- Accenture CEO Julie Candy stated she seems for candidates who like to study new issues.
- Candy stated in a podcast interview that she would ask folks what they’ve discovered not too long ago.
- The previous lawyer stated it did not matter even when folks simply stated they discovered the way to bake a cake.
Accenture CEO Julie Candy stated there’s one key query she poses to individuals who wish to work for her.
“There’s one query that we ask everybody, no matter you are a advisor otherwise you’re working in know-how or no matter you do,” Candy stated in an interview with Norges Financial institution Funding Administration CEO Nicolai Tangen on his “In Good Firm” podcast, which aired Wednesday.
“We are saying, ‘What have you ever discovered within the final six months?'” she added.
Asking this query, Candy informed Tangen, is a sensible approach for her to find out if candidates are desirous about studying new issues.
“If somebody cannot reply that query, and by the way in which, we do not care if it is ‘I discovered to bake a cake,’ if they can not reply that query, then we all know that they are not a learner,” Candy stated.
This would not be the primary time Candy has talked about her expectations for brand new hires at Accenture. The consulting agency stated on its web site that it employs round 799,000 staff and operates in additional than 200 cities.
The previous lawyer stated in a 2019 interview with The New York Occasions that she seems for candidates who exhibit two predominant traits.
“The primary is curiosity. The brand new regular is steady studying, and we search for individuals who exhibit a lot of completely different pursuits and actually exhibit curiosity,” Candy informed The Occasions.
“The second piece is management. I do not care what stage you might be, there may be the necessity to supply straight speak once you’re working with purchasers. It’s important to have the braveness to ship robust messages,” she added.
Representatives for Candy at Accenture didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
Candy is not the one C-suite government who locations a premium on studying.
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon stated that college students ought to dedicate their time to studying and studying, and fewer time on social-media platforms like TikTok and Fb.
Dimon was talking on the Georgetown Psaros Middle for Monetary Markets and Coverage’s annual Monetary Markets High quality Convention in September when he was requested if he had any recommendation for the scholars in attendance.
“My recommendation to college students: Be taught, study, study, study, study, study, study. In the event you’re Democrat, learn the Republican opinion, the great ones. In the event you’re Republican, learn the Democrat ones,” Dimon stated.
“Learn historical past books. You possibly can’t make it up. Nelson Mandela, Abe Lincoln, Sam Walton. You solely study by studying and speaking to different folks. There is no different approach,” he continued.
