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Hello Fishes, Just wanted suggestions which company to join according to stability(as recession is hitting)kind of work,work life balance,learning and growth for sap abap skills for below companies: Springer Nature Globant HCL Technologies Allstate FUJITSU LIMITED Your valuable feedback would be much appreciated. TIA
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How much are EY experienced hire sign bonus?
How is the work life balance in cognizant ?
PWC India or Capgemini?
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What field is everyone here working in?
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Looking for some book recommendations :)
What are all of the single ladies doing?
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You are the victim of a good recruiter
2 years in I’m still waiting for the answer to that question myself. Although I guess I learned airline and hotel status levels by heart.
You are stuck with the worst!
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The learning starts when you sit directly across the table from the engagement partner for 6 weeks at the client HQ and he asks you to explain emerging technologies you barely understand and have nothing to do with the present engagement.
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Nah you can't drop the ball on the present engagement - learning happens overnight 😂
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Learning in consulting is a lot like learning during spring break in Cancun. You make some mistakes, lose your phone / laptop, find out which friends will bail you out of trouble and someday emerge from the adventure alive to look back on crazy memories.
Maybe you’re not learning because of that attitude towards those tasks? If you’re being tasked with research and interpret it as the act of compiling reports, then yeah, obviously you won’t learn anything. If you interpret it as understanding the project and client context and using that research to drive meaningful conclusions, then I think learning would be pretty much guaranteed.
Not to mention that showing ambition leads to being assigned higher value workstreams and more future opportunities for learning.
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Are you working on projects that are outside of your comfort zone? I feel like I learn tons every time I stumble into a new industry or functional space.
From what you describe you already learned everything that makes up consulting
When you get staffed on a horrible project. They’ll tell you it’s a “great learning opportunity” when you both know it’s only euphemism for “you’re gonna wish you never joined this firm”
From day 1 for me, and continue to do so (2 YOE)
Lots of my learnings are random knowledge on various industry, and also soft skills (how to prioritise work, be practical, and escalate when necessary; how to bring solutions to my boss, not just questions; how to exude confidence)
Sounds like you haven't learned to be patient yet 😂😂😂
Learning ended at graduation kiddo
You're probably not going to learn many hard skills, maybe sql depending on your project. The real learning is how to communicate with clients, frame things, answer/deflect difficult questions, navigate ambiguity and a whole bunch of other soft skills
Ya maybe I’m super dumb but I felt totally out of my comfort zone with most of my projects and I’m learning everyday - about new industries, different companies, interpersonal skills, team management, project management, communication and yes ofcourse how to use excel and ppt efficiently as tools.
If you’re not learning much here, then maybe you’re too good for this job.
Learning is when you look at what your team members (at all levels) are doing. How they are approaching their work, relationships, the end products. What it all means for the client; why is the client needing this, etc... absorb by osmosis as they say and a year from now you will feel differently
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School, firm, compensation ?
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The learning in consulting isn’t through formal training. It happens anytime you jump into a new client since every company is different. It is extra steep when that client is in a new industry you know nothing about. It happens when you read all the reports you compiled and figure out why your client is in the position they are in, and when your brain figures out the best strategy for them based on the constraints of their company and industry. It materializes when you apply some of those insights from a previous project on your next project.
If you don’t like being an information sponge and expert problem-solver, then you have chosen the wrong post-MBA career path.