key takeaways
- PwC is a Big Four accounting firm along with KPMG, Deloitte and EY.
- PwC global chairman Mohammed Kande said in a new interview that PwC wants to hire hundreds of engineers, but is unable to find them.
- PwC cut more than 5,600 roles across its worldwide operations last year, bringing its total headcount below 365,000.
PwC wants to hire tech talent – but it can’t find the right people.
“Across the PwC network, we are looking for hundreds of engineers,” said Mohammed Kande, global chairman of PwC. BBC In an interview last week. “We can’t find them.”
The company is looking to move away from hiring general experts to hiring experts specifically in technology. PwC is looking for new talent to grow its numbers with a combination of hiring and upskilling.
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PwC isn’t the only company trying to add tech talent. For example, EY plans to hire 61,000 technologists by 2023 business insiderEY had a total workforce of just under 400,000 Employees at the end of 2024.
Conde said in his BBC interview that PwC’s future business strategy will have a central focus on advising clients on AI implementation. He emphasized that as the market and technology landscape is rapidly changing, companies want guidance in deploying AI tools as well as transforming their operations and workforce to use AI effectively.
Kande said he did not know whether PwC would continue to hire the same number of recent graduates. “It will be a different group of people,” he told the BBC. “But we’re going to make sure we have the right skills for the right jobs.”
A leaked internal presentation In August PwC revealed that the company’s US division planned to cut graduate recruitment by more than 30% over the next three years, due to “transformation efforts” and the “impact of AI”.
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pwc is one Big Four Accounting FirmsWith EY, KPMG and Deloitte. These are the four largest professional services companies in the world by revenue, providing services such as auditing, tax and consulting to businesses around the world.
pwc informed Last month, for the fiscal year ending June 30, the company’s global revenue rose 2.7% to $56.9 billion. In CompareDeloitte reported revenue growth of 4.9% to $70.5 billion, while EY reported an increase of 4% to $53.2 billion. pwc called The results are “a solid performance in a challenging economic environment”.
In 2021, PwC set an ambitious target of hiring 100,000 people over the course of five years – but Kande said it would no longer be possible to meet that target because of AI. Actually, PwC Over 5,600 roles cut Last year across its worldwide operations, its total number of employees fell below 365,000.
“When we planned to hire so many people, the world looked very different,” he said. BBC“Now we have artificial intelligence,”
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key takeaways
- PwC is a Big Four accounting firm along with KPMG, Deloitte and EY.
- PwC global chairman Mohammed Kande said in a new interview that PwC wants to hire hundreds of engineers, but is unable to find them.
- PwC cut more than 5,600 roles across its worldwide operations last year, bringing its total headcount below 365,000.
PwC wants to hire tech talent – but it can’t find the right people.
“Across the PwC network, we are looking for hundreds of engineers,” said Mohammed Kande, global chairman of PwC. BBC In an interview last week. “We can’t find them.”
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