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Ugh, hoping the offer letter comes tomorrow!
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Uhhhhh that’s a direct way of saying it I suppose.
Can’t speak for every industry but do you have a specialized skill or big company experience? That is usually what is needed to break into NYC tax.
Nah fam you can talk to 10 recruiters and they can all say something different. definitely need to talk to at least 3-5 recruiters to get a better sense of what’s possible. And even then, recruiters are commission based so beware of that type of advice. At the end of the day I told a recruiter my comp goals and they always laugh and say no that’s not possible at your level like making 100k by 2 YOE. When I had 1 YOE in audit at the time making 60. I ended up getting to 98k at 2 YOE. So all those recruiters can suck it
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Yep. Nobody should say “that’s not possible.” What they should be saying is “that’s not likely”. I know people who went from a comp package of 170 to a comp package of over 500 in one jump. That person wouldn’t have done that if he had believed “that’s not possible”
I’ve heard that/very similar from a Grant Thornton recruiter. Though I think they phrased it as more that I wasn’t the type to treat the line at the lunch deli as a competitive sport.
OP, were they saying your resume wasn’t competitive because you have a 1.8 GPA from Hamburger University, have failed at seven different attempts to pass a part of the CPA exam, have been fired twice in a year, and have a felony conviction for fraud?
If so, they’re probably afraid you’ll go into recruiting and be competitive with them.
Apparently I have a fresh off the turnip truck vibe that every Sopranos wannabe in the metro area can pick up on. However, I’m not sure that’s your issue, OP, unless you’ve been living on a turnip farm for a while.
That’s what someone that knows essentially nothing about you said. Plus, there’s so many jobs in NYC it makes it easier to find one in many ways. Don’t listen to them.
Recruiters are a joke. If someone in the practice said it then that’s a different matter but 99% of recruiters have never done the job
This doesn’t make any sense, DM me if you want a pwc referral
If you wanna talk about great opportunities at BT im happy help look at your resume for pointers and perspective if you’d like! pm
I worked tax in LA and NYC. Fed tax is the same no matter where you are. You can learn state and city tax. The deadlines are just as demanding no matter where you are. I really don’t get what the recruiter was saying. Also there are small, niche boutique firms to the B4 in NYC. You will find a place where you will fit. The recruiter was just lazy. Not sure if you’re looking at public accounting or industry, but I just worked with a great recruiter based in NYC. feel free to DM me.
Like not every business here is a Fortune 500 and not every individual is a mogul with tens of business ventures. Trust me. You can get in where you fit in.