Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I got rejected by ey

Why ey ? lol I thought the popular ones would be pwc and kpmg

AM pay for orange and black?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I got rejected by ey

Keep pushing hard

You are a salesman too

Need to do some marketing to sell yourself. Dont just be number focused.

Remember, Decca Records rejected the Beatles.

When i first came into accountancy

I first wore G2000 shirt for interview with goldlion tie

Now i upgraded to a Martin Margiela shirt to show my commitment to accountancy (and it shows)

Keep pushing hard and keep doing impression management

Originally Posted by DecorumEDMW

When i first came into accountancy

I first wore G2000 shirt for interview with goldlion tie

Now i upgraded to a Martin Margiela shirt to show my commitment to accountancy (and it shows)

Keep pushing hard and keep doing impression management

Wfh no need wear.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I got rejected by ey

Whats your cv? Why kenna rejected

Originally Posted by DecorumEDMW

Granted our perspectives are different and will respect you on that

But technical ability is always useless without the impetus to do the correct things, to do what is right and to demand firm accountability from your peers

When was the last time you spoke to your CEO/CFO/Managing Partner for constructive suggestions to improve the shortcoming and processes?

When was the last time you thoroughly sought financial accountability from other C suites and their departments?

i am not denying character is important. OP mention that HR put out job posting does not seem to focus on character. If they do that, i am saying it is a shortcoming in the process that you are mentioning.

If you are HR, given limited resources in a day to interview X number of candidates, what is the focus?

A) Find a candidate that has the technical expertise to do the job requirement which you can test him for during the interview process?
B) Find a candidate that has the best character that maybe dont have the expertise but you can win best corporate culture award

A is something that you can gauge by asking a few technical questions. i've been to interview where the interviewer surprised of my knowledge of IFRS 9 compared to other candidates with more years of experience in the industry. This also proves character no?

B is something where if you want to focus on that, you dont even know who you are getting because everyone will put on a show and be on their best behaviour.

As ex-manager i can tell you the horror stories that we see in candidates, in person top notch character, say dont know the JE but willing to learn, go back draft email after interview say he did some research this is what he find. Once come in, complete opposite, now on PIP.

Focus on the things you can actually test for. Sometimes character is also based on how well you can work with your peers. Both people can have excellent character but just dont work well.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Maybe becos this is the best they can get ? lol why do you care

can tell you that there are some s1s that are worse than interns. so yes agree, now these people struggle and cant find a job outside that can compensate fairly. Put them on PIP, but they just show minimal improvement and keep drawing salary. big4 is a extremely inefficient at deploying human capital despite all the "tech" they use during the audit to improve efficiency

Originally Posted by Unregistered

can tell you that there are some s1s that are worse than interns. so yes agree, now these people struggle and cant find a job outside that can compensate fairly. Put them on PIP, but they just show minimal improvement and keep drawing salary. big4 is a extremely inefficient at deploying human capital despite all the "tech" they use during the audit to improve efficiency

wdym by worse? attitude or skills set?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

can tell you that there are some s1s that are worse than interns. so yes agree, now these people struggle and cant find a job outside that can compensate fairly. Put them on PIP, but they just show minimal improvement and keep drawing salary. big4 is a extremely inefficient at deploying human capital despite all the "tech" they use during the audit to improve efficiency

ok then you go get an intern to work with you. spoken by a true airhead