"Yolanda Seals-Coffield, chief people and inclusion officer for PwC US, confirmed the decision to Business Insider, explaining that the move aims to foster a sense of community among workers. "The idea is that we want to bring people together in a connected way for those first couple of years," Seals-Coffield said. "You may start in Atlanta and then say, 'Great, I've got my two years of experience. I want to go work in Alabama, which is where I'm from and where I really want to work,' she said.""
"The company has also been making major shifts toward upskilling its workforce in the era of artificial intelligence. In a February 5 announcement, PwC launched its "Learning Collective," a workplace training initiative that it describes as "an ecosystem for accelerated growth built for the possibilities of the AI age." "Learning can no longer wait for the right time, place, role, or ladder," Seals-Coffield said in the announcement. "It needs to be a full-immersion experience that accelerates people and their organizations forward with speed.""
PwC will restrict new advisory-associate hiring to 13 offices, down from 72, concentrating early-career staff in fewer locations. The firm's chief people officer said the change aims to build community among associates and allow mobility after two years. PwC has delayed some entry-level start dates and plans to recruit about one-third fewer new graduates by 2028. The firm launched the "Learning Collective," an AI-focused training ecosystem designed to accelerate workforce skills. Executives described learning as needing full-immersion experiences. Some experts attribute the moves to economic uncertainty and challenges integrating employee capabilities in an AI-driven workplace.
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