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I had interviewed for an internship position at EY for technology consultant program for summer 2022 and got a call where they extended an offer. I wanted to know if I can defer the internship offer to fall 2022 or a later start date after summer.
I apologize as I cannot reply to a comment or DM on this platform to anyone, but thanks for your answers in advance.
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I wanted a suggestion from you all guys, I have given interview of PS and got a call for offer after interview and I denied the offer as I have received an offer from some other company, I denied coz I was not doing offer shopping or piling offers, he tried to convince me and when I didn't get convinced he said to blacklist me from PS. What to do?
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Hi all
Few months back, I accepted @pwc india's offer but didn't join.
Now I was referred for @pwc US but as I was applying for the job, the portal shows previous application with status as offer accepted.
Will pwc consider me again?
Does anyone have any idea on this?
Has someone accepted the offer but didn't join and later joined again after some months?
Please let me know
Any inputs will be helpful
Thanks!
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I’m not a diversity hire, but a diverse work environment is important to me and I try to take every opportunity I can to bring it up so HR/recruitment/leadership knows it’s not only one type of candidate profile that cares about it.
That said, I asked my job when I was applying/negotiating if they had stats available about the makeup of their workforce. They did not (I think now, post-2020, they do), and they gave me a list of employee-led clubs that centered around diversity instead. It felt like a weak answer and the environment once in backed up that impression.
I’d ask about salary transparency policies, what type of review tools they use for promotion fairness, and I’d try to find people that work(ed) there who could give a candid evaluation. You probably won’t get the level of assurance you want (deserve), but you’ll get some material to read between the lines with.
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You could still get stuck, but it’ll help you get your bearings before signing on. If somebody chimes in with a formula on better screening I’d love to learn it. Meanwhile though, don’t be scared to put them on the spot- in an etiquette-laden way, of course. These questions speak to the quality of our work environment just as much as any benefits package.
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What does “diversity hire” mean? Anything other than a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant (preferably Episcopalian) heterosexual male who isn’t disabled and not over 60? I’m not sure what “diversity” even means any more. I think we need to be more specific here about what to be “diverse” means.
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This is a very weird question to ask in the NYC bowl specifically
I work in NY. Did it make you uncomfortable?
If you are a diversity hire...
Look..so what. Get in there and do what needs to be done. Earn your respect.
Doesn't matter how you got in the door. Everything after getting in the door is up to you.
Make your impact. Become the change that's needed.
You could look at the diversity in the more senior positions (as you already said you do) and also ask about turnover and retention of diverse hires. I doubt any company will share that info though.
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By the way - you won't know if they are paying equally. You need to just do your research and know what the market is paying. If you are offered a market salary, that's fair. If you are being low balled you should already know from your own research, you don't need to know what all your colleagues are making.
If you really want to be bold, after you get an offer, you could ask to speak with certain "diverse" future colleagues and then just ask them point blank. How are you treated here? Do you feel like you belong here? I wouldn't be so provocative until after you have the offer though.
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My point is, on a practical level, no one job candidate is going to dismantle pay disparities during their self operated job search.
The only real, practical power you have in this situation is to get the best salary for yourself as you can.
And whether you are worried about a racial pay gap or just getting low balled for some other reason -- asking for the appropriate salary requires the same research, strategy,and negotiating skills.
People get so sensitive about principles they forget sometimes to also be practical. This isn't a contest about which low paid person deserves better press because of systemic unfairness. In a job search, you aren't representing your entire race. You are one person advocating for yourself. I believe that overcoming the racial disparity happens one hire at a time and it includes knowing your worth in the marketplace and asking for it and that requires research and individual negotiation. Just like anyone else seeking a job.