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Age Discrimination Rife in Accountancy

A new survey by CareersinAudit.com shows a massive majority of accountants believe advancing years will do nothing to advance your career. A damning 79% of respondents said that age discrimination was an ugly professional reality, and 74% said they...

Are you Working for the Best Firm?

Are you working in the firm most likely to deliver career fulfilment? Sarah Perrin considers the relative merits and opportunities in the big, the medium and the small.  The end of one year – and the start of a new one – is the traditional time for...

Audit Jobs - What You Need to Know

In order to attract the best and brightest of those newly qualified to take audit positions – both internal and external – companies are going to have to come up with more money. A major survey of HR professionals at the Big Four firms and recruitment...

Audit Recruitment Market Update: August 2009

Each month we provide an exclusive update on the state of the audit recruitment market. These updates are compiled following discussions with some of the world's top company auditors and audit recruitment executives, giving an overview of the current...

Auditing in a New Country

Berlin Beckons for Barbara Barbara Bolya is a 26 year old auditor from Hungary who is currently working at MOL, a Hungarian oil company, in the Hungarian capital city, Budapest. But she’s heading west to Berlin to start a new career. And start a whole...

Auditors as Ethical Arbiters

In recent years, UK and European firms have scrambled to hire people to fill internal audit jobs, created in response to the passage of SOX in the US and other similar ethical and audit guidelines in other countries. That scramble had the effect of...

Australia - Region Focus

Each month we focus on a different region of the world and provide tips for auditors thinking about working in these areas. If you have a particular region you would like us to investigate, please let us know here. We have so far covered...

BA to MBA to Auditor!

CareersinAudit.com Chinese auditor has recently completed her MBA at Reims Management School, France after working for PwC with a BA. She has now joined the Corporate Audit Team of a French listed industrial group in Paris. We caught up with her to ask...

Before Accepting Your New Job

The interview process for audit jobs can be very competitive, and it’s often tempting to accept the first job you are offered. However, sometimes it’s worth taking the time to step back and have a good think about the decision. Re-read the Job...