Navigating the PMP Certification Journey: Tips and Tricks

Facilitate a conversation about PMP certification experiences, study tips, and recommended resources.

Would you switch careers for a 2nd time? I actually like what I do now 80% of the time, and I am really hesitant to switch again after all the work that I did to get here and the stability and benefits. Only reason I am considering it is because of the pay. I’m ok with the pay, but who wouldn’t like to make much more ?

Do you ever just want to leave this industry? But what do people exit to

Hello All! I m currently working in Amazon as transportation specialist for past 3 years. I have cleared CA-IPCC in 2014 and internship in 2017 but i never wrote CA-Final. Currently I m preparing for M.com so that i can write CPA next year as my CA is on hold. I want to study softwate certification courses like SAP. Please suggest me which one i should consider

Is anyone here in-house at Twitter? Curious how the transition has been from a legal team standpoint

Anyone who is ex-consulting and moved to industry miss the events? I don't miss the lack of WLB, but I miss getting tickets to conferences, team events and DU.
Pandemic has been good and bad, since I guess no one is going anywhere, but also because industry office is closed so no in-house events either. Miss getting varied experiences across different clients and industries that consulting offered.
Anyone else feel like their world shrunk a ton when they left consulting for industry?

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!)

Anyone ever make the jump from Audit to M&A? If so, how’d it go?

What are some of the must read books in Management Consulting?

I’m a copywriter in advertising, but I’m seriously considering a sabbatical to start a novel. Anyone have great resources for book building/novel structure guides?

What are the best ways to find creative / tech careers in Norway / Sweden if you live in the US?

Hello Fishes,

Need your input please

If i get lowballed package with good learning curve. Is it better idea to stick to it for next eight month and make another switch to recover the loss? Or should I search better job ? I have only 20 days left in notice

TCS is good for WLB, Career growth and to explore new technologies?

I’m a finance manager for a Global 50 company, with 6+ yrs experience. I’ve considered switching to sales, and curious if there’s part time roles (preferred remote) that I could try. Any suggestions for me? Companies, role type, etc to look into. Thanks in advance.

Hello Fishes,

Can somebody please let me know, what all the skills are required for the Data Analyst role in the Amazon.?

I mean any specifications like Pandas or SSMS like that ...

Thanks in Advance... 🙂

I'm being asked to be involved in product pricing for the first time, and lack any knowledge or experience in that area. Any suggestions on courses or books or websites? I'm considering the Pragmatic Marketing pricing course, so would be interested to hear from anyone who has taken it.

What was the hardest section to get through for REG studying? Did it then pay off in the exam?

Senior attorneys at v100, how common is it for attorneys who start at small firms to lateral to biglaw? Have you worked with any? Conventional wisdom is always that if you don’t start there it’s hard to “trade up”. My coworker and I just did it to two different great v30 firms, and I’m wondering if it’s really that uncommon? Just out of curiosity. We’re not special counsel with special niche skills or anything, just associates. Pitfalls to beware? Positives?

For those that have no desire to ever go in-house, what are the reasons other than the pay cut? Or is that the only reason?

Hi All,

I have 7 years of experience in Frontemd (Angular,Vue) Development.. Have hands on Dotnet and NodeJS as well
Can anyone please refer me for
Mumbai location?

How to delete the profile from ibegin tcs portal?

Hi Fishes, Can you please help me with Salary Range for Grade 7A at GSK?
They're Matching my Current Offer's Fixed Part with Fixed + Yearly Bonus. Which I think is a downside.
Want to know the range to know limits of negotiation without losing the offer

Serious question, why does going to the gym and doing an intense workout raise my lidio/drive and make me want to run home and and just go to town. 😩🥹

Hi Fishes
What does designation lead rep quant analysis means.

How much time bny takes to provide laptop post date of joining? As onboarding is virtual.

Joining BNY MELLON in few weeks.
Can somebody please tell about the working mode,if WFH is still allowed or how is it occuring in hybrid?

Also ,how is the overall culture and wlb in the organisation?

I have been DCAing over the last few months on binance and then moving the tokens to my Celsius wallet.

It has become really difficult to keep track of the actual cost of the tokens and profit/loss.

Any software or app recommendations, I am almost inclined to start an excel spreadsheet to keep track now

Does the Amex corporate green card qualify for the $100 CLEAR statement credit?

What is KPMG's parental leave policy for partners versus employees (MDs and below)? Trying to plan life and figure out if it makes a difference to have a child before or after one makes partner in terms of parental leave benefits. Thanks!

Partners, need some career advice. I'm in a niche BU at a big 4 focusing on risk related to certain cutting edge innovations in my industry (intentionally being vague). I'm being heavily recruited by a competitor firm to jump. I have just over 6 YOE, looking to promote in a little over a year (which would still be early at my current firm). To clarify, I'm not looking to leave, but will never say never. Firm looking to poach talks big game RE comp (potential to double my high 100s salary). Cont.

Most creative agencies in SF?

Why do recruiters never tell you which agency they want to talk to you about until they get you on the phone? I don’t want to waste anyone’s time and it would be helpful to know this info from the initial outreach. My experience with this only applies to healthcare, but would imagine it’s the same in consumer as well. Anyone?

Looking to enhance knowledge of back-end rev cycle functions, best practices, benchmarks, etc. What are some good books to read for this?

Anyone else feeling the whiplash of following supreme court drama and then going to work the next day pretending like half your rights aren't up for debate?

Hi,

Could anyone please tell me about the appraisal here at Nagarro? How much i can expect ?From Associate Engineer to Engineer.

Looking for a job change, have 2 years of experience in sales and marketing. Any leads would help, please plmsg me if you can help. Thanks!

Current:
15 LPA for 11 years experience
Brand & Marketing Role - Edutech industry

How do I scale up? And where do I need to be? How do I make it happen without switching jobs?

Hello Fishes, Is Affiliate Marketing good to start for second source of income? Any suggestions?

Hi all! I'm a fresher in IIM Indore. Thinking of going into a sales and marketing role for my summer placements. Any tips/help with this will be great!

What's the salary range for someone with a year of experience (not in marketing) trying to make the switch to the Advertising side?

Typically looking around creative/account management roles?

Is it even possible to land such roles as a fresher?

Hey fishes.. anyone from analyst relations? Appreciate advice on career path, scope from seniors/vets..

Hello marketing fishes.

Asking for a friend whose got 11 years of work ex and is currently a Media Manager at a boutique digital media consultancy in the Dubai. He's interested in moving back to India, and wanted to get a sense of how the job market is at the moments, and how marketable his non Indian experience would be in India. Any high level guidance would be great. Thanks.

I am working in TCS since last 4 years. I am currently working as a Corporate Marketing Manager and looking for a change in job. My expertise is in content Marketing, corporate communications, creative designing, event Marketing.
Request you to please recommend me in your respective firms, if there are any similar positions available. Thank you.

Hi, I started my Digital Marketing business about 7-8 months ago with only 2.7 lakh rupees. I've been facing losses every month since then. I understand that I'm failing because I am working alone. I need to know what I'm doing wrong with my pitch and my approach to onboard new clients.

Also I am open to discussing partners and investors even though I have nothing extraordinary to offer right now. But I have a really good brand, story, and grit to make it big with the right help.

Hi guys.. I wanted to know what should be the ideal number of ATL and BTL activities in year for a consumer durable company? Considering x as the number of product lines/sub brands.
TIA

Hi fishes
Any companies looking for marketing professionals.
My cousin has experience with reliance petroleum and is looking for change in oil and gas.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
Thanks

Hi everyone! I have 7 years of experience in social media marketing and looking for a change. Please let me know if there is any opportunity in your organisation that I can apply to. Location: Gurgaon

Hello hello!

Have been working in b2b marketing, with role focused on content, field(events) and account based marketing. 4+ years of exp overall and 3 years in marketing. Academic credentials are good, top btech and b school. The catch is that I quit recently. Just couldn't stand it and was unable to manage time to look for jobs. Will i be able to get a job? What all can i do? Any tips, advice for me? Even referral would help, hahaha.