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For up-and-coming HR professionals eyeing the C-suite, professional services firms aren’t a bad place to cut your teeth.
Of the top 10 companies where more than 16,400 current CHROs and CPOs worked prior to holding the top role, four—Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and EY—are consulting firms, according to a data analysis provided to HR Brew by employment data provider Live Data Technologies.
After freelance or self-employed roles, a job at Accenture was the most common work experience for this cohort prior to entering the C-suite, with 0.64% of CHROs or CPOs spending time at the firm.
Accenture’s former CHRO, Jill Smart, can attest to