First timer. I’m moving over into biz dev and am trying to get a better handle on how you all do this thing!
Is there anything you wish you knew earlier on? Any tips for this new comer is very appreciated

Curious about the biz dev career track. Have you stayed in biz dev your whole career? Or did you start in biz dev and use it to move into another role? What did you move into and how?

What is the pandemic version of "let's grab coffee". as a biz dev person I am struggling with how to make that initial connection. I offer up calls and/or zooms. Let us know if you have a good tip on how to break the ice with new biz/ get new potential clients interested.

Besides the infamous google sheet and Glassdoor, where are you all looking to make sure you’re been compensated appropriately? I feel like our little niche is tricky to do proper comp research on, but it’s possible I’m missing something…

What kind of digital (design, platform) RFPs are you seeing out there recently? Looking for some digital new biz trends. What keeping digital marketers up and where are they investing in 2021?

Thinking about trying to change into a career in new biz dev. What is the earnings potential of top new biz dev people in the US? For example “Head Of” or CMO level at well known agencies?

Hi! Has anyone gone to one of the GDS group CMO Insight Summits? Is it worth the large price tag?

Anyone going to Mirren next week?

Has anyone ever attended one of these events put on by companies like Richmond events? These are the events where they invite CMO types and agencies and other industry suppliers get one-on-ones.

Anybody care to share tactics for negotiating rates with procurement? Know they’re bluffing to drive all competing agencies down, but not sure what leverage we have to push back.

Hello! Anyone using Covideo or BombBomb to do video email? Or is this too lowbrow for our business?

Have any of you ever brought in someone to do presentation design training for your agency. Not public speaking, but making the actual deck more interesting? If so, who?

Any McCann NY new business fish in here? I see you have an opening and would love to get the inside scoop.

Anyone have any intel on who led the last review for Wolf/ sub zero? Shot in the dark here for some intel.