Archive for February, 2010

 

Graduate advice

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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 [...]

The application revolution

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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 [...]

Accountants want out

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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 [...]

Accountancy jobs in 2010

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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.