What are some bootcamps or courses that you would recommend for an aspiring strategist who’s early in their career to take? These can be either free/paid. I’ve heard of the following:
- Planning Dirty or Strategy Finishing School
- SweatHead Strategy Accelerator
- Miami Ad School Digital Media & Social Strategy Boot Camp
- Brand Strategy & Storytelling Hyper Island
- Mini MBA in Marketing by Mark aristón
- Stand The F*ck Out Certification by Louis Grenier

Hi fishes,

Got offer in Barclays 10.5 currently in Tcs as unix system administrator application support. Please suggest is Barclays good to move. 3.3 yoe

Can you recruit via headhunter while in an MBA program?

Hi all,
I am tech guy with almost 3yr exp, but I want to switch to a Management role. Going for an MBA is not possible for me. I was wondering about the possibility to switch to a management role within the next 2 years without an MBA. Company/Brand is not a bar for me.
Can somebody please suggest how to do this?

I received my PR and want to start looking for jobs in Canada. Don’t want to transition to current company’s Canadian office as I have burnt bridges here. US Mid tier MBA + 2 years in Consulting contd

If you break into MBB through an implementation arm can you transfer practices (e.g. procurement implementation to Marketing & Sales)

How is the career in Pursuits in any Big 4? Does it pay as good as core consulting work? How is the work life balance? I want to make a shift from client chargeable work to BD work for better work life balance. Is it worth switching?

Any company is hiring EU citizens and helping with visa? interested in moving to USA. I'm lawyer, cissp, cisa, cipp/e and specialized n data privacy, cybersec ops and risk management with 8+ years exp

Currently at Deloitte and considering leaving. Is it worth jumping from one Big4 to another? Seems like getting into Industry is not working out.

Hi all, I have the Sales Cloud Consultant exam coming up , Any tips on online study (besides trailhead) from those who already got the cert? Or any Deloitte resources?

Hi everyone, I'm eager to get some B.A or Project experience, having recently achieved my certification in Agile Project Management and I’m looking for new opportunities as a Project Administrator or Coordinator. I am experienced in project administration, sales, and PA work. I'm especially interested if anyone has any roles (remote or hybrid) in the U.K. Thanks in advance!

Why is it so hard to move out of federal consulting and into the private sector?

Planning to take the CIPP and CIPM. Will be doing self-study. What is the “book” everyone refers to for studying? Is it just the “study guide” the IAPP sells? Does anyone know if the study guides and sample questions you can buy on amazon are sufficient to use for passing? Appreciate any and all advice.

What is sales engineering? And how does one get into it?

I’m a PR manager with 5 years of experience and have been applying for copywriting, project management and comms strategy positions with no luck. I’ve been applying since April and have only had 2 interviews. Any advice on how best to transition or what other fields I can look into?

Hey everyone!
I’ve recently accepted a new position recruiting Pharmacists from all over the globe to come to Canada and work for our business units.
I’m looking to speak to literally anyone and everyone who is willing to chat and share information.
Your pain points, complaints, day to day life, experience with exams, certification etc.
Especially anyone who has immigrated to Canada to become a Pharmacy Tech, Pharmacy Assistant, Pharmacist etc.

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

Hello All,
Need referal for my friend for Sales force admin role.
He have done his certification. Currently working in TCS and serving notice period (approx 45 days remaining)
He do not have a offer yet.
Can anyone please refer my friend.
Thanks in Advance.

Does anyone else get super gassy during/ after flying?

Hello S& 🐠! I was just approached by a recruiter for a senior associate role on the TMT Corp and business strategy team. Wanted to get a sense of the team, company, culture, comp expectations. Really any candid insight would be great! (I’m 2.5 years out of undergrad, ex-EY Parthenon, current on a strategy team at a large tech company)
Thanks a ton in advance!

Any boutique firms hiring?

My brother is about to graduate from Notre Dame and is looking to get into Consulting.

From what he's told me, he seems more interested in smaller/boutique firms.

Strong GPA, Tableau, SQL, and R experience.

Looking for a solid, not overly complicated proofing platform that internal creative reviews and also client reviews can be executed in. ProoHQ is to robust for our current needs. Pastel is great for web but need it for pdf/brochures, print, digital banners/content, and video would be a plus. Any recos are greatly appreciated!

I joined pwc almost 2months before not yet billable, working in a temporary project as non billable resource, is it safe ?

Im working in AUM reporting side and looking to automate some daily and monthly processes that are done in excel. I know it is possible with python but I know little to no python any suggestions? Or any other software that may be able to help!

Hi all,

I work in the Centre of excellence for a consulting company. Our CTO wants to prototype an indexing/search application to share documentation and he wants to use AWS for the cloud service. I’m looking for some guidance around the basic cloud architecture principles. Can anyone explain high level how the architecture should look like? Thanks in advance

Is there a thread of company discount codes? ISO Hilton code (do not judge me my BIL is getting married at a Hilton and his fiancé is going to go postal if we don’t reserve a room now)

Can someone refer me to the Automation testing role in SG. I am having 7 YOE in QA and Automation. Thanks in advance.

Anyone know any pe or growth equity shops in london that are hiring?

Hi! About to join a PE consulting firm but don't have an extensive experience in doing CDD. Any good books /online courses with some practical examples that you'd recommend to get upto speed?

TIA!

Laid off at PwC. It was more of a relief than anything. Anyone have any knowledge on openings at smaller (but not necessarily boutique) firms? Human Capital / Change Management related field.

I've joined ZS in January of 2022. How much hike can I expect?

Where can I get f&f settlement doc ? On the former employee portal i only see status as completed.

International tax manager with 7 years experience all at KPMG. Thinking about switching to industry to see it from a new perspective and do similar work from a different angle. How do you successfully transfer B4 skills/experience to industry (how do you find the right fit?), and how do you continue to learn and build your skills so that you’re still marketable and could boomerang back if it doesn’t work out in a few years? Am I asking too much?

Best fine print in RFP history: The number of bidders is less than 2.

Amazon should act as Santa during the holidays and deliver one gift fully wrapped from your wish list for free every year to everyone with Prime just to say thank you for choosing us. Bad idea or good

What is a go-to-market strategy?

Anyone have any killer quotes / resources / thoughts for framing the role of a creative brief to a client who has a tendency to get lost in details and soften language?

Hi All,

I’m looking for brands and interesting campaigns that communicate and showcase transparency, trust and openness.

Anyone know of anything interesting?

Thank you kindly.

Any examples of a strategy consultancy that eventually built out a design discipline after being around for a while?

Hi strategists. Has anyone conducted a scenario planning workshop for their clients? If so do you have any recommended exercises or tools or just advice in general? TIA

What’s the salary band variation for strategists between health and non-health agencies?

Wondering if anyone has a good example of a brand that originally sold a commodity/mass food and successfully introduced a premium/luxury line, under the same brand name. Kicker is the brand has to have started as mass then gone upmarket, nor vice versa.

Strategists, do you have a portfolio? What info do you include? Would campaign results and insights be off limits because it’s considered confidential info? 🤔

Any good books for someone trying to understand the business side of marketing? Just got my review an they're asking I bring more of that MBA mindset to projects I'm on.

What brands are you really into at the moment? Would be great to think about and be inspired by those doing a great job!

Influencer Marketing remains a black box in the business. In y’all’s opinion; Who are the key players in the influencer space?! Agencies, tech companies and private companies? I want to follow companies who are doing it big and correctly

What is your 5 year plan?

Strategy pals at a loss for words here? Noooo

Opinions on srategy team at Sapient?

Is going on 26 years old too late to apply for an internship as a brand strategist?

What blogs, podcasts, twitter accounts, newsletters etc. should ever planner follow?

Can anyone recommend a good headhunter that has experience in placing agency strategists on the client side (not just agency only)?

Anyone have any good diversity training resources?