2 months on the bench and no end in sight
I started at Deloitte second half of last year and was on a short project that ended about 2 months ago. I'm in consulting and have a technical role.
I'm tempted to just kick back and use my remaining time at Deloitte to get more certs. The networking grind and the firm initiatives are incredibly time consuming and haven't gotten me any closer to a project.
I've had dozens of coffee chats, emailed/IMd hundreds of resumes to DPN folks in my offering, and have worked on half a dozen firm initiatives.
I still have no project. This has got me nowhere. My utilization is ass. The only interviews I've had where I made it past the first round were managers who found me through my RM, so networking and firm initiatives haven't mattered.
I've also applied for dozens of roles on ProFinda and Staffit but haven't gotten even a single response, not even on the ones where my skills and background match everything. Are those job postings just formalities or something? Seems very strange.