Is mgmt consulting (tech, strategy, hr, etc.) a promising field for the next 10-20 years? If you can invest in MBB and big fours, would u invest in it?

Hi — starting to explore other firms and was wondering if anyone would be willing to discuss their experiences as a functional consultant on the CRM side. Tyia!

Is breaking into equity research/coverage teams as hard as breaking into traditional advisory/M&A IB being from a non target school with a non finance degree?

What's it like working at VISA? Looking at opportunities as a strategy director in the Atlanta office? How are the growth opportunities? Are there major office politics? What is the avg comp for a Director or senior manager role?

I did my time and got out and was thrilled but now I am insanely bored and don’t have much motivation. Am considering getting back in or applying to become a police officer / fed...cont

I think I’m ready to leave public accounting. Where do I even begin? (See more in comments)

Fishes,

Does anyone know about the IAAP diploma in IFRS?

IAAP is an awarding body in UK.

My doubt is, does the value of the certificate of IFRS change depending on the Institution?

Will a person who cleared IFRS from IAAP have same value as a person who cleared IFRS from ACCA?

Thanks in advance

Is the CPA designation worth it? For me it would take me 1 year of PREP courses and 2 years of PEP until i can write the CFE. And I am 27 years old right now. Also wondering if it would be crazy to pursue the CPA while learning how to code to be a developer as well?

Constantly thinking why I chose US to study and have worked here for several years. Visa is such an issue for long term career move. Might have choose Canada or Australia...

Got pushed into the manager role after a few of my superiors quit and I’m really struggling to fit into a leadership role. Any tips to help me adapt/grow into this position?

What do you think differentiated you in the first few years of your career? What big picture takeaways in terms of both hard / soft skills do you wish you spent more time on? Current second year IB analyst curious to hear your thoughts

What is the M&A FDD group called in each of the big four? What should I search in the career portal?

can someone tell me about ey fcux (fortune cookie ux design)? i have an offer for operations consultant from there but im not sure about the profile growth

New here & looking to break into healthcare consulting. Any places hiring for a background like mine? Have a masters in a health science field, 4 years of direct clinical/hospital work, 1 year of military health work. Thanks!!

How should I pivot to Wealth Management as a Credit Analyst for a commercial bank? I’ve worked as a credit analyst for about a year after graduating in finance last year. I also interned at a wealth management firm while in college. Any advice is appreciated!

I'm an IP Attorney for a global Fortune 500 company. I only focus on IP mainly patent prosecution, Right to Market searches, Patentability searches, Landscape Searches, advising the business on IP related agreements.

What are some secondary skills or speciality that could make me more than just an IP Attorney? Do any of you have other parts of your title? Just looking to grow and my head isn't super interested in that, but the CLO is, but doesn't know where he sees a gap for me right now.

Making the switch from plaintiff to defense L&E in January. Would love any and all tips from people who’ve made the jump (including partners who may have supervised these types of attorneys!)

Consultants who’ve switched to tech firms in mid career (~7 yoe): what are your roles now, what was your consulting expertise, how did u pivot? Yes I’m googling too, this is part of my research. Thx!!

Currently work in media at an agency. Is it better to try to get lower level brand side job first, or just get an MBA and then go after brand side jobs?

As an MBB consultant looking to move into industry, should I expect to take a pay cut? The roles I’ve come across so far seem to for less pay than I make now

Any FAANG companies here? 👀

Hi Fishes,

Share your knowledge on which companies have lesser notice period say 60 days or even less than that..

TIA

A good friend is looking for a Hispanic multicultural strategy/ planning director- based in NYC.

Folks,

Any resume site / recommendations for an analytics focussed resume I could get some inspiration from?

Been on my job for 7+ years - a bit lost as to articulating my experience effectively. I have a resume, but don't think it strikes a chord with recruiters.

Please help!

Anyone have experience transferring stock out of Computershare? Rolled my old 401k to a IRA and am trying to figuring the best/cheapest way to transfer my former company stock to my taxable acct. I assume transferring to the IRA is not possible

How is everyone feeling amidst these layoffs? Hope everyone is taking care of themselves!

Seriously considering adding vegan stuff to my restaurant's menu, I don't have anything against meat except I can't afford it. :( Any ideas on something that doesn't taste like treebark? LOL

What’s a fair expectation for my first raise? Publicly traded co with ~2500 employees. I’ve been doing litigation with the company for almost 3 yrs and have only had a 2% cost of living raise so far. Graduated in 2014. Base comp is $127.5k in the Philly area. I see salaries all over the place in this site and it’s hard to tell whether mine is competitive.

My wife and I just had our second child, and we have also been dealing with her cervical cancer diagnosis. It has been a stressful year, to say the least. I want to do something nice for her, but money is tight right now because of the cancer treatment costs, and her being on unpaid leave because of the cancer treatments. What is something low cost I can do that will be a nice “couples thing” so we can de-stress, but also make her feel special?

What resources would you suggest for learning about A/B testing in a community context?

My date won’t share his playlist with me (I can listen to it but he won’t share it). Just curious, is playlist a big deal to guys? We are both at early 20s and only dated for a week

Anyone participating in biketoberfest on Sunday?

If you don’t get any scoops of harissa at Cava, you can’t be trusted.

Anyone at KPMG Strategy group at McLean, VA?? My wife and I are looking to move there and purchase a house. would like to know how often you go into the office? Cont.

For those that live in Shaw how do you like the area? Thinking of moving there this summer

Any AmEx Marketing connections here? Saw some recent postings with their marketing team that I’m interested in but would love any intel working in-house there.

I got an email from a Cybersecurity Advisory Partner with the subject "Catch-up". Last week we all rolled-off from project abruptly b/c the client terminated the contract. Am I getting laid off?

Hello! I’m going to BSchool in August. Any recommendations on books / websites / videos to be more prepared for management consulting interviews?

Someone reached out to me on LinkedIn about becoming an author on the side. Has anyone heard about such a thing?!? The person said she’s worked with 800 consultants writing their books and marketing it for them.

When you hear that staff 1s we're just laid off... 😳

Can you share your meeting preparation process or tips with me? Recently promoted to SC and finding that I need to really plan out meetings more than I did as a C. Thanks!

What is the best way to inherit a $2M house? Trying to minimize taxes and the equity isn’t needed for the parents.

This is going to be a stupid question but I’ll ask anyway. Receiving 10k as a gift, Any tips on investing for short term growth.

Anyone else obsessed with the Westin white tea line? 😅

Has anyone switched to a standing desk? Do you feel more productive? Was it worth it? Did you switch at the office or at your home?

Has anyone ever hired recruitment consultant to help you get the next job? What do they help with and have they been helpful?

Looking to buy a light/medium jacket with no hood. Any recommendations deals being that it is Black Friday

Does anyone from EY have insight on layoffs? I'm seeing horror stories from other firms but haven't heard anything about EY layoffs. (Manager, FSO-Advisory-Risk)

Anybody at the Westin Michigan Ave this week? Drinks?