How Identity Influenced A Senior Risk Consultant At KPMG's Career
Adita, a Senior Risk Consultant at KPMG, shared how their identity as a female initially presented "upstackles" in a male-dominated field, challenging stereotypes that "women cannot do better than men." However, by consistently exceeding expectations and proving their capabilities, Adita built a successful career, finding that their workplace ultimately valued and supported female professionals.
Overcoming Challenges, Career Development, Resilience, Gender in the Workplace, Data Analysis
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Adita Farahiyah
Senior Risk Consultant
KPMG
Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia & 2019
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Business Management & Admin
Consulting & Related Professional Services
Consulting
International Student, Scholarship Recipient
Video Highlights
1. Adita's experience challenges the stereotype that men are better at analytical roles, demonstrating that women can excel in consulting.
2. She highlights the importance of proving capabilities to gain recognition and advancement in a male-dominated field.
3. Adita notes the potential for flexibility and understanding in workplaces that are supportive of female employees' needs and challenges.
Transcript
As someone who identifies as female, how has it impacted how you navigate your period?
This is a really interesting question. As a female myself, I can feel that there are a lot of obstacles during the building of my professional career.
I can say that the journey is not smooth at all. Not only during job searching, but also during the day-to-day job and operations in my firm, risk management is installed.
I can see that there are still some stereotypes that women cannot do better than men, especially in consulting. It's a job that is very analytical, and people think that men can do a lot of analysis faster and better than women.
But I can say that somehow, I have proven that although I'm a female, I can do the job and perform better than most of the men in my division. That actually helps me to build my career because when they see that a female can do better than men, they actually really care about me more.
And as a female, sometimes in my career, there are some flexibilities. People will understand that there are some things that females don't really feel comfortable about. So, it's really grateful that I can work in a situation where people care more about females, and people will try to understand that females can actually do and perform very well in the workplace.