Hey everyone,I am currently interning at an Asian office of Accentureand I just received a FT offer upon graduating.My PM, a senior manager, offered me this position without officialapproval from HR yet. I was wondering if I could leverage thisto break into London office of Accenture as I have personalreasons for wanting to work in the city as opposed to Asia

Highly doubtful... There are plenty of grads in the UK to fill the Accenture positions here. Why (even if they could) would they sponsor someone to move from Asia?

Get a good network, learn some specific and market sought after skills and you're there.Otherwise not.

I agree with one caveat - depends on the service line.If London's your goal then it should be easier once you're through the door and have proven your value. At your level few consultancies would go through the logistical trouble to hire you into LDN, unless you are a very scarce resource. If you work in one of the more commodified areas (IT, BPO) then your chances of moving to LDN will be pretty slim even from the inside.

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[quote]I agree with one caveat - depends on the service line.If London's your goal then it should be easier once you're through the door and have proven your value. At your level few consultancies would go through the logistical trouble to hire you into LDN, unless you are a very scarce resource. If you work in one of the more commodified areas (IT, BPO) then your chances of moving to LDN will be pretty slim even from the inside. [/quote]I was educated in Canada, but my family background is in Asia which led me to intern at an Asian office. I attended a top prepatory school then McGill University, thus no language barrier for me. I was wondering what you mean by going through logistical trouble? as in work visa, moving, et cetera? work visa, I would need the help from the firm; however, I wouldn't need moving bonus or anything. I was wondering how I could network with people in other offices other than cold messaging them through intranet as I am stuck at a client's office all day.Oh and I am on the FNEP (financial and enterprise performance) team which I suppose is more...service specific than industry... so not much of specialty in terms of industry

[quote]Get a good network, learn some specific and market sought after skills and you're there.Otherwise not.[/quote]I am in the FNEP division (finance and enterprise performance)I have interned at PwC Assurance and at a F500 strategy.I am educated in economics and mathematics while holding certificate of securities investment advisor, certificate of derivatives advisor, and certificate of fund management advisor issued by government of Korea.I don't know how much those credentials mean in London, but I will be taking the CFA in december to show my passion for the field of financial advisory.

My backup plan was, get my masters in the UK.Since I am from top 3 school in Canada, and LSE/LBS/Imperial etc recruit for grad students at my school, I was thinking of getting my Mscat one of the schools to make myself more markettable to potentialemployers in london?

I just looked you up and I see you're in Seoul. So narrows it down a bit. Let me explain how Accenture works with respect to international transfers:1) Network2) See (1)To brutally honest, the quality of your education means very little - the experience you need is firm-level and consultancy experience. You need deep functional or industry experience which will be in demand in the host location (London). Unless you have this, you'll not be able to convince a project to go to the trouble of on boarding you, paying visa fees, RMS charges, expenses (considerable) when they can indeed recruit strong profiles locally. A network is not something gained quickly. It takes years to build up the international connections needed to do anything. Seoul is, unfortunately, a small office, and work tends to be relatively localized with Korean firms. The best advice I would give is to try to build up content - a "profile". You need to be the guy that someone sitting in London thinks "I need FS strategy skills, who is the best guy in the firm? Harry!"But I encourage you to start networking. Get to know your country leadership, build up a profile. Be open about wanting to internationalize your experience. It will take some time (2-3 years) but then perfectly feasible...