What's the best trick in consulting?

Advice for studying for CISA? I’ve purchased the CRM, QAE, and Hemang Doshi’s book. So far I’m having trouble reading through the CRM because it’s so detailed that everything seems important and difficult to retain. I’m an incoming new hire so I think I should read the book even though I know people who have passed with only QAE (they were previous b4 interns)

Any advice on massage chairs? I mean legit full body experience, not the iJoy type junk. Really want one, but hard to pull the trigger online & don't know where to go to try them out.

Any 🐠 working in Montreal or have worked there before? Thinking of relocating from Toronto and curious to hear about the type of work being done / how the consulting community is over there.

4th year lateral market —
Anyone get asked to complete conflicts prior to a formal offer being extended? Not sure I want to disclose clients before accepting said offer.

Will we get salary credited tomorrow? 30th and 31st and weekends

Anyone have their CFE? Just wondering what you have done or plan to do with it and what the test was like.

My HR rep told me that to apply for your CPA license in MA you only need 1 year of work experience, not 2009 billable hours. Didn't sound right- can anyone confirm/deny?

Folks who use dog walkers - how much do you pay & what’s your city? What’s a fair price?

Is Bain Australia under hiring freeze? Recruiter said they won’t be hiring this year (Consultant role) but keep seeing job ads on LinkedIn

I think it’s so crazy that once you sign-full time as a CW, you can’t freelance as well. Feels like there’s so many opportunities out there for freelance roles but the full-time gig steals us from them ☹️

What are everyone's thoughts on resume services/coaching? I am a leader/exec that was laid off (first time) and have spent over 15 years in various roles such SVP Operations, Senior Director Product, VP Solutions, etc. at different companies.

I am struggling with putting my experience/qualifications on paper...

I have an offer in PE VP role in Citco and JPM and I am at cross road on which is one to company to choose. Their pay is very similar but JPM is offering an attractive signing on bonus. I need a honest advise on which is better between these two firms.

I’m sure you don’t get many of us industry peasants here but I’m looking for advice.. I’m 24yo in ERM, doing a M. Statistics, CFA L2 in June, what should I move into if I want to get to MBB in 5y?

Do any of the top consulting firms hire into the Engagement Manager level after an M7 (if they had manager experience elsewhere)? I know MBB probably doesn’t but what about other tier 2 firms after that - and asking for US or Canada

Top consulting firms in the aviation / urban air mobility space?

Is the role of a project manager going away, my clients are moving to Agile and the new product teams don't have a project manager role.

Has anyone been told they can not leave a project? If so, what did you do?

Looking for some material for a crash course in IT strategy consulting - books article etc. any recommendations would be appreciated

Looking to target PE firms as clients, need to do some research on how they work so we can speak intelligently when trying to sell operational work to them. Any book recommendations ?

What’s your backup plan if you are laid off as a result of the downturn?

Guy 🐠 do you always/only wear leather soles? Or sometimes go with rubber soles if the weather forecast is not looking good?

Lots of us are skilled at delivery but most sales books seem to focus on the pitch and closing... What are your best resources for learning to develop and nurture strong, lasting client relationships?

What is your favorite books on leadership/professional development and why?

Looking for some great recommendations! Thanks in advance!

Going to miss the bench come Monday ): been an awesome 3 weeks.

What do we need to open our country back? The country needs to be open for business again , but when and what’s the business case?

Thoughts on transaction advisory or MC in the advisory arm of the national accounting firms. Thinking Grant Thornton, BDO, others in that category. Can a director make MD quicker. How’s the talent

Notice there are so many people with debate experience in consulting. Kinda impressed. Any highly recommended books related to debate or communication in general?

How do you choose location when buying a home when a consulting future is uncertain? Proximity to airport/ office? Ignore it and suck up the commute?

Anybody had the Popeyes chicken sandwich?

If you exit big consulting (e.g ACN, Deloitte, PWC) and go work at a boutique firm, do the big consulting recruiters stop reaching out since you left their world?

Hot take. Is FAANG even a thing? Or was Cramer just worried about the acronym if he took out Netflix?