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Adelaide’s remarkable transformation into Australia’s technology and innovation hub continues into the month, with PwC’s Skilled Service Hub providing the latest evidence after just a year in operation.
While a dark cloud hangs over the consulting industry with news that McKinsey & Company and KPMG are set to cut their local and global workforces due to falling demand, PwC happily celebrated another recruitment milestone at its Skilled Service Hub in Adelaide. first announced in mid-2018 with the promise of creating 300 new jobs over the next eighteen months.
That timeline has now passed, but with it, the professional services firm easily surpassed its original hiring goal—and by a significant margin.
PwC’s digital and technology hub is celebrating its one-year anniversary since opening in Rundle Mall Plaza and now has 450 staff, almost doubling its headcount in the past twelve months, taking PwC’s total headcount in South Australia to 700.
But PwC isn’t done recruiting yet. The firm has previously revised its target to 2,000 new jobs within five years of the centre’s launch and expects to be halfway there with 1,000 employees in total by the middle of next year. Notably, 94% of those already employed at the center work full-time, with four out of five workers still under 30.
“I am thrilled with how quickly the PwC Skilled Service Hub in Adelaide has grown and I am proud of the community it has become,” said PwC CEO Tom Seymour, who attended the celebrations alongside South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas. “The main benefit of the center is the concentration of skills that supports and fosters an environment where people can accelerate their learning and development.”
PwC South Australia managing partner Jamie Briggs noted a quarter of the center’s staff moved to South Australia from interstate. “The technical and digital capabilities of the team are extraordinary. They often work in highly complex data-driven environments and use innovative methods to solve our clients’ biggest problems – giving people a fantastic opportunity to launch their careers in Adelaide.”
One recent technology and data strategy colleague, Vesna Milenkovska, wanted to get back into the workforce after spending the best part of a decade dedicated to full-time parenting, which she described as an incredibly daunting step and a rollercoaster of planning and doubt—especially with continued parenting responsibilities to juggle. However, Milenkovska previously spent more than ten years in IT.
“When I saw PwC’s ad for a job at the center, I felt like the stars aligned,” she said. “I chose to focus on organizations that value diversity, inclusion and hybrid working practices. I finally found a workplace with the right culture. In two months I feel that I have been welcomed, supported and encouraged to immerse myself in my role and contribute quality work for our clients and the firm.”
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