Laid off due to COVID from Accenture with generalist analyst experience, want to get back into consulting once the market improves. What certs should I invest my free time into now that are valid with no working experience in them? My work was mostly proj/relationship management, CRM use of Salesforce

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We did performance manage outs not lay offs, were actually 10K people,larger than we were in April and at the low were only 9K people smaller.

My suggestion would be to really search out what drives and motivates you and what you want and what you are willing to sacrifice to get it. Seek out a boutiques or Big 4/tier 3 and then bust hump to learn the craft

It’s not the end of the world, I’m an L3, it’s been a good career, I did not grow up here and I have been fired in my life

Take a look at what’s in high demand and how your background fit into that. My wife and I did the same 5 years ago and I went the data analytics route from accounting and my wife went the cyber route from counterterrorism. It was the best decision that paid dividends immediately.

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