While browsing the web the other day I came across the ACCA Student Blog, and their latest post about graduates stuck in the inevitable rut – you need a experience to get a job, but you can’t get experience without a job. Their top 3 tips for people in this position were:
Avoid mistakes on your [...]
Ever get sick of spending hours trawling through long job application forms? Well if so, you may be pleased to hear about a company asking applicants to apply through Twitter in less than 200 words.
A New York based company was recently looking for a social media marketing expert to join them – this is [...]
We’ve all had those days when we’re fed up with our job and would like to switch careers for something less taxing – perhaps getting paid to review beaches or something. But according to new research by E-conomic, nearly half of accountants would prefer to be doing something else in the next five years. When [...]
As we said in our last post, everyone seems pretty optimistic about the year ahead. But does this include accountants? Read what top finance recruiters (including ourselves!) think in this article in Accounting and Business: http://ab.digitaleditions.co.uk/jan10uk/ (you’ll need to skip to page 65.) It also includes some useful tips if you’re job hunting this year.
Hooray, some good news. After 2009, which I think we will all admit was a tough year for everyone involved in finance, it looks like we’re now all feeling a little bit more optimistic. Not only has it been announced that the UK recession is officially over, but according to Smith & Williamson’s annual financial [...]
Is tax damaging London’s position as a financial market leader? It seems that some think so. The CBI has recently published their “Future of Financial Services” study in conjunction with PwC and there is a mixed bag of opinions. Chairman of HSBC, Stephen Green, said that he thought London would lose some market share to [...]
Accountancy Action is in the press again! Read our article on the rise of the working interview on the Association of Accounting Technicians Jobs website here.
Managing your boss – it’s something that many people find easier said than done – especially if you have a boss like David Brent (above). If you’ve ever struggled to get your manager to listen to your ideas, you may want to read our article on the Association of Accounting Technicians, here on how to boss the [...]
It will come as no surprise to hear that this year has been a very tough one with lots of hard work from the Accountancy Action team. So last week we celebrated 2009 and thanked our consultants for hitting their targets and making it through the difficult climate with a trip go-karting. After putting on [...]
Flat fees – many people in the recruitment world are sceptical. However it’s something that I really believe in.
In my view there were (and still are) too many recruiters thinking that they could just source a CV from a job board, match it to a job spec, send it over to a client and charge [...]