The response to the national consultation launched by the French Federation of Multidisciplinary Firms will be given in the spring.
Because dialogue is essential to get to know each other well, the seven largest audit and consulting firms – BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, Mazars and PwC -, united under the banner of the French Federation of Multidisciplinary Firms (F3P), are launching a national consultation with young people. The latter can – from this Tuesday at 9 a.m. and until January 15, 2023 – connect to the la-grande-question.fr website to try to answer this question: how to make audit consulting firms more inspiring and attractive to new generations? Students or young graduates will also be able to comment on other topics such as working conditions, the fight against inequalities, or inclusion.
“Expectations are changing, young people are changing and we want to change with them. That’s why it’s good to listen to them», indicates Sami Rahal, president of Deloitte continental and also of the F3P. If the “big seven” recruit 9,000 talents each year, their problem lies elsewhere: young recruits leave them after two to three years in office. It was four to five years before the pandemic. “Our firms are multidisciplinary and the richness of our professions, as well as their societal and environmental impact, remain unknown, hence the importance of engaging in this dialogue., adds Sami Rahal. Young people who have brought good ideas to the platform may be invited to develop them during an interview. The answer to the big question will be given in the spring.